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Nanny's Birthday

Un Âne

je ne comprends pas

I'm sitting here trying to think of something to write about and there's too much. I've stayed with 2 families so far, just about 2 weeks at both of them. It doesn't feel like I've been gone almost a month now. I'm staying in a tiny town called Chenaud right now. Wednesday morning I take a train north to Laval, near Le Mans.

It's kind of sad to think about how transitory my life is right now. Being in a place for 2 weeks doesn't let anyone know anyone, really. It's doubly hard living with a French family and not knowing nearly as much French as I thought I knew. I had a conversation with the dad yesterday, for the first time since I've gotten here. He could tell I was having a hard time for some reason and he wanted to know what was going on. I told him how it's been hard not being able to communicate like I would normally, with English speakers. I never realized before how much I take for granted being able to speak fluently about how I feel... even though probably everyone who is going to read this know how much I don't take advantage of having native English speakers at my disposal very often to discuss what's going on in my head or heart.