remember, remember the sixth of november

November is here and I can’t believe how fast my time here in Terville has going by, it’s been almost three months here at 24 Rue Fabert. This past week I’ve had a lot going on, so I’ll start with the events of last Saturday.

We had a home match against Melun, so Regan, Alice and I decided to have lunch in the center of Thionville at one of our favorite restaurants, Brochettes & Cie, it’s so yummy. So after our perfect little lunch we jumped in good old (old like 1991 old) Matty, filled up with gas and then started home. Regan was driving when Matty decided to stop, well he kind of went “PUTT, PUTT, PHEWWWWWW” just before we pulled into a car wash, thank goodness. So we had Alice call our President to let him know that Matty’s life was over, he came to pick us up, take us home and pronounce Matty DUNZO. It was really bittersweet, but we’re getting a new car (new to us) on Monday because there is no living in this little city without a car, it just can’t happen. RIP Matty

We ended up winning the match that night in a 5 game nail biter. Melun was in 6 place and we were sitting at 9, so it was pretty cool for us and for the fans and they still think I’m Jennifer Hood…

Sunday I got some news from mom that my Grandpa was in the hospital, and we weren’t immediately sure what was wrong with him. Mom jumped on a plane and headed to San Diego to see what was going on. It turns out that Grandpa had a few small strokes and will remain in the hospital for recovery; mom spent a couple of days with him in the there, but today headed home for work, Uncle Grant will be the one to check up on Grandpa now, I’m sure that he will be out soon, he’s strong like my Great Grandfather and I know has a lot more years in him, keep him in your prayers.

This week, like the past month I have heard the question “did you vote?” followed by tons of other political question at least twice a day, so I was relieved on Wednesday when it was all finally over and Obama was named the President. But that was just the beginning, “Obama?” “You have new President?” “What about Obama?” “How do you fell about the new President?” everyone who knows Regan and I are Americans have a question or multiple questions, it’s really exhausting, especially cause I’m not really into talking politics. I think it’s amazing how far our country has come and am very excited to see what Mr. President is capable of accomplishing (HEALTH CARE, PLEASEEEE) and how things in our culture will evolve, get to work! These pictures are from an Obama rally in February 2007 in Austin.

Karen’s birthday was also this week and I hear she got quite the surprise, one of her really amazing friends showed up at her house unexpectedly and there were some tears…? I also heard something about a surprise party at Karin and Steven’s house. And something about that Dave, just making people happy. Ach, I bet it was fun, sorry I missed it KC.

Tomorrow we play in Saint Raphael, France, so that means a 10 hour bus drive tonight. I pretty exhausted, so I’ll probably sleep a majority of the 10 hours in our bus that supposedly has beds in it (I’ve never seen such a thing). So I’m looking forward to warmer weather and maybe a win? Wish me luck