Everybodys' workin' for the weekend

While complaining about the difficulties of this job to a friend, she asked me what my priorities were, as far as my reasons for coming to France.
I stopped and thought.
The main reasons I came here were not, in fact, to work all the time and become super tight with a French family (Although getting along better with the mother would make things so much easier!). I decided to do this whole au pair thing because it was the easiest way to get back over to France. I wanted to live in France for an extended period of time (check). I wanted to travel all over (past and future check). I wanted to improve my French (we're working on it...). I wanted to have something to do after graduating (duh) to give me time to think about what I want to do with my life (not even close, although I have ruled out being an au pair for the rest of my life). And maybe another goal was to challenge myself and push myself outside my comfort zone (success with that).
So, it actually seems as if I am doing (most of) what I set out to do.

In other news, my first day of school is today. While I am excited for the opportunity to meet people, this also means I don't have a chance to get in my mid-morning nap. ;)
After the placement exam I was placed (on the cusp of/) in C1 with one other girl (the highest level). Alas, the schedules came out and there was about 6 hours of class on Wednesdays. As Mrs. S told me Wednesdays are completely impossible, this posed a problem. I talked with the woman in charge and got the schedule for B2. There are also classes on Wed. but only 3 hours. I figured if I am going to have to miss class all the time, it might be better to miss the easier classes.
My suggestion for this family for next time: don't go through the university. There are plenty of private schools (Mia and Julia both going to one of these) that have an au pair schedule in mind. The classes are in the middle of the day and never on wednesdays. It is very frustrating to be put in this position of being in the middle of two completely inflexible schedules. Grrr.

THIS WEEKEND
Mia and I visited Pierrefonds. The castle was magical, and the weekend fantastic. But now its back to the daily grind.