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rebecca_in_blueFortunately, she doesn’t have to! It turns out that when I applied for my carte de séjour on Monday, the clerk told me that she would send my paperwork to the office in Soissons, and as soon as they received it, they would send me my reci-passé. Since Soissons is about a half-hour drive from here, my reci-passé should arrive early next week. Yes, I was told this on Monday, but it took me until today to understand. What’s ironic is that I seriously doubt whether anyone will even check my reci-passé or my passport when I go to London. I just reserved a train ticket earlier this evening, and I’m e-mailing Laura my arrival information in another window right now. I’m going to make a hostel reservation tomorrow.
To celebrate the good news, I made a batch of pecan pie muffins with some of the pecans Grandma sent me. (Her box arrived on Wednesday. Thank you, Grandma!) Marlene told me once that she’s only eaten pecans a few times in her entire life, because they’re so rare and expensive in Germany – can you imagine? The muffins came out too moist, because I put in too much butter and not enough brown sugar. I worried it wasn’t my best batch, but I changed my mind after Marlene kept saying, “Rebecca, these are so good!” and Mariana and Marina wouldn’t stop exclaiming, “C’est géniale! Merci!” I think I’m going to use up the rest of the pecans making more muffins, because it actually felt good to share them with people. Maybe it’s true what they say about it’s better to give than receive. Who knew? I have enough pecans for at least two more batches, maybe three. I’ll probably give one batch to Nathalie and her family as a Christmas present, since she does so much for us.
If the weather is nice tomorrow, Heather and I are going into town to photograph all the Christmas decorations that are up now. I’ll put the pictures in with my Christmas presents when I send them home, which will probably be next week.
To celebrate the good news, I made a batch of pecan pie muffins with some of the pecans Grandma sent me. (Her box arrived on Wednesday. Thank you, Grandma!) Marlene told me once that she’s only eaten pecans a few times in her entire life, because they’re so rare and expensive in Germany – can you imagine? The muffins came out too moist, because I put in too much butter and not enough brown sugar. I worried it wasn’t my best batch, but I changed my mind after Marlene kept saying, “Rebecca, these are so good!” and Mariana and Marina wouldn’t stop exclaiming, “C’est géniale! Merci!” I think I’m going to use up the rest of the pecans making more muffins, because it actually felt good to share them with people. Maybe it’s true what they say about it’s better to give than receive. Who knew? I have enough pecans for at least two more batches, maybe three. I’ll probably give one batch to Nathalie and her family as a Christmas present, since she does so much for us.
If the weather is nice tomorrow, Heather and I are going into town to photograph all the Christmas decorations that are up now. I’ll put the pictures in with my Christmas presents when I send them home, which will probably be next week.
