Ce matin, je didn’t have classe until 9:25 parce que ma première classe was Espagnol. Je sat in the “lounge room” et j’ai fait mes devoirs pour demain. Head start! Apres my 55 min. free time, j’allais aller à la science, mais le professeur wasn’t there, donc je had more free time. (to study français) Je suis allé à “the quiet room” et ma ami, Morgane aider moi en Français. Maintenant, je peux dire right and left handed, ginger, dimples, cheek, wink, both, and wish/I wish.

Apres “free time,” it was maths. Je learned some new words like calculatrice, symétrie, et côtes.

During déjeuner, j’ai marché through the “lounge room” et j’ai regardé this roux regarde-moi as j’ai marché by. Je aussi see these guys from mon classe look at moi as je marche par. The “California girl” in me is starting to get looks! Parce que California girls are unforgettable!

Alors, about Wonton, je suis over him…maintenant maintenant il est someone else… 😉

Je vais regarder un film maintenant, bonne nuit!!

~Tara

Alors, aujourd’hui, je suis allé à Anglais. Apres classe, le professeur asked moi if j’était coming to classe. Je lui ai dit that je would come sometimes. Les jours Viva and moi have Anglais at the same time, nous will study Français instead of going to Anglais. (parce que nous don’t need that classe)

Apres Anglais, Français, et a break, it was time pour le sport…ping pong in autre mots. Apres ping pong, il était deux heurs of SES. (science)

Je suis going to have a TRÉS dificile time quand je get back à Hawaï parce que je vais à une école de filles et apres seeing the guys in my class…OH LA VACHE!!! (holy cow)

Il ya sept guys dans ma classe et trois caught mon oeil. Une avec bleu yeux, une avec braces, et one qui est just good looking!!! Je sais une has a gf, mais je ne sais pas about les autres.

Je pence que California et Français guys are the best looking…hands down!!!

Maintenant, before je says anything else je suis going to say…more later!!

~Tara

Aujourd’hiu, je suis allé à le maison de my host father’s mére. Nous sommes arrivés at around 12pm et left at about 5pm. Quand nous sommes arrivés à la maison, nous avons dîné…more food! Maintenant, je suis plein!!!

J’ai vraiment envie de porter mes nouvelles chaussures demain, mais it is going to rain. Je pense que je will wear them anyway. 🙂

That’s all je had pour aujourd’hui. More later!

~Tara

Today I went shopping with Viva! We met at the metro station and took the metro to the mall. There, we started with shoes. I knew what ones I wanted so we went to one shoe store and I bought the shoes I have been thinking about for a while! They have cherries on them!!! I also bought a jumper and a blanket that has 1D on it. Now I can sleep with my boys every night!!! Viva bought stuff too. She bought Oxford heels, lotion, a jacket, and socks. We had a lot of fun and ended with coffee and a croissant. I’m excited to see what the plans are for tomorrow!

Monday is school…and Viva’s sweet 16! YAY!!! Anyway, it’s late and I’m tired. Night!!!

~Tara

Alors, aujourd’hui it rained. Not un peu, mais beaucoup, all jour actually. It was TRÈS froid!!!!! Like FREEZING!!! Je wore mon manteau à l’école et was still froid!

Je ne sais pas quand it is about France, mais there are beaucoup de good looking guys!! Like OMG! Dans ma classe, dans le autre classes…wow!

Je got a letter dans l’e-mail sur going à Paris. Je suis going avec autre Americans (et autre exchange students) EXCITING!!!

Ce week-end, je vais faire du shopping!!! J’ai besoin nouveau chaussures, une veste de fourrure, talons hauts, chemises à manches longues, une robe pull maybe, bottes pour l’hiver, et warm leggings. Je might go avec Viva or avec Marine. Je ne sais pas encore.

It’s late maintenant et je suis fatigué. Bonne nuit!!

~Tara

So it’s late again…which means ENGLISH!!!

So today at school, i went to all my classes and stuff and after school I meet my LC with Viva and Carolin to talk about school. She and I also talked about my life at the house here. All turned out great!!

Back at the house, I talked to Marine for a while and figured some things out. I will have about 1 hour each night to talk with her about anything in English. The rest of the time at home its French. That works!

At the dinner table tonight the conversation was seals!!! Or should I say phoques!!! Even after dinner Marine and I were talking about it. Phoque phoque phoque!!!!!

Anyway, I’m going to go to bed soon, laterz!!!

