56. Hygiene is Important.

we're going point form again today...

-my real siblings recently paid a visit to the dentist & they have cavities. I SWEAR I AM GOING TO GO CRAZY IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SEND ME SOME FLOSS. i don't know...apparently they don't floss here cause it costs five bucks a metre, which is why (permission to laugh) i've taken to rolling strings of cotton using cotton balls to get the nastiness out of me teeth in times of desparity. & i'll have you know, it's not easy rolling cotton fine enough to fit between teeth & thick enough to not break before you can force it between your teeth. i dare you to try.

-i don't know how to shave cause i've always waxed & since i got here, i hadn't waxed until i went to buy some last week so gym class on thursdays haven't exactly been fashion show quality on my part, if you know what i mean... anyway, so in case you don't know, warm wax is fabulous & gives professional, long-lasting results but it's messy, dangerous & you have to get up to microwave & stir every 20 min. therefore, it takes forever & if you use cloth strips, you have to wash them & dry them. so, in front of the countless grocery store options, i opted for cold wax, against by better judgement, of course. i knew in my head that it was probably not the greatest idea to try something new in a foreign country but i told myself that i'm nearly an adult & i feel enough at home here to take a risk, shall we say...anyway, i've learned that cold wax is easy, efficient & you just have to roll up your pants rather than spend at least an hour in your underwear so that you can scrub yourself red in the shower afterwards BUT in my opinion, it's more like a painful shave more than anything else, as in doesn't pull from the roots

-i had a huge urge for dried apples, which are extremely rare & extremely expensive so i bought prunes instead. however, i didn't realize that i bought the fast-acting kind until...

-wooot!! dance is on for tomorrow!!! no school for tomorrow!!!

-as of last week, i don't have international courses anymore, which means that tuesdays, i get to sleep in until 9:30. yes, you read right. mais, c'est fou! today, i slept 'til 9:30 & may i say that it's not really that enjoyable? it messes with my brain & i get tricked into thinking that it's a weekend day but i still have to go to school. it's worse than just going to school.

-i had that nightmare AGAIN. that's FOUR.

-the baby is doing good & is home with his mom as of today :)

-i got my first 9/10, which is more like a 95 percent today!!

-this country is making me gain weight like crazy!

-amours (as in plural of amour) is féminin au lieu de masculin comme amour

glad to have my sense of humour back,

[bt]