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[Front-Ranger]

I had a female Japanese exchange student for one summer. I enjoyed getting to know her but she was quite a bit older than my kids so it was not a perfect fit. Also, communication was a big problem. She knew English but was so shy and submissive that I had to go to great lengths to get her to volunteer a word or thought.

[MaineWriter]

That's a little bit of the problem we're having. Our two students are very sweet but they are very shy and drawing them out is difficult. Some of the other host families are reporting that their students are volunteering to cook Japanese meals, they do dishes--become very much a part of the household. Not ours...they retreat to their rooms and it is all I can do to drag them out!

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[oilgun]

That's a little bit of the problem we're having. Our two students are very sweet but they are very shy and drawing them out is difficult. Some of the other host families are reporting that their students are volunteering to cook Japanese meals, they do dishes--become very much a part of the household. Not ours...they retreat to their rooms and it is all I can do to drag them out!

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Have you tried beating them with a stick? 

[MaineWriter]

Have you tried beating them with a stick? 

No, we are bribing them with ice cream instead....LOL

[CellarDweller]

No, we are bribing them with ice cream instead....LOL

I think that would be more effective.   

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think that would be more effective.   

Bribing with ice cream always works on me. 

[CellarDweller]

Bribing with ice cream always works on me. 

*writes down in notebook for use at future round ups*   

[Penthesilea]

It could have been such a nice evening .....

Well, actually it was, but somewhat tainted. Kids out of the house, wonderful warm summer weather, hubby and I wanted to eat out at a nice restaurant where you can sit outside and where we haven't been previously. We wanted to try something new.
The restaurant we had in mind was completely crowed, not a single free table, three more were closed (it's Monday, the day many restaurants have their day off), one didn't look nice at all, and neither did the guests. We drove around for over an hour, finally ending up at a place where we've been before.

Oh well. We've never been there at a summer evening before - and never will again, lol. It's a former mill with a creek running by it. There were crowds of wasps and mosquitos  . The wasps didn't bother us much, but those damned mosquitos drove me crazy!

And the worst thing about it is that my hubby didn't get one single mosquito bite, whereas I counted eleven bites! He always says he has his personal mosquito trap (=me) sitting next to him. And it's true


At least the meal was excellent. I had lamb with chanterelles, tomatoes, croquettes and a piece of feta cheese. Mmmmhhh...

Lesson of the day: Chrissi loves lamb and hates mosquitos

[Ellemeno]

Lesson of the day: Chrissi loves lamb and hates mosquitos

*writes down in notebook for use at future round ups*   


 

[Meryl]

Poor Chrissi!  Sounds like the mosquitoes dined as well as you did. 

I hope your next outing includes restaurants that are open for business, plus a bottle of bug repellent.