March 6, 2021

Saturday

A beautiful weekend day! I met up with Mme Bodet around 10. We dropped Janja off at rugby practice before heading to get groceries. We went to Intermarché in the Villette d’Anthon. The store was absolutely hopping. Something that makes me feel so weird in France is the different conception of personal space. Americans have an absolutely huge bubble of personal space. The French however, are willing to get much more up close and personal. I felt like everywhere I went there was someone rubbing elbows with me. We finally escaped the store and I was able to go home and put away my foodstuffs.

I spent my afternoon relaxing. I wrote letters to my friends, I read for a bit, and I watched some really bad movies from the early 2000s. By the end of the day I was able to finish my second blanket.

I went over to the Bodet house for dinner. There’s been a bit of drama lately, as it seems uncertain Janja will pass his classes and move onto high school. He tried to say that it was my fault that he doesn’t practice English, but Mme Bodet cut him off and told him it was his fault for never speaking to me even though I’m around all the time. I felt a bit awkward, so I headed home after dinner.

When I went home I got to talk to both my mom and my cousin for a bit. It was nice to hear from both of them.