It has been quite a while since I have update my blog! The time is just flying by. :( Last week we had some more meetings with Stéphane which were actually helpful because we learned about the "teacher's library". It's pretty much a place where you can check teaching material out. Pretty handy! After our meeting we all (minus Ashley) went to a restaurant for lunch. One we had been to before but I'm not sure if I wrote about it. Anyway.. at this restaurant they have HUGE sandwiches for a reasonable price and I was starving so I got a steak sandwich with french fries and cheese! YES. The fries were INSIDE of the sandwich. It was definitely heaven on earth!
On Friday, I went to my two other schools that I hadn't been to and the director's at both were super nice and helpful. I had called them both on Thursday to see if it was ok that I was coming in and the first school said that it was fine and that I could go in at 8:20am or 10:20am. I thought I would go at 8:20am just to get everything sorted out and have plenty of time to make it to my other school. So I took the early bus from the foyer, got off half way to town, walked to the next bus stop, took that bus and TRIED to get off at the correct bus stop but the doors weren't opening. The girl that wanted to get off at that stop was also pushing the button on her side and nothing was happening. We both started yelling "monsieur! monsieur!" and he was like "well you should have pushed the button!" I was so angry and I thought I was going to miss my next bus so I got off at the next stop and walked back to where I was supposed to be at. When I got there I looked at the schedule for my bus and realized that there are only two.. one at 8:01am and one at 8:32am.. it was 8:11am and I was supposed to be there at 8:20am. So I called the director and told him what was happening and he told me that he would be in class when I got there so that I should just go in at 10:20am. I figured that I could still take the 8:32am bus and just walk around, maybe get coffee at a café or something and just wait until 10:20am..maybe find the school as well since I had never been there. Well the bus stop is literally right in front of the school so there it was and all around were houses. Nothing to walk around and look at (without being creepy) and no cafés. So I figured that I would just go into the school.. :/ I interrupted his class for a little bit and he helped with everything but I felt so bad! It took about 15 minutes to get everything sorted out so then I headed back home .. to take a nap of course.
I took a nap and then I had some lunch before I had to head to the next school which is in a nearby city called Louverné. It's not too far..by bus it took about 15 minutes. I got there about an hour early because there weren't any other buses so I walked around looking for the school... the town was pretty much deserted..and then I found a café with about 50 men and no women. This place seriously has an issue with an abundance of (nasty, creepy) men. So unfortunately I had to walk up to them and ask where the school was at... they kindly explained while looking me up and down and then I said "merci" as quickly as possible and walked away. I found a bench to sit at so I played sudoku on my phone. I never really got into that game but it was fun to play on my phone. Finally when it was time I went to the school and met with the director. She was also super nice and super helpful. She complimented my French *woop woop* :D and then I headed home. The other assistants had a super busy day spending most of their day at the schools but mine just sent me on my way!
When I was on my way home I got off at the wrong stop thinking it was close to the foyer but I actually ended up walking for about 15 minutes. hahahaha
Let's rewind a bit! I have been wanting to get a cell phone with a plan rather than prepaid because in the long run it's cheaper. Then Mamie told me that she and Ben had been thinking about getting BlackBerry's which I don't know why it never crossed my mind. I guess I just assumed that it would be super expensive. So I went and asked about the BB's and they told me that it would bet he same price as the other phone I was going to get anyway so I decided to get that one. EXCEPT I needed my bank card and I had gone to the bank that morning to pick it up but my PIN number would come separately in the mail so I couldn't use it until then. The banker said it would probably arrive on Friday so all along I had Friday programmed in my head for getting my BB.
So FINALLY after I arrived from the school in Louverné on Friday I checked my mail and sure enough, my PIN number had arrived. I ran up to my room opened the envelope, grabbed my things and back out the door I went. I went to the bank to deposit some money. I asked the lady if I could use it right away (so that I could finally buy my phone) and she said no. I would have to wait until Saturday morning. KILL ME. Since I was already half way into town I decided to go to SFR (the cell phone company) and clarify things with the cell phone plan so that it would all be ready for the next day.
On my way there at one of the bus stops, people were getting off and a guy walked by with his friend and he waved at me... I have also trained myself to not respond to those nasties so I just turned my head. (ok, he wasn't that nasty...he was actually quite good-looking) I went to SFR where they told me that they longer had then BB that I wanted (the 9300 BOLD) and that they had no idea when they would be getting more. Maybe the next week, maybe in 2 weeks maybe a month... I was sick of waiting so I decided to just walk to the next cell phone store Bouygues and see what their plans were with the BB's. On my way there I took a shortcut through a parking lot and I heard a man (in French) say "Could you please hurry up ma'am otherwise I'm going to crash my car." I looked up and realized it was the same guy who had waved at me and I couldn't help but smile. EEK! He asked me what my name was and I kept walking.. he asked me again, and I said nevermind...he asked if I was French.. I shook my head no...he asked if I was another nationality I can't remember what..and I shook my head no... then he asked if I was Spanish but by then he had to turn and I was going straight so the awkwardness stopped but it was a bit embarrassing because I had nowhere to go and he was driving alongside me.
So I got to bouygues finally and I saw a guy helping some people so I started looking at a pamphlet pretending to know what I was looking at and then a beautiful man walked out from the back and said "bonjour" ... I'm so intimidated by good-looking men!! OF COURSE this would happen to me! lol so I told him what the situation was and that I wanted a BB. He explained everything to me but since my card wouldn't work until Saturday I told him but he wanted to try anyway.. it didn't work so I told him I would go back the next day. I was so excited that I would finally be getting my BB! The only thing is that they had the 9300 but it was 59€ with a 50€ rebate or BB Curve for 1€...Since I wanted to eat for the rest of the week I decided to buy the cheaper one because all BB's rule..except for my old one.. and I just really liked it and was eager to get it.
I walked back to the foyer from downtown because the buses stopped running at 5:30pm by the foyer because I live right next to the soccer stadium and there was a Laval game that night.
this blog is so long I will continue later tonight. my fingers hurt.
love ya'll <3 bisous
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