wow i'm so beat. so starting with montreal.. the city itself i didn't really like.. the little restaurants and shopping and bars were cute and people were really nice..but the city was so congested that it was impossible to get anywhere. we got lost for hours because the streets are soooo confusing and do not make sense at all.. we got a parking ticket in the time that we parked the car and walked 1 min to the pay station.. we paid at 1:38 and the guy ticketed us at 1:37..probably because he saw New York plates.. we tried talking to him and showed him the pay stub but he wouldn't hear it.. uggghhhh. other than montreal, St. Bruno (where we stayed) is similar to westchester.. we really liked it there. the week with the family was wonderful, i feel like i spent quality time with each person. the sister is really great and she speaks fluent english so that also helped us out.. we went shopping with the mother one day and when we had to say goodbye she actually cried and that made anne and i tear up and it was just sad to have to leave.. i feel like we didn;t have enough time. we met both charles and francois' friends..they were all awesome, we went to La Ronde, a theme park that reminded me of hersheypark a lot :):):) we went to Mont Royal, the top of a sleeping volcano that people go to to look out at Montreal.. we ate poutine (heart attack in a bowl), a french canadian food that's supposedly the best in french quebec. charles made us eggs/brown sugar/maple syrup breakfast that was the best breakfast food ever and i will try to recreate it tomorrow..i guess they eat it a lot over there.. their house is absolutely incredible, like no house i've ever seen before. and they have a beautiful yard with a pool and everything. the first night anne and i stayed in the living room upstairs, and all the other nights we stayed in the RV which was parked next to the house.. so we had our own little house. we ate dinner with the family every night and played guitar hero and went to the drive in on the last night, saw death race and the mummy without english subtitles, charles turned his truck around and brought chaise lounge cushions so we sat and drank and smoked and had this big speaker in the pickup with us. it was great. got cigarettes from the indian reserves. 200 cigarettes for 13 dollars. they make me sick after i smoke one though, and are 7 times worse for you. i was a little nervous bringing them through customs since theyre illegal (i think) but everything was cool. the customs guy letting us into quebec asked the most ridiculous questions.. who owns this car? how do you know each other? who are you staying with? for how long? how do you know them? how long have you known them? what's your occupation? take off your sunglasses! holy fuckkk we were so nervous. anne and i got our tattoos! vivre rire aimer on the back of our neck. i like it so much :) so on the way back from canada we pass bolton landing and i decide to call steven because maybe we can see him before we both go back to school.. so we turn around and get off his exit.. turns out its tony's 25th birthday the next day so we haveee to party that night. so steven buys us dinner and we went with joe also to brown's at the sagamore.. ate nachos.. then walked around the sagamore after to digest and take pretty pictures. went back to the rondack, started drinking with ashley and steven.. tony gets back from work around 11.. more people come.. im doing more shots and holding a beer in one hand and a vodka and lemonade in the other.. and then i woke up with anne the next day and it was time to go home. i wish we could've stayed another night, i love it there. so i get home and then i unpack/repack and we leave for the jersey shore. get there, go to dinner and go to sleep. wakeup and have a not so nice day which turns out beautifully and sunny probably with a high UV index because i got more color. layed out all day and played frisbee with kris, got wraps on the beach. lost my fucking brand new sunglasses to this huge wave that came out of nowhere and forced me underwater and i lost my glasses but somehow not my bobby pins. was soooo mad since they were brand new from montreal and i actually loved them they looked so cute. searched for an hour and went back 2x today and yesterday to check with guest services. no sunglasses came in either day though. still haven't got over that. did get some other really cute things in montreal though, a bag, 2 necklaces and a ring, and this beautiful dress from a dept store like nordstroms thats only in quebec. anyway, today was a beautiful day too.. got more burnt and then had pasta for dinner..feel shitty.. not excited for school or anything this week..maybe sushi tmrw if matt can.. gotta pick out new glasses frames, see ali, and go to the gym, and please let me have the motivation to clean my room..ah! i can't live in it anymore! alright..sleep