This morning I woke up to the sound of rain on the roof and the lovely smell of fall coming through the window. I spent a while just cozied up under my covers, enjoying the fact that I didn’t have to get up. Eventually I headed downstairs to eat breakfast with Margot. We always have such random conversations when we’re hanging out together—it’s great! I recently shared some jam that I’d brought from Oregon (Bandon Cranberry Jam—my favorite!!!) with my host family. They all really like it…and within 2 days it’s already half gone!
After breakfast, Margot showed me a ton of pictures on their computer (from birthday parties, family holidays, etc.)—it’s funny to see them all so much younger!
Around noon, I met Alison downtown and we walked back to my house. Catherine was still at work, so Alison and I made scones to surprise her! Catherine has been craving scones and had mentioned several times recently that we should make some. When she got home, she was very excited to see them in the oven!
We all ate lunch and then Margot wanted to play a game on the TV where two people compete at a certain dance routine. Each person has to hold this electronic remote thingy in one hand and follow along with the movements that the figure on the TV is doing and somehow it monitors how well you follow along. I watched Margot and Alison compete and found it highly entertaining. They were so intense about it! Alison picked the first song and she won, then Margot picked the next and she won. At that time, Margot had to leave for her handball practice, so Catherine said I had to try it. I told her if I had to do it, she had to do it. So, we danced to some song that I didn’t know and I ended up beating her! Then Alison and I danced to a song that I recognized, but I’ve already forgotten the name—and, somehow, I barely managed to beat her as well. It felt pretty silly to be dancing “with” someone while both of us were staring at a screen!
When Margot returned home from handball, we all had a snack of scones with butter and cranberry jam! Mmm! And, I checked the mail and discovered a letter from Sophia (thank you!! I’ve already started a letter to you!) and a big orange envelope addressed to Margot, but with the return address of my house in Corvallis! I was very surprised, but not as much as Margot! She tore it open and discovered a Halloween card from my mom! It even included stickers to decorate the haunted house on the card. She immediately sat down and decorated the card. She informed me that it was the third thing she’d ever received in the mail. And she told me to say “MERCI” to my mother! :)
Then Alison and I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies so I can bring them to school tomorrow for the other teachers. While waiting for each tray to cook, Alison and I listened to classic kids’ songs that I could potentially use in my classes. Eventually Catherine came in to make dinner and she enjoyed hearing some of the classic songs she’d learned while she was in England as a small child. We also watched some hilarious videos of Hugh Laurie singing. Catherine is a huge fan of Hugh Laurie!
Alison stayed for dinner and we all watched France Has Incredible Talent on TV. There were some fairly talented people (one guy broke 40 slabs of granite with his forehead…) and some extremely non-talented people (some atrocious singers). Once the show was over, Margot and Lucas went to bed and Catherine, Alison, and I stayed up until 1:15am talking. We spent a lot of time talking about the pros and cons of adoption. Thank goodness our conversation was in English—if not, there’s no way I would have made it that long!! Alison is spending the night here because she has to teach at the high school at 9am tomorrow, so there’s no point of her going all the way back to Capbreton, just to get up and come back to Tyrosse!
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