à Lyon! Ben, presque!
// it's Summer in Lyon. Well, practically!
And it's AMAZING! I've been getting a bit of a tan which I'm very proud of; it's hovering around the 20 degrees mark which is sooo lush, and it's staying there too which is very good news! I've been spending time in pubs doing revision/general drinking which always feels summery; although France doesn't really have beer gardens which is a pain; can't wait to get into them when I come home!
Home over Easter was lovely! I was met practically the moment I got home by Dais and we went out for a meal which was nice, and I saw her again before I came back; we went to visit our ex-boss at his new work which was fun! Plus one evening I went to the pub with Natatalie, her boyfriend Sam and her brother Darren, and I managed to catch up with my friend Nathan who I hadn't seen since Secondary School, and was so nice to see him! Went for a meal in Crawley with some of the girls too; some of which I hadn't seen in ages, plus obviously saw lots of family which was really nice! Mum and Dad had decorated my room; got home and it looks AMAZING! Absolutely love having a double bed now! Plus they've moved everything around so it's really spacious, plus they've painted it a really nice green; I'm absolutely in love with it lol! They bought me those lamps where you touch them and they turn on; they've got three settings, and again, LOVE...IT!
Got my loan through on Saturday thankfully; money situation was pretty horrific but all's good now! Plus I've applied for a job back home (finger's crossed; am waiting to hear back from them; will let you know in due course) so that should help with the finances too!
I spoke to Guy last night (well, he left a message on my Facebook wall and I gave him a ring, and proceeded to accidentally wake up the whole house; parents were not amused apparently!) and he said that he's managed to smash the right-hand wing mirror of the car, (made even funnier by the fact that I managed to smash the left one over Christmas) and had to phone Mum and tell her and apparently she wasn't best pleased (unsurprisingly...) so I think Guy and I are both pretty much in the dog house! Big birthday presents for the parents this year I'm thinking...
Went for a night out with the girls on Saturday; very funny! We were all quite merry; on the bus on the way out a random started talking to us, and my genius (literally) idea was to talk complete gobbledy gook back at him; literally making up words (sounds lol) as I went along; so funny! Everyone on the bus thought we were mental, unsurprisingly, but it was one of the funniest moments ever! The rest of the night was epic too; went to Johnny's Kitchen, then the St. James, then Kellys, then Wallaces (I love Vieux Lyon) before stumbling back to a taxi. Epic night, epic lol.
Can't think of any more updates, but will write again soon!
Bisous! Jess xx
Monday, 19 April 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
"Eeeengleeeesh!" "...Retard!"
Hello Blogsphere! Thought I'd do a little blog update while I'm sitting in bed and contemplating getting up.
Weather here has been so nice here recently, really hot and sunny; I've been sunbathing and went on a picnic the other day; it's been around the 20 degree mark which has been amazing. However it is currently raining... but I will allow Lyon a day of rain if the weather picks up again.
St. Patricks Day was incredible! The whole of the Irish/British/French population came out in force in Vieux Lyon (where there are several Irish bars) and everyone was getting really into it. I pre-drank with the girls before we left; everything green naturally, which was fun, but I had to get the last bus home cause I had a massive headache which was a pain, but it was a really good night and everyone got really into it, even the French which surprised me quite a bit!
In other news; I've booked my Summer Ball ticket for Reading! It's on Friday 11th June, can't wait! Am going with the girls I used to live with last year; I miss them all loads, so can't wait to see them all again. Will be an amazing night, as Summer Ball always is; I'm going to try and find a dress in France but I don't know how much luck I'll have; we shall see.
Other future plans (still in the pipeline but they are going to happen!!) include going to see my cousin Rachel in NY in early July; haven't seen her since Christmas so will be good to see her, with my Auntie Sarah which I'm really excited about! I've been to NY before and am really excited about going back; we'll probably be there for about a week and I can't wait! I'm also going to apply for a grape picking job over Summer; (I say Summer but the grape picking season is in September lol,) the harvest can last from 7 to 18 days and pay's roughly 50€ a day (although it costs around 99€ to enter the programme lol, typical) I know it's going to be really hard work but it's something I'd really like to do; plus am already thinking of the benefits of coming back to the UK really fit and tanned haha!
