I love my awesome colleagues

Bon après-midi! It's another gorgeous spring day here with a bright blue sky and flowering trees! I had a pretty uneventful teaching morning.... although one teacher I work with has lost her voice, so that was an interesting class. With all of my classes, we played games with speaking opportunities and sang old songs from previous lessons. In Corinne's pre-k class, I worked with a group on animals and colors... and bribed them with auto-collants (stickers) if they were "très très sage" (very very good). But I have to say, they were the most attentive with this activity than with any of the others I've ever done! The book I'm reading is also pretty cool, especially for kids this age, so that could be it too;) In one of my other classes, a little girl told me she saw me riding bikes with my family on Sunday, which I thought was cute. I guess they are my French surrogate family :)

During the lunch break, I went to Ikea with Elise and Eve (who's lost her voice). Nathalie had a meeting during lunch or else she would have joined us too. We walked around the store until we got to the dining room area. I guess I don't remember what the Ikea in our area is like, but this one is like a maze.... you can only go in one direction through the layout of the store.... which kind of made me feel like a rat searching for cheese. Once we found our "cheese," we had a nice sit down meal. I had chicken, frites (french fries), salad, and a yogurt. They laughed at me for having a very French, well-balanced meal. They both skipped the yogurt and salad for a big tart (which luckily they let me taste). We went through the kids section after lunch, which they were most interested in. They had shopping to do for friends who are about to have babies... they do have some really cute toys and furniture... but I didn't really have a reason to buy anything so I just enjoyed their company!

After Ikea, they walked over to SFR with me to figure out how to close my phone/internet account. They gave us a phone number to call and Elise and Eve said they'd help call with me. We got back to school, they called the number using the school phone (which Pierre gladly handed over) and wrote down everything I need to do. What wonderful colleagues, right?

So- it sounds like I send a letter to SFR saying the date I want my phone line disconnected (and when I want my internet to stop). They send me a box for my neufbox equipment (internet box and cables) whenever the phone line is disconnected and I ship it to them when I can. I have to pay 45 euros to disconnect the line, which is annoying, as I paid some similar amount to connect the line just 6.5 months ago. So I'm hoping this means that come April 27, I will still have internet access!

I also got an email today from the woman at my bank who told me I have to do something similar- write a letter saying the date I want the account closed. She told me I'd only be able to get my money via check made out in euros though.... so I don't know about that.... but at least that line of communication has started with my bank! I feel much less stressed about these two loose ends that need to be tied up before I leave.

Time to make some good ol' American mac n' cheese for dinner:)

Reste cool!