\tI managed to have two conversations today in French. One on the phone. That qualifies today as a good day.<\/p>\n
\tAt school, I finally got up the nerve to speak to one of the French mothers. The parents’ group had sent home a note asking for Christmas decorations for the school’s booth at the Christmas market this Saturday. Today I asked one of the group leaders if they still needed anything. It doesn’t sound like much, but it was huge for me. Talking to these people is intimidating.<\/p>\n
\tThen this afternoon, I had to call the VW dealership to make an appointment to take Bill’s car in while he’s gone. It needs service and that wasn’t lighting a fire under me to get the job done. But this morning my French teacher read a recall letter we’d gotten… saying that the car could possibly catch fire. So I called. And managed to make the appointment and reserve a loaner (ok, rental) car for the day. Not too shabby.<\/p>\n
\tOf course, this feeling of triumph ignores the conversation I had this morning. While Kaitlyn and I were getting out of the car, I noticed one of the dads staring at my front tires. There is now a big black disk covering the center of the hubcaps. Understandably, he wanted to know what the heck those were. But in trying to explain to him that they are for a different kind of tire chain Bill bought for me, I was stumped by the word chain. Told him it’s for when it snows. \u0093Ah,\u0094 he said. \u0093Pour les chaines.\u0094 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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