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Lost in Translation
For the first time in 10 days, I am homesick. I get this feeling every time I feel uncomfortable or vulnerable. It makes me want to crawl into a huge hole and escape from stress. But that never helps, does it? So I'm toughing this one out. I started classes this week at CEFAM and I generally like all of them. Somehow, I got placed in the Advanced French class and it's a small and intimate four-student class (three of them which have French as either their major or minor, leaving me as the only...wanna-be francophone). It is actually a good and challenging class - we do a lot of conversations and practical things, like working on pronunciations and learning about the geography of Europe.
There are so many things going on, it's becoming overwhelming. Weekends are booked back to back to back to....back. I want to experience Europe for all it has to offer, but I hate financial strains. Who doesn't? I'm trying to figure out which places I want to go most because it seems like there is somewhere to go every weekend, but not enough money in the bank to go to all of them. Agh. But then again, when else in life will I have this opportunity as a student to travel with friends, and use my awesome discounts? And besides, there are always people who are up for going. I love the bunch of people I live with. They are easy-going and always up for anything. It's pretty sweet.
I am feeling a little bipolar today. I started writing this entry four hours ago and I was in a homesick rut. But now that I'm back in my room and finishing this up, I almost forgot what thoughts were running through my head when I was typing the title, Lost in Translation. Hmmm... I've been more scatter-brained than usual. I need to get some sleep. But I will definitely talk more about new impressions of France in the next entry.
Bonne nuit.
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