7/2/86 Ponies and Movies

7/2/86 Wednesday

As long as I'm doing something away from the house, or if we have company, than I am not homesick. Every morning I wake up and I'm dreaming about doing different things with everybody from home. I want to sleep longer so I can keep dreaming. I always hate getting up and facing reality.

Today was a pretty good day. I'm glad I got up. We drove out to "Cantelope" and I saw her pony. It was a very long drive and Colette didn't know where she was going so it was pretty amusing to listen to her yell at herself and her directions and anybody else who got in her way!

After lunch I went with Jerome and his best friend (missed his name) to see "Hitcher" Of course it was in French so I didn't get much but I think I understood a lot of it. Then we walked around the little town. His friend had to leave so Jerome and I walked around for 1 1/2 hours by ourselves. He is a little boring to talk to sometimes because all he talks about is history, movies and records. He's much more fun than Colette though because at least he attempts English and talks about something. Oh ya, he can't stop saying how wonderful France is -- I don't agree of course -- I still love America and want to go back but I guess he can love France if he wants.

What am I going to do all summer?!

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