Les deux tantes

On Friday, I seriously thought I was going to die if I didn't get out of here. So I called the American aunt, Roxy and she drove from Silan and was here in time for dinner. Since she has been here I have been so happy. It has been great to have someone to talk to and she actually does stuff with me. On Saturday, she took me to the bus stops and I took pictures of the schedules so I could take the bus into the neighboring towns if I wanted. On Sunday, we took the boys to the park and played with their RC helicopters and un peu du foot

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 Today, is Max's birthday so we have to go into town to get a bunch of things for dinner and to make cookies. Apparently the French adore chocolate chip.

Roxy has been a lifesaver. I feel so much more confident and comfortable with being here now. I'm a little worried that I will get lonely again when she leaves but now that I know the town a little better I'm sure I will be fine and I will have stuff to do. Plus it should be sunny for the next couple weeks and that will brighten up the place a bit more. The only thing I am really worried about is the other aunt-- Tantie Ger. She has always been nice, or at least what I have percieved as nice, to my face. But apparently she has been going around telling the rest of the family that I can't speak French and that I can't cook-- both of which aren't true. I only speak French around her and yeah, I'm a little rusty but I speak enough to communicate with both her and the boys and that should be plenty for anyone. As for the cooking, she asked me if I wanted her to cook one night and I said yes because I was tired. But I spent the whole time watching her and helping her so I'm not sure where she got that idea from. Anyways, since I invited Roxy, Tantie Ger has had a bit of an attitude. Roxy says it's because they don't get along but I think it's more or less that she wants to be in control. I didn't mean to offend her by inviting Roxy but I really needed someone to help me adjust to life here. I'm a little nervous for dinner tonight but I think everything will go swell. I might need to spend a little time on google translate to prove to everyone that contrary to what they've heard, I can indeed speak French. Sort of. Anyways, I've got a lot of work to do for tonight. Wish me luck!