~Tara

Last night at dinner, I laughed so hard I almost fell over. My host mother is an artist and she goes to painting classes. The painting she did today was on the counter and it was of frogs, flowers, and. lilypads. I asked Olivier how to say “lilypad” in French, but he thought I said “it’s really bad.” For about 10 minutes after that he was talking about how the painting was really bad. I asked him what he was talking about and he said “Isn’t that what you said?” I said, “No, I asked how to say lilypad.” He didn’t know that word in English so after I explained what it was in the painting, everyone else at the table said what it was. (I can’t remember what it was right now) It was SOO funny!!!!

~Tara

Aujourd’hui was “picture day” for our lunch cards. Apparently, j’étais the only one who didn’t know about this. En line, je quickly re-did mes cheveux et took off ma veste and scarf. (I waited too long to type this so the rest is going to be in English)

Thankfully, it was Wednesday, which meant it we got out at 12:25pm instead of 5pm. So, I was in Section Européenne today, it’s a class in English about UK history. It doesn’t help me in French, but I was asked to do a presentation about life in Hawai’i and France and how it’s different. (I guess I’m staying in this class) After Euro, it was Science and English. Only 4 classes on Wednesdays! In Science, I was asked to read one of the questions out loud…in French. This might have been either because I was writing something and the teacher thought I wasn’t paying attention, or because I am here to learn French and this would be a good way to help me. Either way, I read it with the help of Alix. I found out that when I read on command, my American accent really shows.

In English class, we had 5 minutes to ask the teacher questions about himself. One of the questions, I guess, was “what color if your underwear?” I didn’t really hear it when it was asked, but I heard laughter. After a few minutes I heard what it was and started laughing too. Now I know that my English teacher plays the bass guitar, likes to swim, is 42 years old, has 3 boys, is married to a women called Jasmine, and likes mountain biking. Ok then…

Back to the past…yesterday I learned how to say “seal” in French. It’s phoque. I just thought that was funny!!! So now I can say “Oh phoque” and whoever doesn’t read this will think I’m saying something else. 🙂

After school, I went shopping with Marine to get shower stuff, long sleeve shirts, jumpers, and shoes. I came home with shower stuff, one long sleeve shirt, and a magazine that is in French. Instead of taking 30 minutes-an hour to read, this one will take me longer. A good way to learn more words and phrases though!

Anyway, bed time. Night!

~Tara

Dans la classe d’espagnol aujourd’hui, le professeur said “sin embargo” et je thought of mon père, Mark. That is his mot préféré en espagnol. Je ne sais pas pourquoi j’ai été in that classe, mais whatever.

En classe de sciences, le professeur asked moi to name une partie de l’oeil. J’ai regardé mom papier et said “rétine.” Elle told moi to parle plus fort next time. Doesn’t she know je ne parle beaucoup de français? Prendre des notes est difficile parce que je copie le papier of whoever est sitting next to moi. Le professeur just talks, elle n’écrit pas les notes. Je ne comprendre  pas beaucoup de français, s’il vous plaît écrivez les notes.

Apres science, it was maths…about une heur et vingt à cinq minutes. Je n’aime pas les maths en anglais, pourquoi je l’aime en français? Il est très difficile to pay attention quand je ne comprends pas beaucoup, mais je try. Je use mon dictionnaire et écrire des mots that je ne sais pas.

Donc, there are no clocks in any of the classrooms. Cette gives us permission to regarder our téléphones…just saying. Anyway, je vais au lit maintenant parce eue j’ai to wake up early tomorrow pour l’école. Night!

~Tara

Aujourd’hui, je suis allé à l’arrêt de bus alone parce qui mon host méré took mon host péré à travailler. J’ai marché à l’arrêt de bus singing Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Getting Back Together.” While je was singing, les vaches were regarder à moi. Parce qu’ils sont vaches françaises, je ne think pas qu’ils comprendre moi.

À l’école, je suis allé à tous mes cours je usually go to. Quand je suis allé à mon Litt. Étrangere classe, le professeur asked moi pourqui je was there. Je told her that je didn’t know où aller. Je suis resté dans la classe et learned un peu français mots avec mon dictionnaire. Je vais Science et Maths classes instead of this Anglais class maintenant.

Je was asked to correct someone’s Anglais devoirs aujourd’hui. Parce que je suis une bonne personne, je said “oui” Je will not do that pour everyone!!! Je veux to ask mon Anglais professeur to aider moi avec français if il asks moi to aider le class avec Anglais. It’s only fair!

SHOUT OUT:
Je suis making a shout out à Oncle David. Merci beaucoup pour calling moi on Skype ce soir!!!

Je just ended a Skype call with Jake! Nous avons parlé about how je suis adjusting ici and stuff. OMG il est TRÉS mignon, je suis FREAKING OUT!!! Even though nous didn’t video, his voice….je can’t even! lol

More later,
~Tara

ps. Je saw Wonton avec his gf today…elle est très jolie. Oh well…moving on!