Yes, I am actually still in France.

Well, I might actually be the worst blogueuse ever. Sorry to my loyal fanbase (ahem mom and dad) for not updating in sooo long. My 12-hour workweeks have really caught up with me and I'm just incredibly busy, you know how it is. And my full schedule is probably also the reason my room is so messy. That must be it...right? Right.

Anyway, I thought I'd ease myself back into the whole writing thing by doing a little photo update, starting with pics from Thanksgiving (so many months ago...)

Slightly blurry pic of our Thanksgiving spread...mmmm!

Spent a weekend in Paris, which was beautifully decorated for the holidays.
This tree was enormous, even next to Notre Dame! 

And adorable Christmas market, ice skating rink, and fake snow play area....all under the Eiffel Tower!

Lights on the bridge, Laval

Adorable donkey! at the Christmas market in Laval

Yum yum vin chaud...

Rowdy ski relay game at the foyer's Christmas party

Getting back into teaching has been a bit tough. It seems that all my students have forgotten everything they knew before Christmas! I'm a little afraid my accent has deteriorated over the holidays as well...although I received a really nice compliment from a student the other day: I have two English girls in one of my classes. They live in Laval with their families and have sort of become peers. One day during class, Hannah asked me (in French) if I ever speak French, and I said (in French) that of course sometimes I do, but that I try not to since I'm here to work with the kids on English, etc. etc. And Maisie said "You know, your accent is not shocking. I can tell you're not French but it's not at all obvious where you're from." Maybe that doesn't sound all that great, but to me that's one step closer to a believable French accent!