The fog clears a little more

     Some good news: I received a short e-mail from my host mother this afternoon. She received our letters and told us a little more about her family: she works with elderly people (I assume in some sort of nursing home or assisted living facility; she didn't specify), and has four children. Florian, the oldest, is married and lives about an hour away with his wife and daughter, Camille is at the university in the south of France studying sustainable development and tourism, Louis is actually studying in Finland (and not Britain...small gap in comprehension...), and Lea, the one who's left at home, is eleven and in her first year of middle school. 

     They all seem quite friendly; I've been exchanging a few short letters with Camille and I already mentioned in my post on the phone conversation that Catherine sounds really nice as well. It sets my mind at ease a little, now that they're more than just signatures and names on an e-mail, that I have somewhat of an idea of what to expect. I'm really looking forward to finally meeting them-- it's just hard to believe that it's less than two weeks until I leave! Time flies...

    ...but unfortunately, my thesis isn't quite yet done, there's still some last minute French to be crammed into my brain, and there are still a few more errands that need running, so I'm definitely not going to be bored as I round the home stretch. 

     Next one when I leave, in all probability!