So, I have absolutely no idea why I haven't made a post about my day-to-day routine yet, especially because I've been here for almost two months, but better late than never!

So, I go to school Monday-Friday, just like back in the US, but I'm just clarifying that because I know some people have school on Saturday too in France. Each morning I wake up at Six AM -sob- and by 6:40 I am out the door and walking to the neighbors house. There, the neighbor takes me and his son to the bus stop, and we usually are there by 6:50. Here, there aren't "school buses" its just like public transport so in the beginning I was deathly afraid I would take the wrong bus every single day but now I'm kind of used to it. The bus gets to the central bus station or whatever by like 7:30, and then I have to walk up this giant, evil hill to get to the school which usually takes me about 10 minutes or so.

Since everyday is different, I'm going to now break my schedule down by day. On monday my classes start at 8am, and from 8-10 I have History/Geography. Sometimes I have a class after that that involves us making powerpoints for something from 10-11, but sometimes I don't have that class so I don't know what that's about. From 11-12 I have philosophy class, which is okay and then from 12-2PM I have two hours of do whatever you want time. Actually I'm pretty sure one hour is for lunch, and one hour is for studying but I don't really listen to that. After those two hours are up I have English from 2-3, which is so easy and boring, and the teacher always asks me things about the US, so I don't like it. And then from 3-4PM I have Economics which I absolutely hate because my teacher is gross and old and always says "aux Etats-Unis" (In the United States...) and in general asks me weird questions about the US, like what the population was in 1800. After that my day is finally over, and I take the bus home, where usually I end up eating something with my host sister Axelle, and watch TV or something because I can never do my homework because I still don't have my books. Which is a long story, that I'll go into some other time. (Just by the way, my morning routine is the same from Monday to Thursday, so I'm not going to repeat it all the time)

On tuesday I have history/geography from 8-10 again, and then from 10-12 I have economics! Which sucks because I hate it. Then I only have ONE hour of do whatever you want time -sob- and then I have pre-calculus for two hours, where I don't do anything and just copy from the board when the teacher goes over a problem or something. I'm actually finding it SO HARD to actually even get up in the morning because I've already received my diploma so this is all totally pointless and annoying. Anyway, from 3-4PM I have italian in which I also do nothing because its an advanced italian class, or something. The teacher even tried to get me out of her class, because I know no italian, but it didn't work hahah.

On wednesday I only have school until Noon, so that makes me happy. But I have two hours of economics and two hours of philosophy so that kind of sucks. But then I take the bus home and we all have lunch together at home. Recently that hasn't been going so well because one cashier and one pastry chef at the bakery are sick so that means my parents are working all day and are super stressed out like all the time now, which is annoying. So sometimes they fight.

On thursday I have English from 8-9, which is boring and then I have gym from 9-10, which I hate because its sort of like, I don't even know how to explain it, but it kind of reminds me of like stuff cheerleaders do (making pyramids, etc) like this thursday for example, I had to have a girl stand on my shoulders, which kind of hurt. After gym I have three hours of do nothing time, so usually I kind of wander around the school, looking for some random people that I have somehow made friends with, then usually we just hang around and have lunch. I honestly don't know why we don't leave when we have 2-3 hours of nothing, because we totally can, but no one ever seems to want to. Then at 2 I have "accompagnment personalissé" which is basically just an extra hour of economics and an extra hour of history per week. After that, I have italian class again from 4-5PM and then I go home.

On Friday, for some reason school starts an hour later for me, so I get to wake up at 7am, which is nice.  On fridays I have an hour of philosophy from 9-10, and then two hours of math from 10-12. Then I have two hours of nothing. After my two hours of nothing, I either have two hours of Politics or an hour of Economics and an hour of Politics. I'm not really sure why its different sometimes. Then I'm finished at 4 and I go home. So voila! theres my weekly schedule. 

I've been meaning to write my "one month" post for like five days now, but whenever I go to wright it, I just can't. So that means that this is about my 904832948th attempt, so enjoy it!

Even though I've only been away from home for about a month, it feels like YEARS! So much has happened in that short amount of time, I've met at least 50 new people, ate weird things, and somehow managed to take a bus here and not get lost. I already sort of feel like a different person. Sometimes though I feel as if the only way that this could get any better is if I had my best friends to share it with. That honestly is the worst part about this so far, not having anyone to share it with, and also not being fluent enough to express myself 100%. Whenever something exciting happens, or I think of something funny, I want to be able to turn to someone to tell them about it, but I can't. Which totally sucks, but I just need to keep working on my French and talking to people and I'm sure that will eventually go away. I also miss having pets! Last night I had a dream about pets and when I woke up and realized I didn't have any, it made me so sad, even though I dreamt that I had a giant guinea pig. Which is weird, but whatever.

But what I absolutely love about this so far, is meeting people from just about any country you can imagine! Its awesome to hear about other cultures, what they like, and how they view the world. And for some reason, just about everyone, except French people speak perfect English, which is something I can't wrap my mind around. Like I've asked everyone at school how long they've been learning English, and everyone has said "since I was 9 or 10". Which blows my mind!
In other news, I feel like my French has gotten a little better! I feel like its a little easier for me to pronounce those annoying as hell "Rs" and now I only have to ask people to repeat themselves 75% of the time! Yet I still feel like AFS is lying when they say that after three months you will be proficient enough to understand just about everything. I'm pretty sure that when December 7th rolls around I'll still be talking like a 3 year old, but only time will tell I guess.

So far, I give the food here an OK. Which is weird, because, you know, I'm in France. But most of the food here isn't something you'd get at a french restaurant in the States, or something you'd get out of a Julia Child cook book. Which is totally disappointing! Okay, granted French baked goods (bread, desserts, etc) definitely gets an A+, but the rest is just okay, kind of disappointing. Like for example, they eat noodles without any kind of sauce, or even butter. Ew.

Today, I went into the city with my friend Svana from Iceland and we went out to lunch! Since she doesn't speak much French, I had to order for both of us. It was super nervewracking! It was the first time ever for me ordering all by myself at a french restaurant, but somehow the waitress understood me and we got what we wanted! So overall, I call that a major success for me.

Anyway, that's it for now I guess. Sorry if there's any mistakes, my written English is getting a little bit rusty.