Is this a joke?

Marie-Christiene is the lady in our apartment building who has been so kind to us. She was the first person to speak to me and welcome me to France. She’s awesome! She had a soiree (dinner party) a few weeks ago and we’ve been wanting to invite her to our place. Kate is coming home for a weekend visit during the first weekend of April so we decided to invite Marie-Christiene over for a meal and to meet Katherine on that Saturday.

We knocked on her door, she answered but was talking on the phone. She asked us to wait “un moment” while she finished her conversation but then suddenly the cat escaped and ran down the stairs. She then ran out to nab the cat. The door almost shut tight (and would lave locked Marie-Christiene out of her apartment) had I not stopped it! Her friend Jill was still on the phone that she had placed on the window ledge of the stairwell when M-C returned with her brother’s cat.

My American Au-Pair friend from French school’s theory that the French love dramatics came to mind!

OK, so finalment, we went inside and invited M-C to come dine with us on April 1. But she didn’t believe we were serious. She thought it was a joke.

In France, April 1 is a huge prank day, much bigger than in the US so she thought that asking her over was just a big prank. After we convinced her that we really did want her to come over, she checked her calendar and said OK!

I just hope her acceptance wasn't a prank.

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P.S. And how 'bout them Tigers? Sorry Texas, this one's for us.