Today=Fantastico

No, that's not French. I'm pretty sure it's Spanish? But it could also be Italian... I'm not really up on my other Romance languages, although I would really love it if I were.

Anyway! The last couple days have been not-so-great. I "attrapéd the rhume" as one of my peers so neatly put it. For those of you non-franglophones, that's a really grammatically--maybe just linguistically--terrible way of saying that I got the flu. I woke up yesterday with a terrible headache, a sore throat, and a fever. I'd been feeling a little sick the two previous days, but I thought I could fight it off with water, which I then proceeded to not drink. Good decision, apparently.

So I spent all day lying in bed trying to make myself feel better. I had class at 1pm yesterday, so I got up and showered and went to that, practically slept through the first half of class because I was so incoherent, left early, came home and slept some more, finally had some soup, slept a little more, and then a wonderful friend made me a nice healthy dinner and tea. I was supposed to have my second dinner with the French family, but because I was sick, we decided to reschedule for tomorrow night if they're free.

I woke up this morning feeling better--not 100%--but without a voice. After a couple cups of tea, I finally could talk and walk without losing my balance (having fevers makes me a little dizzy), and I went to go meet my French friend for coffee. She's really nice, and she hates English, so I can only speak French with her, which is really good practice for me! Apparently we're in two of the same classes without knowing it, so I'm going to be seeing a lot of her this semester. She showed me some of the ins and outs of the university--like the super cheap cafeteria that's on a different campus--and I showed her how to get to Parc Jourdan from the university.

I got a care package from my family today! Unfortunately, I had to pay a tax of 47€ in order to receive it, but it came nonetheless! I'm so happy to have my apron with me, and my Colts jersey (I have a friend here who is an avid Packers fan and won't let me forget that he's the "true fan" because he brought his jersey and I didn't, so obviously I had to fix that situation), my lotions, and good-smelling fall scents!!

Tonight, I've got my awesome theater class, and hopefully I'll have a nice, slow night so my body can fully recuperate.

I realize how boring this blog looks at first glance--I'll try to post more pictures soon! Several of my latest videos have not been the best. Last week I tried to get a video of our theater where the class is held and instead I got a video of me falling down the stairs and everyone laughing at me. So... we'll try for a better one this time.