As a matter of fact, there is a doctor in the house!

My house is currently being overrun by French speakers. Derek left for Burma last weekend, so for a day it was just Julia, Anna, and I. But as of this afternoon, Anna has become Dr. Anna, and a whole passel of people arrived to help her celebrate. Her boyfriend flew in from France this weekend, and since he doesn't really speak English, I've been practicing a lot. Then Anna's parents and siblings showed up, who are all trilingual, so things have been flipping back and forth a lot. After Anna's defense this afternoon, her mom cooked us a huge dinner. We had to eat in the living room with the plates on our laps because the food covered the entire dining room table. And that isn't counting dessert. We're trying to convince her to come and live with us when Anna leaves. Anna's best friend came along as well. She speaks French, but her husband doesn't, and their 2 year old son seems to be going for a mixture of the 2 languages. She is also very very pregnant, and they were timing contractions over dessert. So we might be babysitting later on tonight. All in all, it was a very multicultural evening. I felt kind of bad for Julia, as she was the only person there completely unused to being in a situation where multiple languages are flying around that she doesn't understand. But Anna's mom cooked enough for 3 times as many people than were there, so hopefully all the leftovers will make up for the moments of confusion.