Hello everyone!
Well, it has been a quiet few weeks since I last updated this. Mostly, I have been working on my year abroad essays (possibly not really enough, but there you go), and restarting work with the return of 2 girls and the arrival of another. Three out of the four young'uns on the team go by some variation of the name Sarah. I think that is the highest percentage I have ever come across. But it is a good name, I will say that.
We celebrated going back to work again by going to the cinema on Saturday night to see Mamma Mia. Although highly cheesy, it was great. Now we have been singing along to Abba songs all week, and listening to the cd as we cook and wash up. Its good fun. The only problem is that one of the girls is really not at all a fan of anything remotely cheesy, but she didn't want to seem fussy so she came along anyway, with the hope that, being in French, it would be at least "educational"! We have had a lot of fun winding her up about things being educational (usually in a very scathing tone) this week. Unfortunately, she didn't really learn much from the film, as most of it was based around the Abba songs, and although there were French subtitles for them, I guess they weren't especially academically challenging.
I went shopping in Aix today, which was nice. I went with Rebecca, the daughter-in-law of the director. She is the mother of Noa Eve, who is about 14 months, so she welcomed the opportunity to leave Noa with Granny and moosey around the shops for a bit. The weather is much cooler now, and a bit more cloudy too. We had a lot of wind (the Mistral) at the weekend - it was amazing to feel the difference in temperature. We almost never eat outside anymore, which is sad.
But what is really sad is that on Friday, I'm going home, and this whole year abroad thing is coming to an e
nd... This summer has just flown by. But I can't wait to be back up to Durham again (having finished all my essays!) and to get back into things properly. It will be strange though of course.
Talking of going home, I really need to go and start packing. I'm hopefully going all the way home on the train. If Eurostar decides to behave itself. There is a possibility that I might be stranded in Paris or London but I'm hoping that most people will have cancelled their travel. Fingers crossed. And maybe some toes as well.
Have a nice week!
Lots of love
Sarah
xxx
Well, it has been a quiet few weeks since I last updated this. Mostly, I have been working on my year abroad essays (possibly not really enough, but there you go), and restarting work with the return of 2 girls and the arrival of another. Three out of the four young'uns on the team go by some variation of the name Sarah. I think that is the highest percentage I have ever come across. But it is a good name, I will say that.
We celebrated going back to work again by going to the cinema on Saturday night to see Mamma Mia. Although highly cheesy, it was great. Now we have been singing along to Abba songs all week, and listening to the cd as we cook and wash up. Its good fun. The only problem is that one of the girls is really not at all a fan of anything remotely cheesy, but she didn't want to seem fussy so she came along anyway, with the hope that, being in French, it would be at least "educational"! We have had a lot of fun winding her up about things being educational (usually in a very scathing tone) this week. Unfortunately, she didn't really learn much from the film, as most of it was based around the Abba songs, and although there were French subtitles for them, I guess they weren't especially academically challenging.
I went shopping in Aix today, which was nice. I went with Rebecca, the daughter-in-law of the director. She is the mother of Noa Eve, who is about 14 months, so she welcomed the opportunity to leave Noa with Granny and moosey around the shops for a bit. The weather is much cooler now, and a bit more cloudy too. We had a lot of wind (the Mistral) at the weekend - it was amazing to feel the difference in temperature. We almost never eat outside anymore, which is sad.
But what is really sad is that on Friday, I'm going home, and this whole year abroad thing is coming to an e
nd... This summer has just flown by. But I can't wait to be back up to Durham again (having finished all my essays!) and to get back into things properly. It will be strange though of course.Talking of going home, I really need to go and start packing. I'm hopefully going all the way home on the train. If Eurostar decides to behave itself. There is a possibility that I might be stranded in Paris or London but I'm hoping that most people will have cancelled their travel. Fingers crossed. And maybe some toes as well.
Have a nice week!
Lots of love
Sarah
xxx
