08/21/86 Jeudi (Thursday) Cold day

Today was the slowest day I've had in a few weeks. Even the weather seemed to be cold and dreary and slow. We went to the farm only until after lunch.

We walked up to the store and Tonya bought an Indochime tape (Music group)

We made choco-chip cookies then I took a nap. I was so tired and yucky feeling. I was freezing until my nap. I had goosebumps all day. It was awful. My stomach was messed up again today.

Around 8 I woke up and we got dinner on the table. Francois is in a bad mood today or something - he didn't talk to us at all. He made a point of ignoring us. It was awful. I gotta figure out what's wrong with him.

Pierre was being more outgoing and wild tonight - I guess since Francois was quiet.

They decided we are all going to Paris on Saturday and I'll go back to Colettes that evening by train. Should be fun. My feelings at this point are that I don't want everybody to know all the details of my summer because they wouldn't understand. I can see now why people say only that there summer was fun and nothing else. Sharing details only distorts our memory and bores other people. 99% of the people won't care about all the details - They'll just want short details.

Bon Soir

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