15 September

Still waiting for school to start. The library is closed Sunday and Monday so I couldn't go online with my laptop. I did go to an internet cafe and call my Dad, we've had some successful video conferences on Skype which is awesome and free (besides the internet cafe). So far every time we talk he's always wearing the same red shirt. Awkward... someone needs to expand their wardrobe...

I've been playing the viola alot, it's been alot of fun. I kicked my french roommates' asses last night playing "Soul Calibure" on their playstation. The chalked it up to my being American and the game probably coming out years before it did in France (USA! USA!). Now I have a second roommate, Loïc, who's from Grenoble. He's in his first year doing a BTS in banking at the Lycée de Bron. That like getting an associates degree in banking. The degree is taught in the high school- in fact I taught english to students getting this type of degree in Lyon.

I saw my landlord the other day, he stoped by to sign some papers so I could get a refund from the government on the rent. I should cut him some slack, he's preety helpful. I also told him I needed a thicker blanket, which I'd been dredding. Getting him to give me the first blanket was like pulling teath. When I did finally succed the blanket he gave me was a child's blanket- a foot too short- and had a big black soot stain like someone had sat on it after cleaning a chimney. So I was all ready for battle, but it was easy this time. The blanket he gave me must be a kick back from his bachelor days... FEAST YOUR EYES...

Rrrow.