While I'm at it, should probably explain the title to you all! I was on the bus with Hannah yesterday on the way to lectures, coming down the hill, and there were a couple of Spanish teenage boys sitting down and I was leaning against a pole so I wouldn't fall over, and they were being really weird/annoying; at one point they tapped me on the shoulder, and I was like whaaat... and then later one of them pushed his knee into me, and then when I leant my hand on the glass one of them put his hand to the other side of the glass, and I was like "that's really weird" to which they said "thaaa's reeeellliii wirrred," so I obviously retaliated with "that's really rude" to which they replied "ruuuuudeeee," and we were just about to get off the bus (finally!) when they said something along the lines of "eeeeengleeeesh!" to which Hannah (genius/god that she is,) pointed at them and said "retard!" just before we marched off the bus; honestly, it was hilarious!! I love her lol, classic comedy gold moment right there, it was amazing!
I've been getting really far with my Dissertation which I'm really happy about; I'm over a 1/10th of the way through (which doesn't sound a lot but believe me, it's definitely progress) and am finding myself really enjoying writing it (crazy, I know) which is brilliant! Time goes by quite quickly when I start writing it as well; if I keep on going as I am I think I could have it finished by the end of May when I come home for Summer, although I'm not holding my breath on that one :-P.
I went to the pub quiz at Wallaces last night; there were 6 of us and we were the youngest there, and there were 24 teams, and overall we came 5th which is actually quite impressive; especially as we were only 2.5 points away from winning! I think it's the most points we've ever got on a pub quiz here, so we were all pretty impressed with ourselves lol. Our team name was "Benny and the Jets" in honour of Sir Elton's birthday; Suzy's idea, but a pretty good one I thought lol; we're normally the "Andre Allix Army."
I've done some more babysitting recently and I've got some more in the pipeline which is good, especially considering my depleting resources! Oh and I've been made the Treasurer for the French Society next year (not sure if I've already said this on a previous post so apologies if I have, but it is very exciting, as I'm sure you'll agree.)
I'm coming home for a week on Tuesday (4 days time!!!!!!!!!!) which I'm looking forward too; however I'm also looking forward to coming back to Lyon again already! I can't believe I've got so little time left here; it doesn't seem right. I'm not sure how many people I'm going to get to see when I come back either so apologies in advance if I don't see you; but I've got a few family things that I'm going to and it's always hard to try and fit everyone in! But I'll be back in England at the end of May for good anyway, so will definitely catch up with everyone then!
Hope all reading this (as always) are well; will probably write a little post before I come home,
Bisous! Jess xx
Weather here has been so nice here recently, really hot and sunny; I've been sunbathing and went on a picnic the other day; it's been around the 20 degree mark which has been amazing. However it is currently raining... but I will allow Lyon a day of rain if the weather picks up again.
St. Patricks Day was incredible! The whole of the Irish/British/French population came out in force in Vieux Lyon (where there are several Irish bars) and everyone was getting really into it. I pre-drank with the girls before we left; everything green naturally, which was fun, but I had to get the last bus home cause I had a massive headache which was a pain, but it was a really good night and everyone got really into it, even the French which surprised me quite a bit!
In other news; I've booked my Summer Ball ticket for Reading! It's on Friday 11th June, can't wait! Am going with the girls I used to live with last year; I miss them all loads, so can't wait to see them all again. Will be an amazing night, as Summer Ball always is; I'm going to try and find a dress in France but I don't know how much luck I'll have; we shall see.
Other future plans (still in the pipeline but they are going to happen!!) include going to see my cousin Rachel in NY in early July; haven't seen her since Christmas so will be good to see her, with my Auntie Sarah which I'm really excited about! I've been to NY before and am really excited about going back; we'll probably be there for about a week and I can't wait! I'm also going to apply for a grape picking job over Summer; (I say Summer but the grape picking season is in September lol,) the harvest can last from 7 to 18 days and pay's roughly 50€ a day (although it costs around 99€ to enter the programme lol, typical) I know it's going to be really hard work but it's something I'd really like to do; plus am already thinking of the benefits of coming back to the UK really fit and tanned haha!
