I woke up about 9:30 this morning again and told Madame I didn’t
sleep well because of my ear. She pretty much was like yeah im not surprised
because you went swimming and got water in it. She gave me a schpeal on paying
attention to water getting in your ears. I just sort of nodded along. I think
what it was is that I had used the ear drops and they had just made it worse
before I went to bed. So then when I woke up 3 hours later it was just still
worse. The best way I can explain it is that my ear felt clogged and that
behind that it was like burning. So when I could make a gap between the clog it
felt a bit better but it just really sucks. I am going to go ask tomorrow to
get my sard so I can go to the doctor because it is just getting to a point
where I think there is something really wrong going on. Everyone seems to think
it is an infection and I think yeah it could be that but I feel like my ear
infections before haven’t ever been this bad and that because it all started
with the airplane ride here there may be something wrong with like pressure or
something. I dunno but I really hope that I can see a doctor TOMORROW. But I doubt
that will happen… But I am really going to try.
I had breakfast and whatever and then started reading.
Around lunch time I met up with Cassandra to go to the place we went last night
so I could get pizza. The waiter was really not nice… He was not shy in his
expression that he didn’t like us because we were American. Even though I spoke
French to him and I thought I did a pretty good job saying everything. It was
interesting because both times we went there they serviced the French people
twice as fast and often as they serviced us. The girl last night seemed nice
enough but the guy today like was really not hiding his dislike. It really doesn’t
make sense to me because if they didn’t really want us there they should have
serviced us faster so that we would leave… Whatever. I just won’t go back there
again because their pizza sucked anyways. We talked a while and then left to go
walk down to Cours Mirabeau. Cassandra and I parted ways after she kept walking
on my left where she mumbled and because of my ear I really couldn’t hear her
so I kept having to say “WHAT” all the time. Everything was closed because it was Sunday so
there wasn’t really a point in walking around town.
I walked down Cours Mirabeau to go home and saw there was a
bunch of stuff going on in the Rotonde. Apparently there was this Ironman race
today. I think it was a triathlon but I am not sure. Cassandra had said she had
to wait for bikes but then all the little stands had biking, swimming, and
running gear for sale so I would assume it was a triathlon which probably started
in Marseille because I don’t know of any other water around. The finish line
was at the Rotonde so I walked down and saw some people cross it. I went back
to going on my way home and noticed some water bottles for sale!!! I have been
looking everywhere for a water bottle and they were only 5 euros so I bought
one which says Ironman Pays d’Aix France on it. It isn’t the cutest thing ever but it works so
I am happy! I got to being really sad on my walk home. Crying last night just
sort of opened the flood gates and there is something very somber about Sundays
here that just make you sad.
I went back home and did some homework and reading. Madame
helped me with the pronunciation of French names for Megan which I am not sure
if they are really in IPA or if they are in French phonetics because yes they
are different even though you think that the “I” in IPA is International there
are differences. But it isn’t so hard to figure out. She also looked over my answers to my French homework
tomorrow and corrected my grammar. That is nice because even though I’m not
turning it in it’s nice to have the corrections to learn from.
I learned today that Madame’s mom died when she was really
little and that her dad lost his mind like had brain troubles so that is why
she moved to France. She lived with her Aunt who she says was already old so it
was a difficult life. She finished 2 years of high school and then started
working so I think that is why she has had some odd jobs and still does. She
worked in a restaurant for a while, cleaned houses for a while including for two
years in Ramatuelle which is where we went swimming yesterday. She had troubles with her heart when she was
younger so she didn’t play sports but she has skied and runs sometimes. She had
Laurence when she was 21 and her son (I forgot his name) when she was 23. So
she has had a bit of a crazy life. Now I can find out how old she is by finding
out how old Laurence is!
We had some good bonding today I think which is nice. We had
pasta and broccoli for dinner. I couldn’t eat all of it though. I am not a big
pasta personne it fills me up too quickly. Now we’re watching tv. I feel really
tired today so I will probably turn in earlier. I have been fighting with the
internet all day as well. Oh that’s another thing. At the end of the month when
my account expires if Jean-Claude hasn’t bought internet for the apartment yet,
Madame told me that she is going to give me 30 Euros to go buy another month of
internet (I’m going to try a different company if that’s the case). She was
very intent that it is important that I have it and that she wants to pay for
it. I told her I could no problem but she seems very insistent. But hopefully
Jean-Claude buys it and then it will be no big deal and the internet will be
better because we will have a router. Also we are getting a new tv which is
kind of exciting at the end of the month. It must be when people get paid here.
But Madame seems excited about it so that is cool.
I am most excited to have my ear fixed. It has been very
annoying since I got here so it will be nice once that isn’t a concern anymore.
Also I hope that my package is here tomorrow because that would be cool!
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