summoning storms

Today in class, Théophile pointed out that on Friday I said that I missed thunderstorms, and then later that day (and on Saturday as well), what happened? We had thunderstorms! He said that it was my fault, and he thought I must have been quite pleased. Yes, the storms made me happy, and so did waiting out the downpour in an Amiens café, sipping a coffee and having girl talk with Ninie. But Théophile mastering the reported speech we'd been working on while incorporating his new severe storm vocabulary...all in English...it was one of my proudest moments this year.