I'm feeling a bit under the weather, so today is a picture day. That's the Palais du Gare near Vieux Port, Quebec City. I thought it looked so pretty with a light dusting of snow. Of course, I woke up this morning to at least five inches of snow and it's been snowing all day. C'est la vie, n'est pas?
I woke up this morning and it was zero degrees. Since I've had the same headache for the four days, I decided it was the day to skip my 9 o'clock class. It took all my willpower to leave the house and make the trek to school.
I'm currently wearing sweatpants with fleece lined leggings underneath. I went grocery shopping and I looked like this:
The other night I was feeling particularly brain dead, so I went to sleep around 10 p.m. A nice respectable bedtime for a weeknight.
I dozed peacefully until midnight.
At which point I was disturbed from my slumber by the dulcet lyrics of a Celine Dion song.
"...Sous le vent/ Et si tu crois que c'est fini, jamais..."
I recognized the lyrics so I awakened fully so I could figure out what the heck was going on.
I checked my phone, and nope, I hadn't set a weird alarm or anything.
And then I realized that it wasn't Celine Dion singing.
It was neighbors above me, all very young. All very drunk.
They insisted on singing the same Celine song for TWO HOURS.
I was completely annoyed, but found the whole situation to be vastly entertaining.
I muttered some Quebecois swearwords and let them sing me back to sleep.
This will probably be one of my favorite memories of Quebec- Celine Dion is their pride and joy. Their crown jewel, if you will. If you don't like her, please don't say so. You will get schooled. (Fortunately for me, I enjoy her French songs! Her English songs...meh.)
There's also an old man I see on Rue St.Joseph who always rides a motor scooter while blasting Celine. It's one of the funniest sights you'll see!
Oh Quebec. Never change.
*Here's the video for the aforementioned song, the man in the video is also Quebecois! And check out Celine's hair. #priceless*
Advent started today and I'm thrilled, Christmas has officially begun! The advent season is probably my favorite time of the year in the church, I think it's the most joyous and hopeful time as well. I thought it would be nice to make a note on this blog for each Sunday in Advent, especially since I'm abroad and not attending my normal church.
And of course, I can't leave out a Christmas song! But I couldn't decide which version of Come Thou Long Expected Jesus to include, so you get two versions.
I'm also using this plan for daily advent devotionals, if you'd like to join me.
This week has been full of lightbulb moments for me. Moments where everything clicked and suddenly I wasn't thinking in English anymore. Beautiful, beautiful moments full of months of hard work.
This week has just been so gosh darn wonderful. I was on the phone with MB (my childhood bff) and she asked me if I'd accomplished what I wanted this semester.
The answer is a big fat yes.
People told me this moment would happen but I honestly didn't believe them. It's hard to think of the future when you can't even form a basic sentence.
I will never become tired of colorful buildings in this city! During my Sunday walk I passed by this...um, tree? (I have no idea what type it is! Any botanists out there?) I thought the red against the pale pink building was gorgeous and festive.
*Pssst! Happy Thanksgiving, Americans! Eat some pie for me!*
