So this has been a wild day. My first night in France and I’m sitting on my bed tipsy. After I wrote that last blog and was pouting because I was all alone, Megan and Jasper showed up. Then almost all of the other ISEP students showed up. There’s Ben, Michelle, another Michelle, and Rebekah. That’s all I’ve met so far. But they’re all so welcoming. They all asked me if I felt like shit and wanted to go home (yes was my answer to that) and they all said that was normal. Which made me feel so much better. Also it’s nice to have people who speak my language. I know I’ll have to buckle down and get my French skills up to snuff but for right now, it’s so nice to have someone I can freak out to in English.
They all came over and then we went to Rebekah’s room. She gave me oatmeal (the first food I’d eaten in roughly 7 and a half hours) and we talked. Then we went to Ben’s room and talked for awhile there. While in Ben’s room, I got on his internet and sent Mom an email saying I was safe. I also got to talk to my beautiful baby girl, which literally was a godsend. I can’t even explain how comforting it was to talk to her and feel balanced with my life. It was like all the chaos in my life just quieted and all I could see and feel was her and it felt so good. Afterwards, we all decided to go out. I thought we were going to this club but it turned out that we were going to pre-game at another residence hall. We were there for about an hour and I drank roughly 3 glasses of wine, which isn’t too bad but enough for me. I felt myself loosen up and I felt more confident to try speaking my horrible French. And there were French students there who corrected me in a nice way. Overall it was a good night. When they decided to go out to the club though, I decided that it would probably be best to come back and organize my stuff and head to bed. I don’t want to push myself too hard and, well, there’s always Saturday. :)
I’m feeling so much better about coming to France now. I can’t wait to see all the adventures we have together here in Aix-en-Provence. But right now I need to be a little more organized and then sleep. Tomorrow will be a long but productive day and I need to be ready for it. Hopefully I can get my bank account figured out, my phone (which is mandatory for the internet) and then my internet. And hopefully it won’t break my budget. Here’s to tomorrow and all the next tomorrows and the joy, sadness, excitement, fun, energy, and mystery they will certainly bring.
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