Time to Fly

Today was another big day, but really, this week has been a BIG week for my little exchange! :) It started off on Tuesday with the presentation of my jacket and me getting my ambassadorial certificate at a local Rotary club meeting. It feels really nice to finally call the jacket mine, as well as having a nice home for my collected pins! :D Now to fill the WHOLE thing up! (This part isn't exchange related, but is at the same time) After the meeting I went on a campus tour of my #1 choice university. It was a WONDERFUL tour and my guide was even an international student! Talk about lucky! I've decided that that university is perfect and is clearly the one for me.

~SIDE NOTE!
While on exchange, I get the wonderful opportunity to work on college applications and scholarships while in France. Weeee, stress. With any luck I can get most of the applications done BEFORE I go on to France, if not, oh well. I'll get over it.
SIDE NOTE OVER~

THEN, that night I got my itinerary for my flight! That made me incredibly happy as that means it's almost here (two weeks from today actually!!!) This plane ticket was a little cheaper than expected, but still quite a shock! After a quick trip to the bank today and getting the limit on my debit card extended, I bought that sucker, confirmed my flight tonight, and chose my seat for my flight to Atlanta. It's such a wonderful feeling to know Act 1 is coming to an end. My new life will soon begin and my dream of living in France will soon be coming true!

After all this, hopefully, this weekend I will be skyping with my host mother! I'm excited to finally get to, in a way, meet her! She's been so helpful and is VERY nice! She puts up with me and helps me out, so, I see this exchange going quite well :) Si vous lisez ceci, merci pour tout!

The last thing on this fun little Rotary and Exchange filled week will be my first going away party. Lordy, it feels weird having to do this. Sometimes I wonder if I really should be doing this and think I should back out and keep going with life here after seeing all these opportunities that area available, and then I think, am I an idiot? This is a once in a lifetime chance (well, for the most part). I get to go have fun, learn a new language, and become part of a different culture! Why stay in this little town when there is a whole world to see! GO! GET! SHOO! Anyway, yes, my first going away get together. It may be hard depending on who will be there. Some of my friends are leaving for college and I won't get to see them for a very long time, so when it comes to them, it'll be hard...I'll miss them a lot. A week from Saturday is my second going away gathering for my extended family. That one I know will be the hardest. My eldest sister moved back where we used to live, so that could be the last time I see her, which will be sad (and if you're reading this, you suck :p).

Well, I'm pretty sure half of this made NO sense, but hey, it's my blog, I do what I want! Ha :p

Au Revoir

Andrew