Déjà en Octobre

It's only been October for five days and I already have so much to tell you! But alas, I have caught the lazy bug, I'm finding it difficult to finish anything I start and this is taking an enormous amount of will power, so it'll just be a quick post :]

Let's start with Friday. After school I Mano took me to meet my mysterious second family! Yes, believe it or not they do exist! For those of you who didn't know, I didn't even know their last name until last week so meeting them was a pretty big deal :] They live in Anderlues, which is about 15 from my current house, and they are oh so nice! There are five kids in the family, three boys and two girls, so it should be a pretty big change from my current situation. It was definitely a reassuring experience, and now switching houses, though sad, isn't quite as intimidating.

Now the weekend. Apparently it was the weekend for Maggie to pig out on amazing Italian food! Which is totally okay with me :] There are a lot of Italian immigrants in the region of Belgium I'm in (a lot of them came here originally to work in the coal mines) so, of course, there are tons of amazingly delicious Italian restaurants :D On Sunday after eating an wonderful breakfast (fresh croissants both regular and chocolate) with the whole family, I went with Mano into Charleroi to the "Sunday market" to restock our fridge for the coming week. It was so cool! I mean I guess it's like a farmer's market in the States but, I think, more endearing since it's in Belgium and it's windy cobbled streets lined with old brick buildings crowded with people meandering along while the vendors yell out their prices :] We bought a lot of fruit, cheese, and lunch meats, oh yes, I will be well fed indeed this week!

And now school. I can't remember if I've told you, but my school never has subs, if the teacher is gone we just don't have that class. Pretty sweet eh? So yesterday my English teacher wasn't there (I don't know why) so for two hours I sat in the cafeteria with another girl in my class. Overall it was extremely boring and I wouldn't even tell you about it except for this: Eduina commented on how much better my French is getting! I could have hit the roof I was so happy :] It's really good to hear that I'm making progress because from my point of view it's very difficult to notice since it's something I struggle with daily. When I got home yesterday Tiffany had arrived. Tiffany is a young girl from Luxembourg who is doing a sort of job study and she is staying here all week and working with Mano. So for the week it's a house of four girls (plus the animals) oh, I feel so at home! :]