Mes Devoirs Amusement!

Today I had 3 hours of French, and did un petit better than I did yesterday with comprehension. It is really hard to only know what is happening half the time you are in class, but I think that I am getting better each day. J'espere!
But class was fun today because we are working on two things right now which I have homework for.
1 - La Vie En Rose. My favorite song. I prefer Louis Armstrong version, which is not in French but is fabulous. But, we are learning the song in french, as a little exercise to practice verb tenses
2 - La Petit Prince. A truly charming famous French book, which I have always loved. We are going to read it in French and discuss in class, in French.

It is really quite fun. I am just slightly frusterated with myself that I have forgotten so much, that I used to know so well. I am desperately wanting to be better.

After class I went to la banque with Caroline because my French credit card isn't working yet. Josh warned me that banking in France was tres annoying, but I opened an account anyways because
1. It's fun to have a French carte de credit
2. It will end up saving me a lot of Euros to not be a charged a fee on my American card.
What's odd about French credit cards is that there is a code you must punch in everytime you use it, like a debit card. My code secret was not working, so I went to the bank to see if they could tell me my code. The conversation resulted in me finding out that....
the code that was given to me was only for online banking, so it's not right, they can't tell me my code, they don't have access to that information, and they will mail me my code, which will take a few days. The biggest question I wondered upon leaving is "how does the bank, who issued my card, not have access to the information of what my code is!" I must admit that banking is definitely something I prefer in America.

I came home from class, and had plans to drop off my books and then go velo around St. Germain, but I layed down for what I thought was a minute, and woke up 5 hours later! I was very mad that I wasted my day sleeping, but I suppose I needed to catch up at some point. Caroline has class all day today, so I waiting for her to get home to go into the kitchen to mange something for dinner. Ratatoutille comes out at night, and I fear he will attack me if I am in there alone.

The peppermint oil didn't work. I saw him run around the kitchen last night as I was skyping with Josh, and was shocked and disgusted. I am also so mad that I turned our apartment into a candy cane for nothing! I do not know what to do now to get rid of Ratatouille besides call a mouse man to come deal with him. He is obviously a very smart mouse.

My new idea, in the meantime, is to pretend I am Cinderella, my favorite Princess. And then the mice would be my friends, wear little shirts and shoes, and help me do my chores.