Two weeks have passes and they have been pretty full.
Tuesday my French teacher got onto me for not working enough
on a group project and insisted that I start working harder. I tried to take
her advice and wrote an analysis of a piece of theater that we had been working
on. I ended up getting a 14.5/20 on it, which is not half bad. I was proud of
myself anyway. Last Tuesday, we also took a test over big authors, literary
works, and genres of 16th, 17th, and 18th
century French literature. I was starting from a knowledge base of nothing so
it was a little hard to learn everything I needed. I got a 13/20 on the quiz
though which was better than a couple of the kids in the class so I was happy
with myself again. I guess working does sort of pay off.
Wednesday I had an evaluation of my Step aerobics routine in
gym. I am aware how ridiculous that sentence sounds. It was just as ridiculous
as it sounds. For the last few weeks we’ve been learning about step aerobics
and the last three weeks we had to put together routines in groups. It didn’t
go as well as it could have but it was okay. It was a strand unit but fun too.
For the next quarter of the year we’ll be swimming.
Last Thursday I started taking a horseback-riding lesson at
a club. It was really the first time that I really learned how to ride in any
sort of structured environment. I mean I’ve gone to horse camps and been on
horse before but this was the first time I really learned how to do it. It was
great! This Thursday I jumped the horse for the first time. It was sort of
scary but also pretty great. I really like this class.
Saturday Öykü came to La Roche and we went and saw the movie
Les Souvenirs. It was pretty good. I really like watching movies in French, I
understand 99% of the text and I really like to work on my French while
watching. Saturday night we went to a Mexican night hosted by the Luçon Rotary
club. It was fun and only a little strange. It was nice to get out of the house
and spend the night somewhere else, even if it was at my host grandparents’
house.
Tuesday, January 20th, my niece Eloise was born.
It is probably the biggest thing that happened in my old life in Columbus since
I left. I really wish I could have been there to see her after she was born and
I wish I could be there now to see her and hold her. She is beautiful and I
wish I could hold her myself.
Exchange is weird because you get the impression when you leave that everything will be the same when you back. That’s not necessarily true though. The earth still turns and things still go on. You end up missing a lot, but at the same time you are experiencing so much of your own stuff and you are learning so much. It’s a weird feeling, to be split between two places. You want to go home but at the same time you never want to leave. I think that part of you never leaves your host country and it will always have a place in your heart.
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