THE STUDENT NAMED GREGOIRE

Did you know that about two weeks ago I was told I would receive another French student?! He came already, but that is not the point of my story. This is the point:

On Friday I got a call from EF saying I would have two Japanese brothers arrive on Saturday and a French student arrive on Sunday. The Japanese bros came and they are so quiet! I still don't really know if they understand anything I say. They just repeat a few of my words and nod anytime I ask them or tell them something.

But the French student didn't come on Sunday. By the way, if you have been following my blog for a while you would know that not a single French student has arrived on time. Every one of them has had plane delays, complications, etc. This time when the student didn't come on Sunday I just figured maybe he canceled and wasn't coming. Sometimes students do that.

I called the school on Monday just in case and Marlene, the secretary there, didn't see anything about a late flight, or a missing student-- all she said was, "I just see that you have a student Gregoire there." And that's true-- Gregoire has been here for about two weeks now. Oh well. I figured my French student canceled, missed his flight, whatever.

Even more strange, I received a long distance call at work that Monday. From country code +33. I thought it was Vittorio's dad, since he had been trying to reach Vittorio via my cell phone recently. When I listened to the message later it was a French lady calling to see if Gregoire had arrived and if everything was ok. Well of course Gregoire had arrived! He's been here for two weeks already! I was confused: perhaps Greg hadn't emailed or called his family yet in the time that he has been here. Sometimes students do that.

Everything made sense when I was at home cooking dinner later that night and the missing student shows up at my door: Gregoire, from France. They sent me ANOTHER student named Gregoire!

Now I have two Gregoires from France in my home and they are both in the same room. It's pretty silly.