subject:  2: La première semaine d’ecole c’est fini (pau)!

Oh my gosh, I thought I hit “DISCARD FOREVER” by mistake!

Everything I had written just disappeared. Poof! Pas du tout! Yes, everything.

All I could see was a new button I had never seen before . . . (the one with the devilish aforementioned title).

Thank goodness I’m not a complete moron and I had just hit “SEND” by mistake. Gott sei dank. Trust me, that’s exactly the right thing to say right now.

Whew . . . . okay, where was I?

Alors,

There was just enough room in the elevator for my suitcase–with it standing UP, not on its side!  I dragged it up the stairs, placed it inside the elevator, pushed the button, and très vite I closed the door. I held my breath for a minute and after what felt like 2 minutes it began to move.  The thought of either 1) dragging it up this tiny, tiny staircase made of the kind of stone which becomes incredibly beautiful after people have walked on it for over one hundred years and make a uniquely dimpled pattern or 2) climbing on top of my suitcase in the tiny elevator didn’t seem too appealing to me at the moment.  Maybe now, after a week’s rest  . . . . . . non, encorce non (not even now!).

La Madame met me at the top of the stairs huffing and puffing (moi was huffing & puffing, pas elle) just about when the elevator c’est arrivé. We dragged it into her appartement. Said hello. I took off my backpack, purse–which I had wrapped around my neck, coat and gloves; set them on a chair AND again we said our hellos. “Enchantée!”

Ecole Suisse de Langue à Lyon