What? You don't remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell? No, I was one

I'm really missing home today. I really have no reason as to why. I woke up and just looked out the window and it was cloudy and grey outside and I just wished I was at home. I'm sure it's cloudy and grey there too, but it's home....it's not 4000 miles away. :( Hopefully I'll get over this soon. And just so you know, I don't feel like this all the time. It's just every once in a while. But I think everyone gets like that sometimes; no matter where you are or how far from home you are.

Renee was still here when I got up this morning, making me question what time it was. She's not working today, tomorrow or Wednesday. I ate, showered and then we walked to the bank to figure out why I haven't gotten my debit card yet. They weren't open. Of course....they are closed on Mondays and every day from 12-1pm. Seriously....I don't even want this bank account any more because it's been such a hassle. It is not this hard to open up an account in America. We went to the pharmacy next because I have a cold and Renee wants to drug me up so she doesn't get sick. I really have no idea what I'm taking. It's Advil, but Advil for a cold....probably something they only make here. It's probably illegal back home. We came back, Renee made lunch and I left for class.

I was so exhausted walking through Montparnasse today. I felt like I was going to pass out and my head was spinning. I watched 4 trains go by because I just couldn't get up without knowing that I wasn't going to barf everywhere. I made it to class without barfing and could barely keep my eyes open. The professor started talking about the Berlin wall and when it feel and she asked us how our countries were feeling when the wall fell. She asked each country, and saved the Americans for last because they're are more of us. We all just looked at each other. How are we supposed to know how the country was feeling when the Berlin wall fell? That was in 1989...most of us were 1 years old, or we weren't born, so no, we don't know what the country was feeling. I don't think the professor understood this. Katie, a girl in the class and my partner for the art thing I'm doing goes, "Well, we were all really young so we don't know, but if I had to guess, they were happy that the cold war was over...but that's just a guess" we all laughed. I was so glad when class ended. The professor gave us more homework, on top of the 2 papers that we have to write, but she said that we didn't have to turn it in next week if we didn't have the time (this would never happen at U of I) we could turn it in the following week. So I'll probably turn it in the following week considering I haven't even started my papers.

Dinner tonight was gross. Renee made soup and it had like a million peas in it. I can't stand peas, and I told her that but she probably forgot, so I ate around them. Then she laughed when I told her that I didn't like peas. She gave them to Norton. Then she made this weird thing with endives and ham and cheese and it was so salty. The best part was the cider that we had. It was apple cider but was carbonated. It was so good. Although, I would have preferred hot apple cider from Vermont or Curtis Orchard in Champaign, but I'll settle for this. I should probably get going. I wanted to start studying for my cinema exam tonight, but that didn't happen.

A bientot