Last week I ran into a few people who had children on the exchange trip with Gabby. They told me that their children had emailed home just a few times, but mostly asking for more money.
On Monday, I checked Gabby's account to see if we would be getting the "I need more money call soon". Much to our surprise, Gabby had not touched the money that we put into her account for the trip! Eric had given her euros and some American money, to put in her pocket, before she left. She was living off of that!
On Tuesday, there were 2 messages from our banks fraud division. They were calling to see if purchases that were made on that day were really done by the card holder...Gabby. They found it suspicious that there was activity on her card in Madrid, Spain. She had started shopping!
Wednesday evening, my big girl returned home tired and hungry. She looked like she had lost a few pounds, but was happy to be home and super chatty about all of her experiences and adventures during her exchange trip. Those calls about fraudulent charges? We all got souvenirs! She did surprisingly well with the great gifts for Eric, Sinobia and myself considering she is stingy with her money and doesn't like to spend it:)
After a trip with Eric to Bills for a burger and some cheese fries, she was ready to talk, gives us narratives of photos, catch up on some American TV, and have one of moms home cooked meals before heading to her own bed.
Ah...Home Sweet Home (Hogar Dulce Hogar)!
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