Coping Much ?

At breakfast, FIL  asked me if I can cope in France without speaking much French and without a car , I looked at him and told him in 10 days here, I had managed to get Arwen a decent haircut, a library card for her, bring her to see doctor for a mild thrush infection, 9 new pieces of clothing for her, bring her to good restaurant to eat, top up grocery and buy the right thing for bubble bath, all with minimal French and only by taking a bus. MIL and SIL seems quite impressed, FIL slightly astonished.

At lunch, I ponder over while washing dishes ( KNS always got dishes to wash one!) and was in full fledged self congratulatory mood+++ , thinking how smart and awesome mother I am and how I will raise a well behaved, smart girl like me and when I turn around , here is what I see. I swear I REALLY just turned away from her for less than 30 secs and she decided to go all CATS on me. Spent the next 15 mins cleaning her and wiping the kitchen table and floor.

Written on 7th September 2012.