some days, you just need a day. So today, I stayed home from school and did absolutely nothing all day, and talked to french people on facebook and generally was lazy. But it was a good kind of lazy. Like, I just needed a day to get it all together. Especially because i did nothing last week.

Anna, your letter is done, it's just getting ready to be sent

I want to cry.
In fact I did, a lot. All of us did. What am I going to do without them?
what am I going to do?

Bamboozle Kazoozles.

my birthday (the picture is me and vera, a loooong time ago)
one year since bamboozle. Shall I recount all that has happened?
I've made friends (Chris, Matt, and more!)
I've lost friends
I've written letters.
I have not fallen in love, but dated
I've fallen,
I've been picked up.
Concerts, concerts, concerts
summer gym
Writing camp
Summer,
Paris, The Netherlands
Fourth of July
Flowers and kisses
Missing people
French people (I miss them, they're not even truly gone yet)
Crushes and giggles
Prom and homecoming
skipping and hugging and cheek-kissing.
Sleeping and eating and homework.
A year. How much can really happen?
One last thing... bamboozle kazoozles!

its been such a long time. Let me explain why.

I have an exchange student, Soukayna, staying with my family. She is staying in my room, and I'm staying in vera's on an air mattress on the floor. Sadly, Souki, as we call her, is only here for two weeks! So we have to squeeze every drop of awesomeness out of it that we can. Yeah? Next year I think Vera and I will go to France and stay with Souki and some of the other wonderful french kids like Maxime, Marie, Awatif, Ornella, Ludivine, Julien, and more! I love all of the french students, especially Soukayna, because of course she's staying with me. Pictures will come later.

We have had such busy days. We have all next week, but already it feels too short. Like if I close my eyes for a moment I will miss something important and feel like I can't get it back. Homework has gone to the wayside, and I am in fact supposed to be doing it right now. But I can't think strait after such a wonderful weekend! Friday night was a french foreign exchange party at my friend's house. Saturday, the day, we went laser tagging and some shopping, then the rest of the time to get ready for..... (drumroll please) Prom! they have nothing like it in France, and les eleves francais came at the right time. The hoster students can go too, if they want, because they are hosting. So, I went. I wore a 'princess dress' not that people care too terribly much. Everyone looked so beautiful! and let me tell you: prom is about a million times better than homecoming. maybe it was the french kids that made it so great because they are alll amazing. but it was so so so great. My dress broke and my feet got stepped on and seniors gamve me strange looks. But I didnt care because I had mes amis francaise. OUI!

et today, we went to the zoo and shopping at the mall. I am thinking in a french accent all day and it takes me a bit to not talk like that too. Maxime today told me I had a beautiful accent and I thought it was funny he said that because I think he speaks so beautiful, too. Better than me, at least at french. Oh, for sure at french. je ne parle francais tres bon. Et je ne sais pas comment faire des accents! C'est triste, je pense. Bonne nuit!

Anna, I can't wait! I have so much to say!

Cardigan Weather

I know that some things don't work out, but I didn't think that it wouldn't work out because of THIS. I mean, honestly. People need to open their eyes and see.

So, I kind of thought that this blog wasn't going to go into the gory details of my life. I know that I used to post poems alot. But honestly, I haven't been writing lately. and it makes me sad, because all I seem to be doing is reading. And reading. And eating. Sigh. How little my life has become. I hate boredom eating.

You how sometimes you're just not in the mood? for anything, even those people that normally you love talking to? Yeah, its been that kind of week for me. I don't understand it, but all I want to do is read and hole myself up until school comes back. and even then, I can't even answer my emails? Im such an awful person.

Anna, anna! write baaaack. I know you are, but still. Things are a-changing

I know that some things don't work out, but I didn't think that it wouldn't work out because of THIS. I mean, honestly. People need to open their eyes and see.

lazy days spent reading in the hammock. Two books, three days. I'm doing pretty well, for a spring break.

Dear anna,
I hope my letter finds you soon!

Dear kitty,
You are beautiful. Don't forget it.

so I haven't posted in a while. Is it nice that my life is getting busy? and lazy?
How long did it take all of you to put your swags on this morning? Took me three seconds. beat that!