While I'm at it, should probably explain the title to you all! I was on the bus with Hannah yesterday on the way to lectures, coming down the hill, and there were a couple of Spanish teenage boys sitting down and I was leaning against a pole so I wouldn't fall over, and they were being really weird/annoying; at one point they tapped me on the shoulder, and I was like whaaat... and then later one of them pushed his knee into me, and then when I leant my hand on the glass one of them put his hand to the other side of the glass, and I was like "that's really weird" to which they said "thaaa's reeeellliii wirrred," so I obviously retaliated with "that's really rude" to which they replied "ruuuuudeeee," and we were just about to get off the bus (finally!) when they said something along the lines of "eeeeengleeeesh!" to which Hannah (genius/god that she is,) pointed at them and said "retard!" just before we marched off the bus; honestly, it was hilarious!! I love her lol, classic comedy gold moment right there, it was amazing!
I've been getting really far with my Dissertation which I'm really happy about; I'm over a 1/10th of the way through (which doesn't sound a lot but believe me, it's definitely progress) and am finding myself really enjoying writing it (crazy, I know) which is brilliant! Time goes by quite quickly when I start writing it as well; if I keep on going as I am I think I could have it finished by the end of May when I come home for Summer, although I'm not holding my breath on that one :-P.
I went to the pub quiz at Wallaces last night; there were 6 of us and we were the youngest there, and there were 24 teams, and overall we came 5th which is actually quite impressive; especially as we were only 2.5 points away from winning! I think it's the most points we've ever got on a pub quiz here, so we were all pretty impressed with ourselves lol. Our team name was "Benny and the Jets" in honour of Sir Elton's birthday; Suzy's idea, but a pretty good one I thought lol; we're normally the "Andre Allix Army."
I've done some more babysitting recently and I've got some more in the pipeline which is good, especially considering my depleting resources! Oh and I've been made the Treasurer for the French Society next year (not sure if I've already said this on a previous post so apologies if I have, but it is very exciting, as I'm sure you'll agree.)
I'm coming home for a week on Tuesday (4 days time!!!!!!!!!!) which I'm looking forward too; however I'm also looking forward to coming back to Lyon again already! I can't believe I've got so little time left here; it doesn't seem right. I'm not sure how many people I'm going to get to see when I come back either so apologies in advance if I don't see you; but I've got a few family things that I'm going to and it's always hard to try and fit everyone in! But I'll be back in England at the end of May for good anyway, so will definitely catch up with everyone then!
Hope all reading this (as always) are well; will probably write a little post before I come home,
Bisous! Jess xx
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Joyeux Anniversaire :)
Bonjour à tous!!
First blog post as a 21 year old! I've been having a lot of 21 year old "firsts" recently, most of which have only served to annoy Hannah/anyone in my near vicinity, but I'm SO EXCITED about being 21 that I don't really mind that much.
Han was in my room when it turned midnight, so I was officially 21; I think I was the most excited person in the history of the universe to turn it too lol; I was dancing/screaming/running around for at least 20 minutes into my birthday, good good times. On the actual day I had my birthday bagel :-D and had a massive night out... un peu messy but amaaaazing, such a good night! Only made it to 4 out of the 7 pubs on the list before I decided I needed to go home lol but was a really good night anyway.
Florence and the Machine were incredible too; the atmosphere was immense and Han and I both left being a little bit in love with her lol. I've put photos up on Facebook and videos of it will be up soon. There was a strike on in the evening/day which was lame cause it meant we had to trek (literally) half way across Lyon by foot in order to get to it, but it was such a good gig that it was definitely worth it.
I dropped Guy off at the airport this morning and had a really good couple of days with him :-) I showed him some of the various sights in Lyon and he came out with my friends on Friday night to a few Irish bars and then to Wallaces where there's a live band every Friday which was immense, and we did a quick visit to Ayer's Rock which is an Australian club that I absolutely love which is good. We made him to a T Bomb (Tequila instead of Jaeger) and a shot which has Tabasco in it... very very good night! And last night (Saturday) him and I went out for a meal in Vieux Lyon. I took him to the Stade de Gerland where OL play, and we were accosted by a French film crew who tried to get me to say something about the football team... did not happen lol, it was practically harassment to be honest, we had to walk away and they were still trying to get me to do it! And Guy met my friend Marco who's French, and he asked if Guy spoke any French and Guy said "une petite pois" (a little pea) rather that "une petite peu" (a little bit) lol which was funny. It was really nice having him here for a couple of days :) plus he got me a really nice necklace from Ernest Jones for my birthday, and he also brought some presents over from Mum and Dad which was nice.
