Quick Little Post

Hello! So in about an hour or so I will be heading off to Britanny with my wonderful host family and I am super stoked about that! I did, however, just find out that I will have no internet access there for a week, which is fine except that I won’t be able to post a blog on Sunday, So I am doing a tiny one right now! 

I don’t have long to write, but I want you all to know that I have had a happy week here in my French world, exploring Parisian cafes and speaking in French to whomever will talk to me hahah. This week it began to get cold. I MEAN COLD PEOPLE. It was in the 40s for most of the week and I had to rush around buying whatever cheap warm things I could find because the first two cold days made it difficult to walk without curling up in a ball in the middle of the street and crying. With the help of my friends and Cecile, I was able to find some warm layers and a warm coat and the actual warmest gloves in the world. If I had a best friend this week, it was those gloves hahah. 

One nice thing about being cold in Paris is that you are only cold if you are walking somewhere. I have to walk to a lot of places, but where I end up is always warm and I am very grateful for that! And the metro is hot, which is kind of gross, but I am certainly glad its not as freezing as it is outside. 

This week, I felt very close to Prunette and I think that is probably because we had to cuddle so much because of the weather. We still went to the park most days, but we didn’t stay long and on the way home I would give in and carry her. I think I really do love this child, because I can’t seem make myself stop letting her slip her cold little hands into the back of the neck of my shirt while we walk home from the metro. I just want to be warm and for her to be warm too.

I have had a lot of time this week, for some reason, to reflect on my childhood. I have decided that what I am feeling on some sadder days is not homesickness, but a sort of nostalgia for my childhood. I am 18 and about to choose what I will do with the rest of my life, and I have come to the conclusion that I want my future to be just as happy as my past. When I spend time thinking this way, it makes me realize that I am having a huge impact right now on how happy Prune’s childhood is and will be in her memories. I feel like I owe it to all the people who put up with me to give her a great one hahah. I know that me being the best au pair I can be won’t change her behavior at all, but maybe someday she will look back and be as grateful as I am now for those who did this for me. 

Okay so we are about to get in the car! We had a party yesterday at school where we all brought breakfast and I ate wayyyy too much and it was amazing. Here is a picture of my wonderful class! 

I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL WEEK AND HAVE ANOTHER WONDERFUL WEEK THIS WEEK! I will update my blog next Thursday when I get back from Britanny and head off to the South of France! I love youuuu. :)