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We also did Boule de Suif, a Sartre one, le Tartuffe, Manon des Sources. Is 4 enough?

I've read le petit Prince in both fr and eng, and couldn't wrap my head around either!

When I learned Spanish, I did the O level alongside my A levels, then went and au paired before uni. I felt/knew I'd 'made it' when I could understand Los Pitufos (the Smurfs) on the telly, and could read Cien Años de Soledad and Don Quijote in the full version, not the kiddy version!

Nowadays, I am decidedly more rusty, but it only takes a day or two in the country for me to start dreaming in the language, and everything's ok with my world 😎.

After au pairing in Spain, I spent a month with l'Arche in France and we took them away, so were sleeping in dorms. My sister was also there and she woke me up one night because I was talking in my sleep in Spanish, and she was worried!

greent

I'm decidedly rusty more than 30 years after last studying French - but still usually settle back in nicely when we've been there a few days, although my vocab recall is not as fast as it was!  - but I am proud that I've been taken as French by my accent several times over the years  - one member of staff at DLand Paris got most of his colleagues to come and talk to me so they could all comment on my accent My teachers from school would like that - I had 3 (two for vocabulary and grammar, one for lit) - one was French and one was married to a French guy and had French relatives herself - so they did a good job on making our language skills more conversational with little tips on slang and colloquialisms that weren't in the text books and stuff like that (can you tell I really liked the subject! - I'm all misty eyed with fondness here! 😂😊)

greent

I am super impressed at talking in your sleep in another language, though, apple - that's a whole different level!!! 👌 x

Karmacat

Polyeucte and Le Grand Meaulnes for me.  The teaching was very old fashioned, but the au-pairing really set me up, and at least I had the grammar skills to make the most of it.  I love being taken for French - it's only happened a few times, and quite long ago, but still.  Love it.  I've never talked in my sleep in French, but I did dream in French at the end of my au pair time.  And when I came back, I kept speaking in French to English people, oops.

greent

Karmacat  And when I came back, I kept speaking in French to English people, oops.

I love this part! 😀 x

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greent said:

I am super impressed at talking in your sleep in another language, though, apple - that's a whole different level!!! 👌 x

I dream a lot.

I talk in my sleep frequently.

Eventually, the two do a kind of mind meld...

Thankfully, I rarely sleep walk. ( When in my teens, I once woke up sitting on the third stair, waiting for the post. In my sleeping bag. I assume that I somehow got myself down the stairs in the bag)

f0xh0les

and how would DH explain that to the nice police man?

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Today I am very grateful for dh having a good chat with a neighbour that has helped to clear up some issues of stuff said about us. I still carry a massive knot of anxiety in my gut about the situation, but not quite as massive as before.

Dd and I went to some Ch shops and she got several books and I got some trousers which are unfortunately rather too snug-fitting to wear. Sigh.

We also did some slackline practice, and I got to have a look at a neighbour's garden and kitchen, as well as having a good ol' natter with them.

Tomorrow:

-yoga first thing, cos I'm super stiff from using a heavier weight in at the gym yesterday, and running today

-pay activity invoices

-prep more y12

-read Elise

-take dd swimming and do a light gym session while she splashes around

-make a list for going to see mum on Friday

Karmacat

Sorry to hear you're struggling with that kind of neighbourhood thing I hope DH has cleared the air today and it gradually goes away.

apple_muncher

Thank you karma. I hope so too. I really hope so.

Tomorrow I am off to see my mum. Yay! It's been 16 months. Took a last minute decision to travel by train instead of driving. A good run in the car is 3 hours, without a stop; a bad run could be 5.5 hours. Each way. And I'd be doing all the driving on my own. Whereas the train may well take longer, but I just have to sit back and ' let the train take the strain'! Gosh! Which advert is that from???

I had issues with thetrainline site and ended up having to book all 3 trains separately in order to arrive in time for my covid test at 10.15, and not pay triple the price for my tickets.

I am decidedly nervous about the whole thing, especially seeing mum. Add that to my current state of anxiety and it's not pretty! That said, I am going. And I will only see mum for an hour, as that is all the time they allocate visitors. Then I'll buy myself some lunch from sainz and get the trains back home. If I feel brave/energetic, I may pop into the Ch shops there...

I have a bag of things to give her, including shoes and sandals, a fleece jacket, some tissue paper flowers ( cos I think she'll like them), some real flowers that dd chose today (let's hope they survive the train journey!!!), some lindt chocs.