Life so far...

    So, this has been on my mind recently: have I really been here for only 10 days? I feel like I've been here in Angers for a bit longer than that. I feel like I've been here a month. I guess I'm getting used to things. Anyways...I finally got a a bus card today!! I'm sooo happy because now I can ride the bus without having to pay 1.40 for each ride! One day though, I wanna try and walk to school from the house. It's thirty minutes on foot, but I don't think I'll mind this. 

  I've been really tired this past week because of the classes I'm taking and adjusting a bit to the time change. Haven't been able to go exploring as much but this weekend may change that. It is still kinda weird for me to think that when it's 10pm my time, it's like 4 pm in North Carolina, but hey, that's how things go. I'll get more sleep...eventually haha!!  

  I've been feeling a bit homesick, but that's okay. It's natural. I've been talking to my family lately and I'm soooo glad they're supporting me the whole way through. This week I've been having thoughts like "I wanna go NOW!!" and "Maybe this was a bad idea." However, I just think about how awesome an opportunity this is and all the reasons  of why I'm here.  I did feel lonely coming to Angers all by myself, but I am totally excited that Julia will be here in a couple of weeks. She was a Meredith student who graduated this year and studied abroad in Angers two years ago. She's coming back to work as a lectrice at the the university!!  I can't wait until she gets here!! She could show me around Angers a bit and it'll be sooo awesome to have someone from Meredith/NC here with me!! Yay!!!!! ^___^

  Although I've felt my share of lonleliness in the past few days, I've been meeting some cool people though! Yesterday, I met a girl and her name is Yuka. She is from Japan and she is really nice!! We talked about our interests and stuff at lunch yesterday. Yay again for meeting new people!!

  I can feel myself improving when it comes to comprehending French. I do get a bit stuck sometimes, but I think that I'm doing better with comprehension now than I was spring semester of this year.  I am talking more and more to my host mother and I feel she can understand me more as well. I want to come back to Fayetteville and Meredith College extremely fluent in French!!

That's all I have for today, but I'll be sure to keep updating you  with my adventures and such!!!

~Mia ^_^