Clearly I haven't checked in for a while, mainly because life here was mad hectic for about a month. I am currently in an interesting mental state, mainly because most of the Georgetown students I know here either have already left or will be leaving soon. And I'm currently trying to figure out how to be here at least until my visa expires. Meanwhile, I've never been out of the states this long...in fact, the beginning of May marks four full months spent in France, aka double the time I spent in Japan. And yet, I'm nowhere near ready to leave. If I were leaving in less than a week, like many of my friends are doing, I would be horrifically distressed. But still, there are some things that I miss...for example:
Ethnic food. I went to a Mexican restaurant here for the first time a couple weeks ago. Never making that mistake again.
Not having a deathly fear of people talking to me. Considering that I'm in France and everyone here speaks French...I feel like this one is pretty self explanatory.
Having a college social life. This one has slightly improved in the last month or so, but my social life here is not my social life at Georgetown. This is, in general, rather annoying.
Television. When I have access to it, my favorite shows are 1) seasons behind and 2) in French.
Normal classes/exams. Though I'm done with both of those...can we just talk about how easy French university would be if French were my native language? I can't wait to go back to a scenario where writing papers doesn't cause me to have a hernia.
My kitchen. With my ramen and my microwavable meals. And an endless supply of SKIM MILK and VITAMIN WATER.
