Black Friday

Hey everyone! Over in the US its black Friday. Over here it is just normal Friday.

Yesterday was my FIRST Thanksgiving away from friends and/or family. It was actually my first Thanksgiving that I did not get the chance to celebrate... And while the day wasn't great, that wasn't France's fault. And I made it through it just fine.
To try and commemorate the holiday, I made some (really tasty) pumpkin bread with the girls on Wednesday and printed out some Thanksgiving themed coloring sheets for Thursday afternoon. We gave some of the bread to the nurse (who takes care of Am during the day) and she seemed to enjoy it. But, like many French people, she didn't quite understand what Thanksgiving is. She assumed it was our Christmas (she is in no way the only french person to do this).

Today we re-started our "writing production" class with the 3rd professor. *Complaint: The french bureaucracy is ridiculous and inefficient. Nobody knows when class is canceled/they always start late/rooms are not planned out ahead of time/etc etc etc. This is not even to mention the problems I have had running alllll over town to try and complete the Visa process!)*
Anyway, we had FIVE hours of class - one 3 hour block in the morning and then a 2 hour block in the afternoon. Surprisingly, and happily, I wasn't very bored at all! I think I am going to enjoy this class, even though we have lots of homework. I also like this professor a lot. And today I felt like I made some progress as far as actually making friends with the other students.
Also, funny thing happened. So you know that moment in the trailer for the Pink Panther, when Steve Martin is a french inspector and is trying to say the word "hamburger"?
Well, today in class was kind of like the opposite of that. We were reading an article and I had to say 'hamburger' and 'cheeseburger' in a french accent ... and I totally failed and everyone laughed. Not in a mean way, though, I was laughing too. It was ridiculous.

Anyway, it is no longer Friday over here, so I am going to hit the sack.