hello friends! I apologize for the my brief hiatus from blog land but I have been very busy and I actually did write a post a few days ago but when i went to publish it the computer deleted the whole thing so I was a little mad at technology for a few days and needed some time to cool down. ANyways I am back now and have so much to report (well kinda)
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, which isn't too big of a deal here in Lux (seeing as how there weren't and pilgrims or native americans that ate together to celebrate) but i was able to go to a thanksgiving luncheon at Eleanor's work so I can say I had turkey on the day of. I was also able to have a late night skype session with my whole extended family in the midst of their celebration so it was really nice to see all their faces and get a taste of home! We are having our big celebration on Saturday and the family is inviting like 15 people over so that should be fun and extremely delicious!
I have been subbing for about three weeks right now and am totally loving it! I did EAL today (they call it english as an additional language here instead of english as a sencond language because for some of the kids it is like the fourth or fifth language they speak...i feel so dumb) with kindergarten and second grade which was funny because i couldn't really communicate with some of them so there were a lot of gestures and talking really slow. It is so cool to teach a class with like 11 kids and have them all be from a different country, this place is so diverse! Anyways, I have met alot of nice teachers and I really like the school so that is great!
In other news I got to go snowboarding last weekend for the first time ever. I went with four other friends (one of whom used to be a snowboarding instructor and was a great teacher to me) and we went to this indoor place in France which was basically just this huge hill with lots of fake snow and a lift. It took me a bit to get the hang of it but I think I caught on pretty quickly and my friend said I was above average for a beginner! However I did take some pretty nasty falls (one of which was right in front of the lift, I basically caught an edge, flew forward and slammed my knees right on the ice, haven't been that close to crying over an injury since i was like ten, and my knee is still pretty swollen) but it was so worth it and I am hoping to go again and get better!
I am really excited because I am going to a wine festival this evening in the center of town where I guess you pay five euro for a glass of wine and then get to drink as much delicious wine as your hearts desire. Should be a good time!
Thats all for now, less than three weeks till I come home, yeah!!
I will leave you with a short dialogue that transpired over breakfast this morning...
colton: I love eggs
Nathan: the only eggs I like are omelettes...made by people
Me: As opposed to omelletes made by...lizards?
Nathan: yeah
Me: You dont think a lizard could make a delicious omelette?
Nathan: Well, I just feel like it might get it's tail in the way and then i would end up with a lizard tail omelette and I'm sure I wouldn't like that
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