Go live in a hole

That expression started from Rachel. We were talking about how one of our friends didn’t like the new Silverchair album so Rachel decreed he could go live in a hole. She makes the best petty punishments and repeatable expressions.
‘I’ll get you with my spoon!’ 
‘Rachel you’re holding a straw’. 
‘Go live in a hole’ was a favourite expression [...]

Things that I have actually done

So I am actually in France and I am doing more than daydreaming in school. I’ve already admitted to my love of the castles. Well, I then caught another strain that leads to the love of Cathedral’s. On a Wednesday I go to school 8am to 1pm. Yeah that sounds great! It’s still 5 hours. [...]

Don’t know how this is all coming home

Eight Weeks and packing to change families equals one fat suitcase (because my parents bought me the smaller sized one so it weighed less), one fat carry on bag, one grossly fat school bag, two Australia bags filled with the things that could not be squashed into the suitcases, five coats that have to be [...]

If only all truly understood this

True humor is fun – it does not put down, kid, or mock. It makes people feel wonderful, not separate, different, and cut off. True humor has beneath it the understanding that we are all in this together.
Hugh Prather

While I’m here I know that it is extremely difficult for me. I know that I’ve [...]

So school is boring and I’ve been thinking

So I present a problem to you. I’ve been watching superhero movies and there is always one character who can mind read.
 but,
Everyone thinks in their own language right? So say there was a mind reader here in France and they tried to read my thoughts. I think in English. They’re French and only speak French so [...]

So I’ve got this umm thing

I’m in love with the castles here. I simply adore them. My host father took me to this castle two weeks ago. I finish school on Wednesday at 1 o’clock. And no that’s not ‘oh so awesome!’ I still have to get there for two hours of physics at eight in the morning, which I [...]

Seven weeks

I’m changing families tomorrow. I look at this event and think OMG so much time has gone past already. But it’s only been seven weeks. It sounds like such a a long time, seven weeks, it kind of echos. But in the scheme of a whole year it’s been so short and past so fast. I [...]

Just cause it cracks me up

You wonker.
 This seems to be the French insult of choice at the moment. The boys in my class like to find different, rather lovely, English phrases to try and shock me. Truthfully they’re not very original but very funny. This week they’ve been trying to call everything a wanker but … the accents can’t quite get the [...]

Germany

While I was on holidays in the campervan we crossed a river. We drove over a bridge and my host mother turned to me and said ‘This is the river that seperates France from Germany’ I thought holy frickin hell that was it? I was expecting the whole border patrol treatment. See I’ve just been watching [...]

It’s not whinging, it’s stating facts

Now before I left we were warned and warned again that it would be different, we would be sad and homesick. I knew that this was eventual. Even though there are so many things here that I want to do which makes the year seem short to fit them all in, a year is a [...]