Hope you all had a Merry Christmas! Mine was pretty sweet! Some of my favorite gifts were: "Le Petit Prince" (thank you Santa ;),  a new ipod (actually for the whole family to share), and a kitty (from our pal Marine)! I absolutely love the kitty, she's a funny little thing who likes to hide a lot, which is why we named her Cache-Cache (literally meaning "hide-hide" and the name of the game "hide and seek" in French)! She really likes the computer for some reason and will only snuggle you if you are sitting by it! What a weirdo! I'm super excited to start reading "Le Petit Prince"! It'll be the second French book I've read, the first one being a book called "La Petite Fille de Monsieur Lihn", which I read for my French class here! It was. . . .interesting! Shocking, really! The whole book is about this old man who takes care of his grand-daughter! Through out the whole book people are like "ah what a pretty doll she is!" and your reading it thinking she's pretty LIKE a doll, but Noooo! In the end you find out she IS a doll and the old man is coo-coo pants! So yeah. . . it wasn't the worst book I've read but it was pretty disturbing and sad! Well anywho, I hope everyone has a Happy New Years!!! I have a feeling this year will be the best one yet! <3

I'm Late I'm Late!

I am certainly not an "on time" kind of person. That's actually too putting it lightly! If you tell me to be there at 6 o'clock sharp. . . expect me to show up at around 6:15 (optimistically).  So, being the American MORMON that I am, this isn't usually too much of a problem. Buses in America say they'll be there at about 5:40-ish. Not at 5:40 exact. Well. . .this in not so much the case in France! The French are incredibly timely. Everyone know when somethings happening and how to get there. Most are even able leave at absolutely the last minute and still stroll into where ever they need to be and take a seat literally two seconds before it starts.
I looked at my bus schedule to see what time in the morning I'd need to be there in the morning and it told me 7:13! I thought "huh. . .that's kind of weirdly specific"! But sure enough just as l look as my phone to see it says "7:13" the bus pulls up! It's right on time! Every. Single. Day.
Still being Miranda, I tend to be late for my Seminary class every Friday! But this last Friday I was surprised to look at the clock and see that we'd arrived early. So I stroll in and hang out in the foyer and wait for other people to walk in, but after a couple of minute I decide to go wait in the class room. I look in and everyone's already in there and they've started!!! I COME EARLY AND I'M STILL LATE!?
Maybe this is a good opportunity for me to learn not just French but how to be on time to things! Oh life experiences. . . how i love and hate you at the same time!