Madelyn's Blog

Today I have been in Pau for one week. It is the 4th of July, and also my friend John’s birthday back home. (Happy birthday John! No longer a teenager!) I got home from school, fell asleep, and was woken up by Augusta throwing water balloons at my window from the pool. I went down and swam for a little bit, then we played Uno and I lost several games in quite an embarrassing manner. (I am getting quite tan, by the way. It is sunny ALL the time here.) Right now Gusta is back in the pool, where she lives 90% of the day, singing the French national anthem at the top of her lungs. She’s 11 and crazy and very much entertaining. Her dad asked me if I have a little sister at home, and if not, if I want to take her back to the US with me in my suitcase. I think I’ll leave her here in her natural environment. The WiFi here is really bad right now, I keep having to unplug the router now instead of just pushing the reset button. The problem is that the phone, tv, and internet all run through the same box, so when I reset it it takes about 5 minutes for all of them to start working again and I hate being a pain and cutting off everyone’s communication every time the internet goes out. Hopefully Victor comes home from camping soon and works his magic and fixes the internet. I keep hearing sirens, which leads me to believe that maybe the American crowd is causing a stir today in honor of our country’s independence. I don’t know what we’re having for dinner ce soir, but it smells absolutely delicious so I’m going to go investigate.

Happy  4th of July!