I am feeling much better about life today. I got a lot of stress taken care of between paying my rent, filling out the forms for my student ID, paying for medical insurance, getting a phone, and moving in to my residence. I can’t even explain how good it feels to have some place to call home here!! I didn’t sleep very well last night because of all the stress, but I hope tonight will be much better. :-) I also finally got Internet today so I spent most of the afternoon unpacking and skyping with my parents and JJ. What a relief! I also used a lot more French today than yesterday, so I feel at least marginally more comfortable with the language issue, but it will still take some time. The five of us went out for dinner at Flam’s tonight—a pizza place. Quite delicious! The pizza here, while different, is just as good as Italy. (But don’t tell the Italians I said that!) After dinner we scoured over the course offerings to figure out what we should take because we sign up for courses tomorrow morning.
Observation About France #1: They are SUPER energy conscious. The AEU gets fined if things aren’t properly recycled in the residences. The lights in the halls turn off unless you push a button (like in Italy). It’s FREEEEZING everywhere! You could crank the heat to the max and still be wrapped in five blankets. Note to self: must get five blankets. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing AT ALL, but it does make things rather interesting when you’re in the shower trying to hold the shower head in one hand, shampoo in the other, and press the button every 30 seconds to make it turn on. And no, I’m not exaggerating.
I think it’s time for me to wrap it up and go to bed though, because I need to wake up early to pick classes and take care of some other official stuff and then go to on orientation lecture in the afternoon.
Feel free to Skype me at: lauren.goods
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