It was a busy but awesome "weekend". On Friday, Marie-Laure took Blanche out for a special morning, so I was left with Louis, Clotilde and Jeanne. They were super easy compared to five or even four. They were playing so nicely that I was able to make a cheesecake to leave behind for the Pourcelets as a weekend dessert. I tried to do a lot to help clean that day and left for Rennes pretty early.
That night, I hung out with Brooke-- if I didn't mention, she's an au pair living in Rennes this year. It was awesome to have someone to walk around with. She'd never had a kabab here so I insisted we have that for dinner and then we got some hot chocolate, cause it had been too long since I was at Le Haricot Rouge.
Saturday morning I made myself sleep in past 9 and then got up. Martine and I brought an armoir down two flights of steep stairs then worked in the yard for a while. I vacuumed her car and pretty much did whatever she asked for a while. I felt good doing that for her, especially since she does so much for me. I'm proud of myself. This weekend was filled with "I know I made the right choice, and I should be here right now" moments. My French gets better most every day, I learn valuable lessons every day; I just feel better most days. I feel better than ever before maybe.
I went into town after all the slave work to play some sports. Brooke and I met up again; I walked her to the old city walls and we got ice cream then headed off to work it off. We were only Americans there, so we played basebell. When I hit a strike streak, we moved on to soccer. We played some "ninja" and then the missionaries " cubed" Brooke and I. Apparently my husband will be perfect and my friends are solid. Then we all helped clean the chapel. Later we all met back at the church and Martine came for dinner. It was a good time. Elder Smith and I competed in a "flan suck" and well, I lost. We made him do it again, on video.
After church on Sunday, Brooke came back to Chateaugiron and we walked around the town; she'd never seen a castle before, and the weather was beautiful. We made apple pie and had that for dinner. Well, for second dinner I had a leftover piece of cheescake.
Today, I spent the morning with the kids minus Henri. In the afternoon, I took a long bikeride. I tried to find the paths on the map I got at the mayor's office, but was unsuccessful. I just went straight and kept going 'til I found water. I found a beautiful, peaceful, little beach; I'll upload pictures someday. It was so awesome, that I wanted to tell you all about it right away.
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