Right now I'm sitting in a dirty corner of the University of Nantes using the only power outlet I could find and using the remaining time of my break to let off a little steam. It has been a long weekend for me but a good one. I was able to hear a bit of general conference and I spoke with my brother Scott on Skype which was a huge boost to my spirits here.
I didn't speak a lot of french this weekend as I should and mostly because I just don't seem to have anyone to speak to. Today after class, listening to some general conference and thinking about the things I can do to be better in my life, I just feel so much. It's raining...again...and the forecast says it will be all week, so its a good thing that rain and I are friends. I wish for a little sunshine though.
I ordered a hot chocolate in the cafe here and tried to listen to some general conference talks as I drank it and I couldn't help but watch all the students here as they interacted and ate and chatted. I'm not sure why, but I just don't love this university. It's a hollow empty building, with lines of smokers outside blowing smoke in my face as I leave and enter every doorway. No one smiles at you or seems to care who you are. No friendly bright eyes. It's cold. The bathrooms are like torture chambers and everytime I use one I feel like I've just contracted an STD or some kind of unhealable disease. I never feel clean even after I bathe and my clothes are still damp when I put them on because nothing here seems to have the ability to dry out!! So, I admit, I guess my spirits are feeling a little of what I have just described. I guess it is just one of those days. I need a shot of warmth.
I did do better on my 2nd exam...a lot better and even though after reviewing my exam to find I made some really silly mistakes and I knew better, its still okay, because now those things are just engrained into my mind even more!
Today in my class, I got a note passed to me that said, Hilary...500 jours. I was like what!! Who is this from?! Then I look over and Yuji, the nicest Chinese girl in my class is laughing and smiling at me... the first thing that came to my mind was - is this a death threat or what, because on Friday she nomintaed me to present our group's work in front of the class after she was supposed to do it and so I looked at her and pretended to slit my throat and die...and since then she has been thinking I'm really funny I guess and likes to joke with me even more than she did before. It's kinda of funny. But as it turns out, the note was for how many days she thinks it will take a group of 20 bikers to travel around the world. haha. It's for a school presentation we have to give. haha.
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