a laid back weekend

this weekend started out a little rough, to say the least. i had planned to stay in friday night because i went out thursday night and wanted to go out saturday night. i figured three nights in a row would be a little much for me, and so i was going to give myself a little break. good thing i had already made that decision, or this story could have been a lot worst. my host family ordered pizza for dinner friday night. it was delicious, but apparently i ate too much considering apparently my stomach is not fully accustomed to their pizza. to make a long story short, i spent half my night sleeping on the bathroom floor because it just made sense. though when my host brother came home and realized i was sick and woke up my host mom, she gave me some medicine as well as a blanket to sleep on the bathroom floor with, and another so i wouldn't be cold. not gonna lie, most comfortable night spent on a bathroom floor possible (well as comfortable as you can be when your sick, that is). haha. anyways. my host mom had already told me she was like a mother hen, which my had host brother confirmed, and she did an excellent job proving this to me. she and my host dad were leaving saturday morning for a wedding, but she made me a bunch of rice to eat while they were gone, as well as some powder stuff to put in water which would help me feel better.
saturday i decided to take it easy. rather than hanging out with people all day, i rested most of the day and just went out to hang out with suzanne (for those of you who are reading and don't know, i first met her in '05 when she came and stayed with my family) and her friends for a couple hours before returning home fairly early and making sure i got lots of sleep.

then today, i hung out with friends again, and we went back up to forviere (where there is the amazing view). though this time i took the funiculaire (the tram that goes up the hill) up because i figured i'd rather not be super tired from the walk since i still wasn't feeling one hundred percent.

(this is a picture from at the bottom of the hill, while on the funiculaire)

(a couple of my new friends, kirstin and minerva sitting at forviere)








i am feeling much better now though, and enjoyed a lovely dinner with my host family. though they had something that looked mighty good that i was told i should wait to try until another time because my host mom wanted to make sure i didn't get sick again.
so most of the weekend was actually fairly enjoyable, though more relaxing than originally anticipated - but nothing wrong with that. these past two weeks have been so busy its probably a good thing.

but woah! as of tomorrow, i will have been here for two weeks! part of me feels like i've been here forever! though another part of me can't believe its already been two weeks. nonetheless i love it here and couldn't imagine leaving any time soon. i'm just getting started.

but enough about my weekend. what have you been up to? leave a comment and tell me what's up! :)