08/20/86 Mercredi (Tuesday) Farm work and water fight

Day 59
Today went so quickly that if I would have blinked I would have missed it.

We went to the farm and there were a bunch of Francois friends there. A couple were from Quebec and spoke English.

Before lunch Tonya and I fed all the animals and gathered the eggs and then got a bucket of potatoes.

The guys came by riding their little race car and on the way back I jumped on for a short ride.

After lunch we all went together in the car to pick a bad full of potatoes.

We drove through the dirt roads really crazy then had potato fights and dirt fights. I was so dirty that when you touched me anywhere dirt and dust flew. Then we had a massive water fight. I started it. I threw a glass of water at Francois and I ended up wet from head to toe- dripping wet! After I changed my shirt we went out and I hot a gun. I shot only 3X. I did ok, not great.

We had 12 people for dinner tonight.

At 11:30 we walked down to a disco in town. It was cool. In the street and along the sidewalks people were dancing and talking. We stayed up talking until 2:30.

Everybody didn't leave until 1. I am exhausted. And freezing. I haven't been warm since I was soaking wet. I probably will leave here on Friday or Saturday.

Bon Nuit

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