le mauvais salle de bain

Today I went into the wrong bathroom. It was soooooo drôle!!! I didn`t notice when I went in that it was the mens' room because I immediately turned towards the stalls and the urinals went entirely unnoticed. Of course when I exited the stall, I noticed the urinals and started to laugh like crazy!! Thankfully there were no guys at any of the urinals when I came out, otherwise that would have been awkward and embarrassing. On my way out the the bathroom, one of the other students was on his way in and he looked surprised for just one small moment and then he started to laugh as well. I walked all the way back to my classroom laughing at myself.

I have been laughing at myself a lot! A lot, a lot. What can you do when you say the wrong thing in french because you inserted one wrong word that changed the entire meaning of your phrase?? Laugh until your stomach hurts, let others laugh with and at you and then once you've calmed down start laughing again until you almost pee your pants and can`t breathe. Yep...true story. I love laughing and I have been laughing tons here and I am sure it has kept me from losing my mind. If I was unable to laugh at myself, I would indeed be incredibly frustated and probably grumpy. By the way, I saw a t-shirt yesterday that had Oscar the grouch on it that said "grouchy guys are cool" and I wanted to buy it, but then I thought I don`t need to buy a t-shirt that will justify grumpiness, I just need to get over it when I am grumpy, change my attitude and persepctive. Anyhow...I should go and eat my lunch and be sociable and talk poor french with other peeps who know more than me.

à bientôt!

Vive la Québéc!!

I love it here, I love learning french, I have fabulous roomies and a more than fabulous house to live in with an extremely welcoming, bubbly, fun-loving lady who is crazy and laughs a lot (sometimes at my french and definintely at how visible it is that the wheels in my head are contantly turning trying to figure how to say something in french). Acutally she thinks I am a perfectionist and on the last day here all of a sudden I will blurt out a full commentary en francais! Anyhow...it`s so great and I am so thankful to be here and wow...if only I had more time right now to talk about it!! I have to go but tomorrow perhaps I will post more so you peeps have a better idea of my life in french.