Etrange/ Mysterieux

I took French my Junior year in high school and have never ever made serious use of it outside of a classroom setting. I might say, "Oui." or "Moi?" every now and again, but that's about the extent of it. I year of Conversational French doesn't amount to a lot of conversational ability. So, aside from the odd term thrown in here and there I hadn't used it in about ten years, but then Thursday night Jemstone started IM-ing me in french. He really had me scrambling and I had to use a french dictionary for a few things, but apparently I needed the warm-up. This (Friday) afternoon at Barnes& Noble a man walked over to my register and began speaking to me in French. I was surprised by how much I could actually understand him! I was able to take him to the travel section and find a San Fransisco photo essay book and then when he came back to me to be rung up I was able to confirm the price for him. Tres Etrange. I guess it was a good thing that Jemstone made me practice a little. Bonne Nuit, tres somnolent.