1. That sometimes it is nice to get away from Paris for a few days. This town is absolutely magnificent in every way.
2. I could be happy being a stay at home mom (one day in the far off future) cooking 3 meals a day and doing laundry and catering to my kids.
3. I learned how to successfully laugh in the right place and say "ah bon" at the right time when being told a story that I completely don't understand. (ah bon= oh really?)
(Explination: Grandma likes to tell a lot of stories and she doesn't care who cares or wants to listen and since I am left doing all the dishes and setting the table and laundry with her then I got the pleasure of hearing EVERY story she could recall and I don't understand even slightly half of what she says so I had to perfect quickly how to know when to laugh and when to respond with other comments to make it seem as if I understood or cared. And I'm not trying to be mean here, I simply don't comprehend her enough to want to listen to her stories. yet. )
4. I am quite the American. I cannot wait to get back to Paris and show off my pumpkins and share a wonderful evening with my friends celebrating Halloween/fall, because I have a feeling our party will be more like a fall party than a Halloween party, but thats quite ok.
5. I was in a sort of love/hate relationship with my apartment before I left and after this week, I cannot wait to be reunited with my 11m2 and show her all the love in the world because she is soooo good to me. She provides me with a bigger bed, my own space that is ALL mine away from 4 kids who already drive me crazy enough, and she even gives me a wonderful view every time i look out my window. No longer will I be taking advantage of all that.
6. I hate the dollar to euro ratio but now that its the other way around i'm really liking the idea of saving money to spend in Texas. haha
7. Sleep is not overrated. Not even for a 5 yr old. (story: last night the kids annoying stayed up till 11pm when I finally made them go to a room and turn off the light and be silent and hopefully fall asleep. In my opinion, 11pm is too late for a 5 and 7 yr old regardless of whether it is vacation or not and this even proved me right. The 5 yr fell asleep at 7pm and passed up eating dinner and probably won't see him again until the morning. So there. Booya! It isn't overrated!)
Tonight a funny thing happened. The Grandma opened the package of sausage (that was purchased from the butcher earlier) to find that they had only given her 2 when she had asked for 12. In french the two numbers sound semi similar but not similar enough to get them that confused. Fat story skinny is that only two people got to eat meat for dinner. And I have a feeling the lady who served her at the butcher today is going to get an ear full tomorrow. oops!
Well, I'm off to go take one more long hot shower. One of the ups to being in this home is that not only do I get my own private shower but its big (well, compared to the one in my apartment) and it has a steady water flow (contrary to the one in my apartment) and sprays hot water for a long time (opposite to the one in my apartment) so I have been enjoying my showers because they are not be taken for granted. Space, hot water, all those things, they are all such rarities and are like gold to parisians. Seriously. I'm not going to know what to do with myself when I'm in Texas and have a whole bath tub to myself. Might not ever leave it. But then again, I just might.
You guys have a great Halloween weekend! (will try to post a few more photos later tonight if I can)
Love, yours truly!
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