I've finally managed to book my flights home for my birthday/Easter! I'll be home in the morning of Tuesday 30th March, and I'm flying back to Lyon on the morning of Thursday 8th April, and then I'll just have a month and a half before I leave Lyon for good, which is a scary thought! I need to get on with my Dissertation and things; ahhh!
Other than that; not much news to report! It's St Patricks Day on Wednesday so we're all going to go out to the Irish bars in Vieux Lyon and paint shamrocks on our cheeks and try and wear green which should be a fun night; however I'm currently very poor so am going to have to try and reel back the spending in the next month until I get my next loan installment on 19th April; bring it on!
Will write again when I can!
Bisous! Jess xx
First blog post as a 21 year old! I've been having a lot of 21 year old "firsts" recently, most of which have only served to annoy Hannah/anyone in my near vicinity, but I'm SO EXCITED about being 21 that I don't really mind that much.
Han was in my room when it turned midnight, so I was officially 21; I think I was the most excited person in the history of the universe to turn it too lol; I was dancing/screaming/running around for at least 20 minutes into my birthday, good good times. On the actual day I had my birthday bagel :-D and had a massive night out... un peu messy but amaaaazing, such a good night! Only made it to 4 out of the 7 pubs on the list before I decided I needed to go home lol but was a really good night anyway.
Florence and the Machine were incredible too; the atmosphere was immense and Han and I both left being a little bit in love with her lol. I've put photos up on Facebook and videos of it will be up soon. There was a strike on in the evening/day which was lame cause it meant we had to trek (literally) half way across Lyon by foot in order to get to it, but it was such a good gig that it was definitely worth it.
I dropped Guy off at the airport this morning and had a really good couple of days with him :-) I showed him some of the various sights in Lyon and he came out with my friends on Friday night to a few Irish bars and then to Wallaces where there's a live band every Friday which was immense, and we did a quick visit to Ayer's Rock which is an Australian club that I absolutely love which is good. We made him to a T Bomb (Tequila instead of Jaeger) and a shot which has Tabasco in it... very very good night! And last night (Saturday) him and I went out for a meal in Vieux Lyon. I took him to the Stade de Gerland where OL play, and we were accosted by a French film crew who tried to get me to say something about the football team... did not happen lol, it was practically harassment to be honest, we had to walk away and they were still trying to get me to do it! And Guy met my friend Marco who's French, and he asked if Guy spoke any French and Guy said "une petite pois" (a little pea) rather that "une petite peu" (a little bit) lol which was funny. It was really nice having him here for a couple of days :) plus he got me a really nice necklace from Ernest Jones for my birthday, and he also brought some presents over from Mum and Dad which was nice.
I've finally managed to book my flights home for my birthday/Easter! I'll be home in the morning of Tuesday 30th March, and I'm flying back to Lyon on the morning of Thursday 8th April, and then I'll just have a month and a half before I leave Lyon for good, which is a scary thought! I need to get on with my Dissertation and things; ahhh!
Other than that; not much news to report! It's St Patricks Day on Wednesday so we're all going to go out to the Irish bars in Vieux Lyon and paint shamrocks on our cheeks and try and wear green which should be a fun night; however I'm currently very poor so am going to have to try and reel back the spending in the next month until I get my next loan installment on 19th April; bring it on!
Will write again when I can!
Bisous! Jess xx
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
La vie en rose!
I can't believe how long it's taken me to get back writing this blog again! It is currently three months down the line from my last blog....whoops. I've been pretty busy so sorry if this turns out to be a long post!
