I Can't Wait!

 Last year, after finally arriving in America from a French Trip to Quebec with my French class, we find out that our plane is delayed. We all thought that once we had crossed the border to America, all our troubles would end, and we would be able to make it safe and sound back to Louisiana. I will always remember it; we were waiting in the D.C. airport late at night, and found out that our connecting flight to New Orleans was delayed, and we had to spend TWO MORE NIGHTS in Washington DC. At the beginning of the trip we had to stay an extra night there before we departed for Quebec. We were not willing to do this AGAIN! Anything that could have ever went wrong on that Quebec trip did- one girl threw up on the bus (I am terrified of throw-up!) Erika got frostbite while dogsledding, we went skiing in a blizzard, my friend and I got lost while skiing in the blizzard, Mary Michael and Mallory accidently went down a black diamond and lost some skiing equipment, and the scary part is: that's just a few examples that I could think off the top of my head right now! Let's just say, it was a long time before our French class could even mutter the word "Quebec" or "Canada."
Looking back at it though, I got real lucky. The next morning I woke up and called my mom.  My mom had known I was miserable- we all were. Some parents were even considering flying up there to get their children! Charlotte's dad was a pilot, and he actually did.  My mom suggested staying with the Lily's, whose daughters go to my camp. So my parent's called the school to get an 'okay,' and Mrs. Lily picked me up the next morning. While everybody else stayed another night, I got to stay at one of my mom's friend's houses in D.C.!
    Driving from the hotel to her house, I found that Mrs. Lilley was one of the nicest people! She and I chatted the whole car ride about the trip, her daughters, and Camp Merrie-Woode. She was so welcoming and was excited that I'd be spending the night. It was nice to have a motherly figure to talk to after the chaotic, dare I say it, Quebec trip. The first thing we did was go to her son's beautiful middle-school bake sale. We opted to be one of the judges, and then  got to taste-test a variety of homeade treats.  Man, it was the best comfort food. We hadn't had any good food in Quebec. Then, after we stuffed ourselves on sugar, we picked one little girl up from school and another, Madeline (5th grade) from ballet. Madeline knew who I was from camp, and they were both so happy to have an older girl spend the night with them. They lived on a long street facing the river in a cute, welcoming house. Mrs. Lilley had shown me my guest room, and I had to get dressed for the girls' lower school event. After the event, Mr. and Mrs. Lilley took me to Vietnamese AND Fro-yo afterward. I couldn't believe it; those were my two absolute favorite types of food in the entire world, and I had been craving them all trip. I didn't even tell them! The next morning, on the way to the airport,  Mrs. Lilley and the girls took me to Georgetown and we passed some of the monuments on the way. We grabbed some delicious cupcakes for my French class (since I felt really guilty!) and I went to the airport. Staying with the Lilleys in Washington D.C. turned my disastorous French trip around. I loved every minute of it!
 The title for this post is "I Can't Wait" because I am visiting a school near Washington D.C. next week. I had was considering this school in while I was in eighth grade, but I didn't want to go Freshman year thinking I was missing out on home life. Now, I am sure that I want to go, so we are doing as much as we can to get in. I'm excited because we will be having dinner in D.C. with the Lilley's again, and I will be able to see a camp friend who goes to the school I'm visiting. Ahhh! I am ecstatic!