candy mountain....or something like that!

First of all: props to Philip for, ahem, "beating the system" for the time being. I'm sure Schane loved you when you told him you didn't even read the book. But anyway - you'll need to quote things from the book for the paper, so you'll get to read some of it!

Quote of today:
History teacher: "Where did Christianity begin?"
10th grader: "Europe?"

Glad to hear that things at home are getting so snazzy. I mean - hello - water, that you can actually drink, from our very own tap? A-ma-zing.

I think I'm finally over my jet-lag; sleeping twelve hours straight the first night I got back definitely helped with that! I haven't had as many classes as usual this week due to "bac blanc" which is their practice exam for the end of the year. So the terminales sections (12th graders) been spending their days doing that instead of going to classes. I have made peace with the fact that schedules and routines are rather flexible creatures here, for better and worse.

It's weird to think where I was one year ago....finishing my Africa paper, freaking out about what I was going to do with my life, and going back to Grove City for one last semester. But I am glad to be here, nonetheless!

I've been reading a book by John Piper called "Don't Waste Your Life." It's been pretty intense and I've been thinking about it a lot in relation to my time left in France and what I'm going to do when I get home. So that's been good...I'll probably leave the book in the bathroom so everyone can profit from its instruction ;-)

Ok, this post is huge...sorry! If you want to call this weekend - I should be around!