Christmas was amazing, I had such a good time! We had Mum's side of the family round for Christmas Day, and then we went to visit Dad's Mum and his brother and wife (who flew over from Boston) in Emsworth on Boxing Day, and it was lovely to see all of the family again. The snow over Christmas was pretty too; so much of it! When I was home I also managed to see almost everyone I wanted to friends-wise too so that was good, even if it was expensive meeting up with everyone all the time, defo worth it! Natatalie and I managed another of our infamous trips to the pub, and I met up with Sophie in Redhill for lunch a couple of times, and went out for a few meals in East Grinstead/Lingfield, so all in all had a really nice Christmas break :).
Since I've been back in Lyon I've been having a really good term; I'm now following a different Translation course which is taught by this American guy who I absolutely LOVE (he may be about 60...this is besides the point lol) he's hilarious and he loves the English, which is good for Hannah and Mary and Neil and I lol, plus he seriously has the exact same voice as Stephen Hawking...amazing! I think he appreciates our input on translations too; he's always looking over at us if we're laughing about how he's translated something, or when he tells franglais jokes we're usually the only ones that understand so we're all cracking up and the French don't have a clue what's going on lol. Hannah's also fallen in love with him, from the moment he started quoting Shakespeare lol, but I was definitely there first haha. I'm also following a cinema class, but I'm not taking it for credit because I've got too much work to do for Reading (stupid Dissertation, although you'll all be pleased to know that I HAVE STARTED IT!!! Waheyy...) so I'm just following the classes which is helpful for my Dissertation which is also on Cinema. The last course I'm taking is a History of Literature one which is interesting but difficult; really not looking forward to the exam but touch wood it'll go ok; I don't have to pass my modules in order to come back to Reading next year but it does count for 40% of my Year Abroad mark, so I am slightly worried about that!
I've been going on loads of nights out since I've got back which have been so much fun; this term is so much better than the last one! Hannah's birthday was at the start of term and we went out a few times to celebrate that, all of which were really good (we celebrated it in Reading before we came back here too) and Bethan's birthday was in February which was lush too, and it's my birthday tomorrow so we're all going out again (surprise surprise!) so I'm really looking forward to that. I'm going to go to my favourite bagel shop tomorrow lunchtime for a birthday bagel (alliteration; just for Hannah lol) with some friends and then we're going out on a pub crawl around Vieux Lyon in the evening; then on Thursday night a load of us have got tickets to go and see Florence and the Machine in concert in Lyon which is going to be amazing!! And then on Friday morning Guy's flying over from home and he'll be here until Sunday, which I'm really looking forward too :) hopefully I won't be too tired to show him the sights though! I've been receiving some birthday post through and it's literally been torture not being allowed to open them lol, only one more day to go though!
J Lo came for another visit in February which was fun, hopefully Hannah and I will make it out to see him sometime soon! Plus I've been doing some more babysitting; the couple that I started off babysitting for passed my name on to another couple who have a 7 month year old daughter, and I went to babysit for her the other evening which was eventful...they do this thing where they put her to bed at around 7.30, then wake her up at 11pm, feed her a bottle then change her then put her back to sleep again and SUPPOSEDLY she just goes straight back to sleep straight after...didn't really happen though, did it. Lol she was up screaming until about 12, when she finally stopped crying; was a bit of a nightmare especially as I had to get up 4 hours later in order to go skiing for the day. I've been skiing twice (both times just for the day) since I've been back which has been a lot of fun; the first time we went in a big group of about 7 of us, only 2 of us having skiied before which was fun lol, but the others got a lesson and stayed on the baby slopes so we went off to do some runs which were really good; I'd never been to the Alpe du Grand Serre before but there was good snow and it had some really good runs. Then I went again the Sunday just gone (7th March) with Andrew (who'd been skiing before too) to Alpe D'Huez; I'd already been there for a week with family before so I recognised the piste a bit, but as I say I'd been babysitting the night before and hit a wall after lunch; I've really never skiied so badly before ever! I managed to break a ski, but luckily a nice old man from ESF (the french ski school) asked me if I was lost (I was carrying my skis up a run to get back to the top because I couldn't ski down the mountain on the broken ski; although I had just before tried sliding down on one ski and holding onto my poles and other ski; do NOT try this lol) and I said I'd broken it and he fixed it with his bare hands (I was quite literally in awe lol) thankfully, and then I could get going again lol. And on the final run of the day we went on a red one (not a good idea in hindsight as I was so exhausted) and I practically fell half way down the mountain lol. Needless to say I fell asleep on the way to and back from the mountain on the coach; it had been snowing in Lyon and the roads were horrific; it took us almost 5 hours to get back to Lyon on what should have been a 2 and a half hour journey because people were crashing all over the place and snow ploughs were out in full force, but at least we got back ok in the end.
