Ready or Not, Here We Come…..

George Peppard, star of the 1980s TV sitcom The A-Team, would always escape “near-death” scenarios with his raggedy team of daredevils.  At the end of every show, he would puff on his cigar and say with great swagger,

Our list of MUST DO items, all 2,573 pages long, is almost finished….maybe, just maybe, this plan is coming together!

You know, I think this is actually gonna happen!

Yes, it will be terrible to hug the kids this weekend when we leave Augusta.  Yes, there will be leaky eyes and running mascara.  No, no permanent apartment yet.  Yes, a temporary corporate apartment for 30+ days upon arrival (see it here).  No, I haven’t driven by our old house again (since the last time).    [Does that make me a stalker?]   Yes, Tanner hits the road soon – to Romania and Hungary.  No, we have no plans for my birthday except to figure out which way is up.  Yes, the kids are coming for NOEL!  Yes, I heard there is BUNCO with Americans there (yea!).  Yes, French lessons are such a wonderful gift BUT!  Il est très difficile pour moi!  I adore my teacher, Hortense, mais talk about mental exercise!  Oooo la la la la.  (And Tanner’s course is 4x harder than mine!) I have homework daily – he has HOURS of homework daily, until all hours of the night.  Truly.  Here was today’s lesson (in brief).    

Lundi 16 octobre – corriger les devoirs. Pratique orale: acheter : courses, restaurants, vêtements.   Situations d’achat. Réviser les expressions avec avoir et Les nombres de 30 – 100.   Les commerces en France.  Site pour écouter les dialogues et pratiquer le français. Réviser le passé composé avec avoir et être

Have you looked at the Cool Tidbits page?  (click here)  Just some interesting trivia!  Such as, “the French eat every part of the pig aside from the ‘oink.’ Trotters, as the British call them, are popular the world over but they are especially adored in France. They are cooked slowly and the final dish is… delightfully gelatinous.”  Now THAT is disgusting! Go to the Cool Tidbits Page and see the article on weird French favorites…but wait until AFTER you’ve had dinner!

I think I’ll stick with just chicken….and chicken….and only chicken, s’il vous plait!

(P.S. Tanner says if I show you the article, then no one will come to visit……)

If I can do anything for you before or after we go, please let me know (soon). Missing everyone already!   

à la prochaine, mes amis!

Isaiah 41:10  So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.