You would not believe what time I woke up today: 7:30 AM! As a college student, this is a pretty significant accomplishment. When I told René, he commented, “Your first productive day.” Hehehe.
But anyway, I have to begin this narration starting with Thursday night, because it was a very special night—it was (Belated) Thanksgiving Dinner Night! Elise did a wonderful job making stuffing from scratch, and it really made me happy because I didn’t think I would get a chance to have stuffing this year. She also made a delicious pie dessert from apples, strawberries, and homemade granola. Nataša, Marta, Dominika and I also helped with the preparation of the mashed potatoes, chicken, and carrots. And for dinner, we all dined in style by dressing up. All in all, it was a very successful dinner: we were in the end all very full, and it truly was in the spirit of a traditional Thanksgiving. Despite having lived abroad for two and a half years, I’m glad I still manage to somehow celebrate Thanksgiving every year. (It’s my favorite holiday, you know!)
After dinner we took some pictures together in our fine clothes, and then I went straight to bed because I had my French final at 9 AM this morning and I didn’t want to oversleep. I also wanted to make sure I got up early in case there were delays with the metro, which there has been due to a derailing between two of the main stations.
So, I told René to wake me up over the phone, and sure enough he did. Third time was the charm!
The exam went pretty smoothly in my opinion. The first part was a translation of a business letter, and I practically had to translate the entire thing with the dictionary in my left hand. I don’t think the proctor has ever seen someone use a dictionary like I did this morning. (But you know, those French accents are tricky! Have to proofread everything.)
After my exam I took a quick lunch break before meeting Ony and Ahmed to finish up our paper for Marketing Management. We started at 1:30 PM and finished at 5:30 PM. Needless to day, I’m all schooled out from today. But you know what? It’s a great feeling, being productive! I feel more like myself. I hope this continues for the rest of my stay here.
I leave you with some hilarious images of René playing Wii Sports Ski Jump as well as a little art project I did before I left Switzerland. Love makes you do all sorts of silly sweet things.