I've also had my hair done in France since I've been back; I was absolutely terrified something was going to go wrong lol; I wanted a cut and a colour and Hannah just wanted a cut so we went together to this one that's about 5 minutes away from halls. They did the colour first and I said I wanted it a bit blonder than it was at the time, to which they kept on saying "super blonde;" I was pretty sure I was going to end up with white hair lol, but it turned out really nice in the end; I love the colour! And they managed to understand that I wanted it in layers, although I think she cut it a bit shorter than I would have liked, but it's already starting to grow out now and I do really love the colour, so all in all it was a success! Plus I also managed to do a bit of hairdresser banter with mine and with Hannah's hairdresser; I joked that she wanted 13cms off rather than 3 which everyone seemed to find hilarious lol, and I was talking to mine about what I'm studying etc and they were really friendly so that was good! :)
I haven't booked my flights home yet but I'm planning on coming home for about a week towards the end of March; will write on here when I book them so I can start thinking about arranging to meet up with everyone back home :) will book them in the next couple of days before easyjet decide to hike up their prices much more! And last month Dad and Mum and I decided when they're coming to pick me up for good; so I'll be back in the UK for good on Monday 31st May 2010, which seems SO soon, and I know that the next few months are going to fly by and before I know it I'll be back in Edenbridge, which is such a crazy thought, so I'm just going to make the most of my time out here before I'm back in rainy England again!
Can't think of anything else to say so will write again on either Monday or Tuesday next week, after Guy's been and gone! Hope all reading this are well,
Bisous! Jess xx
Christmas was amazing, I had such a good time! We had Mum's side of the family round for Christmas Day, and then we went to visit Dad's Mum and his brother and wife (who flew over from Boston) in Emsworth on Boxing Day, and it was lovely to see all of the family again. The snow over Christmas was pretty too; so much of it! When I was home I also managed to see almost everyone I wanted to friends-wise too so that was good, even if it was expensive meeting up with everyone all the time, defo worth it! Natatalie and I managed another of our infamous trips to the pub, and I met up with Sophie in Redhill for lunch a couple of times, and went out for a few meals in East Grinstead/Lingfield, so all in all had a really nice Christmas break :).
Since I've been back in Lyon I've been having a really good term; I'm now following a different Translation course which is taught by this American guy who I absolutely LOVE (he may be about 60...this is besides the point lol) he's hilarious and he loves the English, which is good for Hannah and Mary and Neil and I lol, plus he seriously has the exact same voice as Stephen Hawking...amazing! I think he appreciates our input on translations too; he's always looking over at us if we're laughing about how he's translated something, or when he tells franglais jokes we're usually the only ones that understand so we're all cracking up and the French don't have a clue what's going on lol. Hannah's also fallen in love with him, from the moment he started quoting Shakespeare lol, but I was definitely there first haha. I'm also following a cinema class, but I'm not taking it for credit because I've got too much work to do for Reading (stupid Dissertation, although you'll all be pleased to know that I HAVE STARTED IT!!! Waheyy...) so I'm just following the classes which is helpful for my Dissertation which is also on Cinema. The last course I'm taking is a History of Literature one which is interesting but difficult; really not looking forward to the exam but touch wood it'll go ok; I don't have to pass my modules in order to come back to Reading next year but it does count for 40% of my Year Abroad mark, so I am slightly worried about that!
