After taking Amy to Part-Dieu (the train station), I amazingly caught a bus right back home (same driver too). I went straight back to bed... and got a few more hours in before I got up to clean the apartment (we hadn't even had time to wipe the table down after Thanksgiving we were so on-the-go). I played lots of Christmas music and put up the few Christmas decorations I bought the other day with Amy... which helped cheer me up after my guest left. I also got to talk with both Victor and my family (saw all 4 of them today!) which was really nice. After all of the holiday cheer from yesterday and after seeing Amy off, I think I was getting a little down... it's hard to believe I've been here for only 2 months. It feels a lot longer than that.
Anywho, I went to Corinne's house around 5 to tutor Julien for the second time. They are such a nice family! Corinne came out to greet me, the little girls ran to the door, the dad put on a pot of tea for me (hehe... they also asked if I wanted milk in my tea... I said, no thank you I'm American, not English...which they thought was SO funny), and the older of the two girls had helped make a cake for us to eat when I got there. I'm wondering if this is going to become a pre-tutoring ritual.... desert and family get-together? If so, I am certainly ok with that.
Then Julien and I worked on irregular verb tenses... draw, drew, drawn (etc.). This one in particular messed him up... he couldn't remember which tense was spelled with an a or an e.... and then gave up and started using an o... which turned the last one into "drown." I laughed... and explained what he had written, which he thought was funny...and actually helped him remember how to conjugate the verb correctly. He also had a hard time remembering the meaning for the verb "to feel".... which led me to sing "I feel good...dunnananana." He's a really nice, polite kid, but he gets really frustrated and embarrassed when he can't remember stuff... he almost looks in pain actually... so I try to make it a little less intense. He couldn't remember what the verb "to find" meant either... and for some reason the only thing that came to mind was, "I can't find my PANTS!" I'm sure he thinks I'm insane, but tant pis... hopefully he'll ace his quiz tomorrow!
After our lesson, Corinne drove me home and we had a nice little chat. I'm glad she drove me because her dashboard said it was -1 degree Celsius, which is really just 30 degrees F, but still cold. I got to talk to my family some more... and ate some Thanksgiving leftovers (yum yum). I guess I never told you all that we had turkey (not a whole bird but slices of turkey baked in the oven), mashed potatoes (Amy's first, very tasty whack at it), stuffing (from an American box mix), pumpkin bread (from an American box mix), green bean casserole (ingredients brought over), creamed corn (Lindsey's yummy recipe), cranberry sauce from a can (brought over), mac and cheese (that I have an entire pan of in my freezer), and last but not least, chocolate pie (ingredients brought over). It wouldn't have been quite so successful if Amy hadn't brought so much food with her (thanks again!).
Now I'm fading away and thinking that getting to bed an hour early sounds like a perfect plan. The lady from town hall is coming at 7:45 (right before I leave for work) to give keys to the electrician who is going to be doing work on my apartment all week. I'm really hoping I don't have days or hours without electricity... but somehow I have a feeling that this is implied when having an electrician do a week's worth of work. Grr.
Nighty night!
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