Penultimate

Well it feels truly bizarre to be saying this, but I now only have a week left in France, which means that this is also my penultimate blog post!

This week has been really busy and seems to have flown by like the others. On Tuesday, I had my last tutoring session with a family I've been working for since the start of term. That was a little strange but pretty handy really since my ideas were running extremely thin. On Wednesday evening, all the families I tutor for held a little evening for me which was really sweet and extremely humbling. I was plied with champagne and delicious food, and the families even gave me a card with messages from the children and a little present. How adorable.

On Thursday, I went to tutor and have dinner with a lovely family that I've recently started tutoring. At the end of the meal, their 4 year old son came into the room, beaming and yelling "bon anniversaire" (there now only rests one week until I'm 21), before giving me a present and a hug. I was touched that they'd remembered it would be my birthday and had even got me a present at all. (It was a really beautiful scarf by the way, for any ponderers). 

It's been very moving to receive gratification for the work I've been doing over the year and to see how valuable the parents have found my tutoring sessions.

Yesterday, I got on the train to Chartres for the last time for a good old knees up with the assistants over there. An evening of really great company, complete with galettes, vodka and games, as any good evening should be. Today, feeling somewhat jaded, and having got to bed at half 6 this morning, it was only right that the day be spent eating junk food and playing some new games that I've learnt. A shout out to all the assistants at Chartres, thank you for your warm hospitality and it was lovely getting to know you all. I wish all of you the best wishes for your next venture.

This evening, it's time for a night tucked up in bed with a bit of Family Guy and then tomorrow will consist of sorting out all my stuff, ready in time for packing to go home. Parfait.