two questions for the day

1) Is it creepier getting hit on by a former student and his friends or a balding middle-aged guy?

2) What do you do when you can't use your toilet for at least two days?

So before I left for vacation, a former student of mine and his friends were at the cafe. Since I was there alone, they found it amusing to try to say random English words to me. I also got someone's phone number (or as he put it "number phone"), and they kept trying unsuccessfully to get mine. And now, when I see them in town, they say things like "Hey America!" and "T'es mignone... ta copine aussi". They're completely harmless, and they're actually quite funny. But still... younger than me.

The other day, Natasha and I were at the cafe. There was a group of guys next to us, and one of them had the cutest four-year-old son. We pretty much entertained each other with games of peek-a-boo and just making faces at each other. Seriously, we kept the kid occupied, and we couldn't stop laughing so the time flew by for us as well. Well, the guys on the other side of us must have took this as some sort of encouragement, though we never so much as made eye contact with them or said one word to them. The one guy kept trying to pass me notes, which I ignored. They wanted to talk to us! But they were too old for us and well, creepy. If the guys with the boy tried to talk to us, we would have talked to them! They were nice and kept trying to apologize for the kid, but I assured them it was fine. We found the boy adorable.

The creepy guys finally left, but they just stood across from the cafe. I decided to order another drink. But before I did, they came back in. We quickly threw money onto the table and left. I blatantly said goodbye to M. who was there with some friends, so these creepy guys would see us talking to other guys. We went the bakery to get bread, and who followed us? Those guys! They kept trying to get our numbers and to get us to get a drink with them! They followed us all the way to the other school! Crazy! And before you all freak out, I told M. about it, and he was very concerned for us. He asked me if they did any harm (they didn't), and then told me to call him right away if I ever have a problem. Aww. So don't worry, I have a knight in shining ski cap to come save me!

Okay. Problem number 2. We've been having a problem with the toilet since Thursday. I told someone about it Friday, and they had me write it in some book thing. No one came! This weekend, it went through various stages of working properly and not. Today, I found a maintenance guy and told him directly. The rest of the day, we had him and two other guys (of course, they're the two guys we normally eat lunch with) in there trying to fix the problem. How embarrassing! Though I maintain that it's nothing we did. But they sure think it is. When I came back from my class today, they told me that the problem is still not fixed, and as tomorrow is a holiday, they won't be back until Wednesday. We can't use the toilet until after everything is completely fixed. Quelle horreur! Don't worry too much. We can use the toilet at the other school and at cafes and such, but still! Argh! That's not something you can completely plan out.

Despite that, tomorrow should be fun. It's Natasha's birthday, so we are going all out! And it's actually me *gasp* who is making the meal and the apero. Could be interesting... No, I'm doing easy things that Vero and Viany taught me.