Rain, rain, go away

The weather is disgusting. I am not a fan.

But today wasn't bad! I had ~ 6 hours of class which stunk, but my presentation went pretty well and Sam and I had an awesome lunch at the restaurant on campus, so it was bearable.

After class I went to tutoring, which was fun. I taught her Row, Row, Row Your Boat and we read a page from the book I gave her.

Then I headed to the BU office, where I was surprised to see Doug (last year's president of the Boston University Undergraduate Linguistics Association), who upon graduating in May decided to move to Alsace and become an assistant English teacher in a local high school. He's visiting Grenoble for the weekend, and had stopped at the office to chat with Marie-Eve (he did the Grenoble program a few years ago). It was very strange to suddenly see someone from back home here, but it was kind of reassuring to know that you CAN get a job with an undergraduate degree in linguistics.

Good news! Marie-Eve gave me my grades for Travaux Practiques and she says I'll probably end up with an A! I was souped.

Sam, Monica and I then head out to Clare's house, where she was throwing a little birthday dinner for her mother who is visiting for the week. She and Geoffrey cooked a delicious meal and we sat around the table chatting with Mrs. Murphy (who was super nice) for a while. Then Geoffrey and I spent an hour or so goofing off at the piano, which was fantastic. Mrs. Murphy joined us and shortly everyone was gathered in the living room, belting the lyrics to Piano Man and Tiny Dancer. It was so much fun.

Tomorrow I leave for Chamonix with Mary & Co. I will be back on Sunday! Bon week-end!