I keep listening to this song on my iPod while I'm walking through the city or sitting on the bus or waiting for a friend.... Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield...
Feel the rain on you skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
It makes me happy... I am unwritten. My whole life is before me... and I have no idea what is going to happen but I'm writing a page of my life everyday. I'm breaking rules, following my heart, and the pen is in my hand ... and I love not knowing the ending of my book and that I am the author at the same time :)
I was listening to this song this past Friday while I was waiting for Mollie to get in town. I was just sitting on the bench by myself in the sun... content with having alone time to just think and listen to music. This song came on and I just went into orbit with how I am unwritten and that everyday should be lived with your arms wide open... I think I started smiling a little. A man in a suit and tie then stops in his tracks as he is walking past me (this is a true story) and says - in french- "you look like you are on the moon!" I come back to Earth and smile and tell him, "Juste un peu" (just a little). He smiles back and then asks me where I'm from since my accent is so American. Then we just start talking! For the next 20 minutes! We covered all the places I have traveled, he recommended me going to Bath (in England), I told him why I loved Belgium, he told me that I looked British, and then he continued on with his day after giving me his card if one day I was going to Scotland. My life is unwritten :) I think these little moments of random conversations - with people you might neve
r see again but yet you meet them anways and they make your day (or your life) a little better- are events of happiness that you don't plan ... you can't plan them! They are unwritten... they are what happens when you stop planning and start living.:)
Just another reason I love life.
So... last time we talked it was Monday.
Tuesday was my only day of school last week... and I only went for 3 hours of it! Hahaha I'm such an exchange student. Jerry and I went to our Rotary meeting and then hung out in town ... in the sun :) ... before our french class. It was a beautiful day to just... hang out.
Wednesday I slept in and went on a run. I went into town around 12 and met up with Marge and Mollie. Marge and I convinced Mollie to dye her hair... my color but a little darker. It was so much fun! One of those ... Why-
Not-Dye-Your-Hair-With-Your-Two-Good-Friends-On-A-Random-Sunny-Wednesday moments. You know? Even though is took 3 hours, it was on
e of the best dye jobs I have ever seen! She looks so good and I'm so happ
y she finally had the courage to do it! It was great. Then we went and had a little lunch (apples and spice cake) and headed to the park in Liege with the rest of the exchange students. It was so fun to hang out with everyone in the sun :) I love exchange students!! Mollie brought her camera so we took some 'artsy pics in the park'... we messed around in a lot of them but they turned out so cute. I'm proud to say I was that girl posing for the self-timed camera .... :) I love my friends.Thursday I went for another run and slept in - haha that seems to be the theme of my week. I had french class from 4-6 and then at 7:30 I met up with my family at school to watch the annual Talent Show (Le Tournoi d'Interpretation). It is a really big deal and these kids have been working on their parts for like the past 3 months....! My friends in the "tournament" have all been stressing over it the past month so it was great to finally see what everyone has been talking about and stressing over! The first hour was all acting and the next hour and half was singing and dancing. It was a little hard for me to follow the acting ... but I understand most of it. They were all these little skits and they were all so funny... I mean everyone else was laughing while I was asking my friends next to me to explain why it was so hilarious. The dancing was amazing and the singing gave me chills! It was so fun to watch my friends performing and then being with my other friends in the audience. It was great :) I really felt like I was a part of the school and integrate
d (since the other exchange students at my school didn't even know what it was/didn't want to go).Friday - I again ran and slept in. Surprised? Then around 5, I went into town to meet up with Mollie. We had a little girl's night :) We had a pita/hung out in town then went to a party with my friends from my french class at the University - who are from all over the world, studying for a semester or two at Liege, and in between 20-25. It was so much fun! I only knew a few people at the party when we got there but after being there for a few minutes Mollie and I made so many new friends. It was a bit exhausting though explaining to people that we weren't Erasmus students at the University of Liege but instead just exchange students in high school. It was also exhausting explaining where we were from! The conversation of the night literally went like this : "Hey! Where are you from?" "Oh! Hey! We are from Kansas and Missouri." "Kansas? Who is Missouri?" "Ya...you know Chicago? It's by Texas and Canada." "Oh! Ya! Chicago! Ok!" Classic. My geography teacher would be so proud of me. It
was so much fun though being at a party where the international language is English instead of French and that the average age is 22 instead of 16 - like it is at my high school parties. It made me excited for being in college... :) The night was complete with Mollie and I running to catch our bus and laughing the whole time while we were waiting for the bus since we weren't late at all. I'd say it was a successful girl's night on the town. Can't wait for the next one!Saturday I stayed in at night... I was really exhausted and just was in the mood to watch Gossip Girl in my pjs :) It was crazy, clearly. Time well spent!
Sunday I went on a long run and caught up with e-mails and facebook. I finally brought down my clothes that were in my suitcase in the attic for spring!! It made me soooo happy to finally bring down my cute skirts, dresses, and short sleeve shirts!! Yay spring... I think this means that you have to officially happen already! Please? I mean, I think the fact that yesterday I was sweating while I was waiting for my bus is proof enough that this weather is here to stay. I have all my winter clothes in 2 bags ready to send back to KCMO... I will be happily paying for that package to go home. No complaints.
Monday was lame... I wore one of my '
new' springy skirts (from the attic) to help make me feel more in the mood for school... I think it kind of helped. We just have 2 more weeks of school then 2 weeks of Easter break and then a week in Greece :) I think I can suck it up for 2 weeks.... but it is so hard! It is so easy for me to just not come back inside after eating outside with my friends... I'll try to keep it together these next few days! The sun is just so darn tempting... stupid sunny blissfulness!Yesterday was pretty :) Before my french class I went shopping for a costume for my 100 jours (100 days). This is a big deal my followers. 100 jours is the last 100 days before school is out ... and the seniors all wear costumes to school, play jokes on the younger kids, do little skits, have an amazing time, are so happy since they only have 100 more days of school, and then leave at noon to go romp around in town... in costu
me of course. It is the equivalent of America's Prom. (That kind of a big deal.) Well, all my friends have had their costumes since their first year of high school I think... so I had to go find mine! My friends are being : snakes, Cruella Deville, swans, Snow White, fairies, farmers, cowboys/girls, professional athletes, dancers, etc. As I said... these costumes are intense and well planned out. So I had to get on mine since it is next Friday! I went to the local costume shop hoping to just find something in my size...so I walked in and was like, "Hi! I'm going to my '100 jours' and I have no idea what to be!" The man was so nice and told me where to look. I found a cute batgirl costume and held it up to look at the size and the man came over and was like, "Hmm... ya, that is a bit short for the 100 jours." I was surprised! I was so out of my league. Then he turns to me and goes, "Your accent... where are you from?" I explain that I'm from America blah blah blah. He cuts me off and says, "You're American!? I have the perfect costume for the perfect American!" And that is how I walked out of the store with a red, white, and blue cheerleading uniform and pom poms to match. I love it! I was never the girl in high school who did any sort of cheerleading... so it is just hilarious to me that I'm going to be That girl. I'm so excited now that I have my costume. Vive 100 jours!Today was a short day I just came home for lunch and went on a run... and did this blog! I'm so productive :)
This weekend is going to be really crazy busy! My 3 good friend's (Delphine 18, Noemie 18, and Louisa 17) birthdays are this Friday so we are all going into town to celebrate and then back to Delphine's for the night. Then Saturday, Noemie is having a huge party with her other good friend! The theme is 'Chic and Shock' so I have to find something 'shocking' yet 'chic' at the same time to wear... love themed parties :)
I hope everyone is doing well :)
I love life.
Mallory
No comments:
Post a Comment