Ok, I am so freaked out. So yesterday Nathalie called me and officially told me about my new host family and that I'm going to be leaving on saturday!! But she also called my host mom and said that she was going to come over today to talk. So this morning at breakfest my host mom was like REALLY angry at me. She just kept talking and I only understood half of what she was saying but her meaning was pretty apparent.
I stay in my room all the time here because, I'm like freaked out by them and that really irks her. "This is NOT a hotel!!!", thats what she kept saying, because she says that I just don't talk to them and hide in my room all the time. And I said that thats not true, I talk to her and I do a but load of work! (although I said that politely) And then she said that I did horrible work. Ok, I have tried so hard. She thinks everthing thing I do is wrong. I wipe off the table, and that is wrong, I pull weeds in the garden and that is wrong, I fold cloths and its horrendous. I don't understand, its not like I'm doing it wrong on purpose, I have been doing things to the best of my ability so I don't understand why I keep getting in trouble!
So then after that Nathalie came over and they talked for a long time and I was sitting right there. I could follow the conversation, but I only understood about half of it, but that was enough.
Catherine just complained about how horrible I am and she just kept bringing up all these little things. Have I told you how she asked me if we could just speak english all the time?! And I said I prefere to speak french, that was a few weeks ago. Well she told Nathalie that I annoy her because I want to speak english all the time!!! What the heck, she is so wierd. I mean, she's been lecturing me on how annoyed she's been that we havent been speaking english. She acts like its some how my fault that she hasn't made progress in english but I've been making progress in french. And then she goes and complains to Nathalie the contrairy!
Listening to them talk about me made me feel so horrible. I feel like I've been a bad exchange student. I know I've already asked a few people if they thought that was true and they said no, but still, I am just so freaked out!
Catherine really is crazy. I can see where she is coming from but she can't see where I'M coming from, she refuses to except anything different. I'm not trying to sound prejudice but I think the french are just like that. You should see how they are about their political views, they are so arrogant about them when they honestly just don't understand. They won't consider other points of view. Isn't that what being and exchange student is all about? Learning about other cultures and other points of views? I can see and understand that so what can't they?!
Its really tense here now and I'm not leaving until saturday. I'm really supper nervous to meet my new host family, I hope everything goes really well. Any advice please?Well I'm going to go offer to set the table. Here are two pictures I have of my new host family and their house! Click on the picture to make it bigger