After four beautiful weeks of family, friends, heat, and English, I went back to France for one more year.
My journey through the airport was tranquil (mostly because I’m a traveling PRO now!). When I found my departing gate, I realized it was the same gate that I left from last year. The reference in my diary proves that I was sitting and waiting in the same place at the same time only 1 year and 3 days before! Here, I took some time to reflect on the past and future before we boarded. This time, I was much less anxious because I knew I’d enjoy the upcoming year. I wasn’t headed to live with strangers and I could understand the language. Whew! That makes things A LOT easier.
We boarded and, magically, I fell asleep almost right away and stayed asleep for the whole flight despite the rough turbulence we felt while flying over Hurricane Irene. This sleep helped me adjust immediately to the time zone. No jetlag what-so-ever!
Max (my boyfrench) was waiting patiently to pick me up at my arrival gate at CDG and then he brought me to Chaumes where my family greeted me happily. The kids showed me their new clothes and we talked about their summer vacation. After dinner, I unpacked and hit the hay. Of course, I was still tired after 15 hours of travelling.
We started business as usual Monday morning. I’ll be keeping the kids all day for a week (God grant me strength!!) until school starts. This year Eliott’s starting middle school and will have to take the bus for an hour to and from school (which means getting up an hour earlier to come back an hour later)! He’ll have a half day on Wednesday instead of a day off like Zoe. What changes! Zoe will be in what we would call the 4th grade. No big changes for her yet. Per usual, Alain and Caroline keep on trucking with work. Me, too; I’ll be taxi-ing, cooking, washing, and entertaining as usual. I'll continue with french school in October at a new, higher level! Also, this year I’ll be undertaking my PA school applications and potentially a job or volunteer position on the side. Due to the normalcy and boringness of everyday life and the extra work I’ll be doing, I’ve decided not to write the blog anymore. I wanted to do a blog with regular posts that could amuse you all but with this new schedule I just don’t think I’ll have anything amusing to say nor time to say it. However, if you are curious about me or my life, you can still email me (Christy.Cork@gmail.com) or stalk me on facebook! To all my loyal readers, thank you for making me feel special!
Take Care everyone! Keep in touch!
