9 days...

There are only 9 days left until I board my flight to Paris. I have been attempting to pack for 2 weeks now, but its close to impossible to decide how to pack for 5 months in another country. I thought packing my life into my parents SUV freshman year of college was difficult, now I have to eliminate 80% of that. Truthfully I can only bring what I can carry, which is going to be pretty entertaining for everyone at the airport watching me, 5'1 with the upper body strength of 13 year old boy lug two 50 pound suitcases. Then there is the problem about being able to bring things home with me. Im a sucker for leather boots, jewelry, and art. I really want to buy a piece of artwork from the artists outside the Sacre Coeur. Its fairly famous for their street artists because the Sacre Coeur is located at the very top of Montmatre. Its kind of the Bohemian section of Paris which overlooks the entire city. Anyway I want to own a piece of art that I absolutely love and can always remind me of these 5 months I am going to spend in Paris.

I am starting to get really excited, but at the same time it hasn't hit me yet that I am not going to see my friends for 5 months and my friends at St Joes  for 8 months. Its great my parents and my aunts are visiting me in April, and we might take a trip over to Oslo, Norway (the homeland). I am hoping my dad will show me my grandfathers house.

Well I also just got my schedule the other day and I have classes Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  No joke everyone, 3 days of classes. I have more days off than I do class, but then again each class is 3 hours, so we will see how 3 hours of advanced french goes.

Well goodnight for now
Bisous