God save the queen I am going to fry today.

The oh-so-accurate weather people said it is going to be eighty today. Normally it would be no big thing but my AC is sitting on my bedroom floor. It is a small one but if I try to put it in the window I'll be out of commission for at least three days. I have class tomorrow and there is no way I'd make it all the way down to the city if I attempt to lift that bad boy.

Speaking of my class: I suck, so so bad, at French.

Yesterday my very talented teacher commented that out class was "very good; c'est bon". We had just listened to a tape and had to identify the verbal descriptions with the people we saw in our books. She said that what we had gotten straight away others "...Usually have to hear that 10 times before getting it right!" She joked that "maybe you are tricking me and already know the whole French language!?"

Yeah, I'm sure we do lady.

The real kick in the head came after she made this comment. She smiled widely and laughed at the everyone in the room. Then right at the very end she dropped her smile and looked right at me. Her eyes said that what she had just joked about didn't apply to me.

I was so hurt. It ruined my whole day.

I wanted to bolt from that room, cursing in Spanish at everyone in the building. I wanted to say "screw this bs" and forget the whole thing. But I do not quit. So I sat and waited for the end of class. I pondered how I would get myself to step up to the level of the class. There is only one other person I know that is haven't as much trouble with this as I am. I plan to solicit her attention and maybe form a study with some other class mates. Marilyn is an older woman and not sure she would feel comfortable taking the 'catch up' classes the school offers on Fridays. I think that forming a group of people who can talk about what we all did in the same class would work better.

It's worth a shot, right?

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