EJ has started school and, of course, has a love hate relationship with it. In the mornings, she begs me not to leave her and starts screaming but by the time I pick her up, she's so elated and can't wait to tell me about what she's done and the classmates she's hurt! Yes, she admits when she roughs up a classmate. She's only done it twice and when I ask her why she replies, "Because he not listen to me,". Hilton and I have a little chat with her about it and we move on. I strongly believe all the stress in adjusting has her emotions going haywire but she's communicating them to us and I strongly believe the more we work with her, the better she'll be over the next few weeks. Their school system is QUITE different out here. They go from 8:20 to 11:20, you pick them up and then bring them back from 1:20 to 4:20 Monday, Tues, Thurs and Fri. The parents always pick their kids up with a baguette in hand and I think it's hilarious seeing these kids walking home from school gnawing on dry bread LOL! I'm on the hunt for at least one or two activities for her but so far a lot of them begin at 4 years of age. Hmmmm...
This past Saturday, Hilton had an at home scrimmage. EJ and I had a blast. She was so excited to see him play again and he looked amazing! At one point before the game started, he ran over and gave her a little kiss and she looked star struck. She turned to me, eyes wide as a deer with the biggest smile on her face and said, "Daddy kissed me! He kissed me!" Tooooooo precious for words. After the game, she started playing with two young boys, 10 and 12 (sons of team staff who are incredible), and she had the time of her life screaming, "Attrape-moi!" which means 'catch me'. I got a chance to meet three girlfriends on the team, me being the only wife which feels odd. Two of them are American and the other is Tahitian but has lived in France a good bit of her life.
I hate driving out here and only do when Hilton makes me! He's been trying to teach me how to drive manual. One of our cars back home is a clutchless manual so I'm familiar with the gears and such but NOT the clutch. I've always had an idea and was even taught once by a kid named Jon from my highschool whom I later worked with (Bloomfield A. H.!!). Anyway, my body seizes up when I get in the car but I've been doing better. Not stalling nearly as much as I used to. The other day, I had to stop on a hill with a slight incline and of course I almost rolled into the person behind me! He beeped me and Hilton put on my flashers and calmly talked me into steadily pulling off without crashing. To my amazement, it worked.
Last week, I received my order of 'The Suitable Boy', a 1,500 page novel that I was coerced into reading (LOL jk jk), and four GRE books so I can start studying for the exam that I have to retake since scores expire after 5 years. I was thrilled when the UPS guy showed up with the boxes but not so thrilled when he told me that I have to pay him 27 euros in tax. No problem! Just give me my books so the nerd in me can be happy while my husband questions who he's just married.
I'll upload pictures this week so stay tuned!
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