I Have Squirrels In My Leggings!

     Have I ever mentioned how much I love Thursdays? I believe I have. Well, this Thursday was no exception. I woke up to my bowl of Nougat Pillows and then headed out the door for school. I wrote a lot at school today and I successfully chipped off all of nail polish...Yeah...I also worked on my Ohio State Scholars Essay and I think I have the perfect idea for an introduction. When I was in the hallway today I overheard some of the French teachers speaking in French (duhh) and it just sounded so beautiful. I miss hearing Livy and Loren speak this around me all the time. I want to learn French now. Maybe I'll stay for a summer in Pais with Loren! For my last class of the day, Economics, we had a test. I didn't know about the test...what's new? I did the multiple choice and then wrote my teacher a note saying that I was incapable of answering the short answer questions at the moment. I hope he understands.
     Once I was home I ate lunch and unloaded the dishwasher. I had plenty of time before theatre tonight and I hadn't talked to my Grandma in awhile so I called her! She was surprised this time and it made me so happy! We talked for nearly an hour about life and other things. After my wonderful talk with Grandma, I finally put in Cinderella and completely relaxed. For an hour and a half I just sat there and stared at my computer and enjoyed one of my favorite movies of all time. It made me think of Aunt Patty. I miss you Aunt Patty. I want to fall in love at first sight like Cinderella and her prince charming. Sara asked me if I believed in love at first sight when we were watching West Side Story and I said, "Why not?" Who's to say it does or does not exist? I like to believe in things that some people think are impossible. Once Cinderella was over I didn't even feel bad for spending another chunk of my time in English. I needed it. Plus, I had theatre tonight, and trust me that is in ALL Spanish.
     Before leaving the house I did my exercises and put on a little mascara (I didn't wear any make up to school today. Sometimes I just don't feel like it). I headed to the Civican. Civican is a public facility with chairs and bathrooms and a cafe and computers. It's so nice! We go there every day for break to escape from the cold. On the way to Civican I go to press play on my iPod and all I hear is the instrumental...no voices. Great. I ALWAYS listen to my iPod. Anytime I walk out of the house basically. So this made me so sad. I met Natalie and a few friends in theatre there. We talked and then I told them that my headphones just died and asked if they knew a good place. It turns out they did! We walked to the shop and I bought my headphones right away. They were about 9 Euros. That's not too bad considering my last pair were $15 or $20 and they are pretty much the same. I bought the pair most similar to mine that just died. They lived a fantastic life. I need the headphones with the foam stuff that covers your whole ear because they are more comfortable and they keep your ears warm. :)
     During the first part of theatre Nat and I worked on our scene and it wasn't too bad. I mean it was nearly impossible to understand the director but we managed. At that point I realized how hard learning a second language really is. It takes a lot of patience and humiliation. Fabulous. Once our part was over we sat down and watched a few more scenes. We didn't understand too much but they were singing (forcibly of course) and I thoroughly enjoyed that! After practicing the scenes for the actual show, we divided into groups and did a few improv games. I'm improving! One of the acting games was saying a phrase across the stage alone. First you had to say it in a high voice and act according to that voice and the same coming back, except this time with a deep voice. I let everyone go in front of me because I did not understand the phrase and I didn't really feel like running across on my own so I tried to avoid that situation. Of course they noticed I hadn't gone. So I asked them to repeat the phrase again and then I did it and I gave it my all. I ran across that stage and did motions and yelled and spoke in a super high voice and then in the manliest voice I could conjure.They all laughed hysterically and they even clapped when I was finished! This made me feel like a part of the group...like I'm actually contributing. I made people laugh when I actually meant to. Once I got off the stage I asked what the phrase meant and the literal translation is "I have squirrels in my leggings!" HAHAHAHA. Like "I have ants in my pants" except this is a million times better. No wonder they laughed so much.
     I listened to my iPod on my walk home from theatre with my new headphones and they work amazingly. Once I got home I showered and watched House with Maite until dinner was ready. Another great salad. You all are probably getting tired of hearing what is in them? I'll tell you anyways though because I'm not sick of writing about it yet: lettuce, tomatoes, baby onions, olives, carrots, cheese, pickles, oil, vinegar, and salt. Once we finished eating I washed the dishes and then said goodnight. I just finished talking to Katie Bop. She showed me all of her senior pictures and she is looking stunning as always! Since it's almost midnight I'm off to bed. This cold gets better with the more sleep that I get. But since I did almost two hours of resting today we'll see if I can actually fall asleep. I have troubles, you know. Anyways, enough with the rambling. Goodnight everyone. Watch out for those squirrels in your leggings.