I've been going on loads of nights out since I've got back which have been so much fun; this term is so much better than the last one! Hannah's birthday was at the start of term and we went out a few times to celebrate that, all of which were really good (we celebrated it in Reading before we came back here too) and Bethan's birthday was in February which was lush too, and it's my birthday tomorrow so we're all going out again (surprise surprise!) so I'm really looking forward to that. I'm going to go to my favourite bagel shop tomorrow lunchtime for a birthday bagel (alliteration; just for Hannah lol) with some friends and then we're going out on a pub crawl around Vieux Lyon in the evening; then on Thursday night a load of us have got tickets to go and see Florence and the Machine in concert in Lyon which is going to be amazing!! And then on Friday morning Guy's flying over from home and he'll be here until Sunday, which I'm really looking forward too :) hopefully I won't be too tired to show him the sights though! I've been receiving some birthday post through and it's literally been torture not being allowed to open them lol, only one more day to go though!
J Lo came for another visit in February which was fun, hopefully Hannah and I will make it out to see him sometime soon! Plus I've been doing some more babysitting; the couple that I started off babysitting for passed my name on to another couple who have a 7 month year old daughter, and I went to babysit for her the other evening which was eventful...they do this thing where they put her to bed at around 7.30, then wake her up at 11pm, feed her a bottle then change her then put her back to sleep again and SUPPOSEDLY she just goes straight back to sleep straight after...didn't really happen though, did it. Lol she was up screaming until about 12, when she finally stopped crying; was a bit of a nightmare especially as I had to get up 4 hours later in order to go skiing for the day. I've been skiing twice (both times just for the day) since I've been back which has been a lot of fun; the first time we went in a big group of about 7 of us, only 2 of us having skiied before which was fun lol, but the others got a lesson and stayed on the baby slopes so we went off to do some runs which were really good; I'd never been to the Alpe du Grand Serre before but there was good snow and it had some really good runs. Then I went again the Sunday just gone (7th March) with Andrew (who'd been skiing before too) to Alpe D'Huez; I'd already been there for a week with family before so I recognised the piste a bit, but as I say I'd been babysitting the night before and hit a wall after lunch; I've really never skiied so badly before ever! I managed to break a ski, but luckily a nice old man from ESF (the french ski school) asked me if I was lost (I was carrying my skis up a run to get back to the top because I couldn't ski down the mountain on the broken ski; although I had just before tried sliding down on one ski and holding onto my poles and other ski; do NOT try this lol) and I said I'd broken it and he fixed it with his bare hands (I was quite literally in awe lol) thankfully, and then I could get going again lol. And on the final run of the day we went on a red one (not a good idea in hindsight as I was so exhausted) and I practically fell half way down the mountain lol. Needless to say I fell asleep on the way to and back from the mountain on the coach; it had been snowing in Lyon and the roads were horrific; it took us almost 5 hours to get back to Lyon on what should have been a 2 and a half hour journey because people were crashing all over the place and snow ploughs were out in full force, but at least we got back ok in the end.
I've also had my hair done in France since I've been back; I was absolutely terrified something was going to go wrong lol; I wanted a cut and a colour and Hannah just wanted a cut so we went together to this one that's about 5 minutes away from halls. They did the colour first and I said I wanted it a bit blonder than it was at the time, to which they kept on saying "super blonde;" I was pretty sure I was going to end up with white hair lol, but it turned out really nice in the end; I love the colour! And they managed to understand that I wanted it in layers, although I think she cut it a bit shorter than I would have liked, but it's already starting to grow out now and I do really love the colour, so all in all it was a success! Plus I also managed to do a bit of hairdresser banter with mine and with Hannah's hairdresser; I joked that she wanted 13cms off rather than 3 which everyone seemed to find hilarious lol, and I was talking to mine about what I'm studying etc and they were really friendly so that was good! :)
I haven't booked my flights home yet but I'm planning on coming home for about a week towards the end of March; will write on here when I book them so I can start thinking about arranging to meet up with everyone back home :) will book them in the next couple of days before easyjet decide to hike up their prices much more! And last month Dad and Mum and I decided when they're coming to pick me up for good; so I'll be back in the UK for good on Monday 31st May 2010, which seems SO soon, and I know that the next few months are going to fly by and before I know it I'll be back in Edenbridge, which is such a crazy thought, so I'm just going to make the most of my time out here before I'm back in rainy England again!
Can't think of anything else to say so will write again on either Monday or Tuesday next week, after Guy's been and gone! Hope all reading this are well,
Bisous! Jess xx
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