I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham!

I ordered a copy of Dr Seuss's 'Green Eggs and Ham' and it came through the mail today. I'd never read it before (shock, horror), so spent a childish 5 minutes reading it aloud to myself and pretending I already had my French primaire class in front of me. That makes 4 story books I have to take with me, plus numerous other teaching materials, (wallcharts, maps, stickers, games, cds of children's music etc) as I prefer to be overprepared rather than underprepared, not that I really have the space in my suitcase.

This'll have to be a brief post as I'm volunteering soon- feel like I could do with the next two and a half weeks off just to prepare for France, but since I only work/ volunteer for three days a week I really can't complain! I think next week will be my last week volunteering though.

My learning French goal is not improving rapidly- my days always seem too full to get any French done, yet I never seem to get anything else done either! Hopefully my French learning needn't be too much of a priority now though as I have decided to do French classes at the university of Avignon once I'm actually in France- they're specifically tailored for language assistants, and they're on Wednesday afternoons which, being primaire, I'm told I'll have off anyway. It's another 200e I can't afford just now though! My main worry at this moment is financial. My parents have been fantastic at helping me out, booking my flights, paying for my first weeks accommodation (they're even coming over for a week to help me settle in) but I'm still panicky that my current total 'France fund' is just £750! I get paid just before I go, but I'll still fall way short of the £1500 reccommended by the British Council. It'll either need to come out of my other savings (which I'm trying to keep for a post grad I plan to do after returning from France) or my parents said they'll help me out, but I always feel bad about that, or maybe I'll just not eat for a month :P. Even though there's just two and a half weeks to go, my current attitude is just to wait and see what happens, at least I have my post grad money to fall back on if needs must!

Whatever else happens though I must must must not buy any more stuff to teach with! For some reason I get a real kick out of buying stuff to show to my classes, but chances are I won't even use some of it, and I have way too much as it is in terms of suitcase weight!

Gosh, this has been rather a whiny post, next time I'll need to write some more in terms of what I'm actually looking forward to regarding the assistantship instead of constantly complaining! Anyway I'd better go get some lunch, maybe I should gain a few pounds in advance so that I've got plenty to lose in case my not eating for a month plan has to be enforced!