Tomorrow. Tomorrow I get on a plane and fly overseas to Paris and then take a train to Nantes. I'll meet my host family (while half asleep, completely jet-lagged, mind you) and...begin a whole new life. People keep asking me "Are you ready?!" and the truth is, I have no idea. I've dreamed of going to France like mum since I was 10. Half of my life, this has been my dream -and now I'm less than 48 hours away from getting it! It feels so incredibly...unreal. I can't wrap my mind around any of it, it just feels so...impossibly unreal. Physically, am I ready? Am I packed? ...well, not quite. I still need to throw in all the random things that have been piled by my suitcase waiting to be packed. Emotionally, mentally...am I ready? I honestly don't know. It's hard to imagine anything of what my life will be in a matter of hours. I've been studying French formally since seventh grade, informally since fourth. I can (and did!) carry on a conversation on the phone, in French, with Mme Chancerelle. I've read some poetry, plays, novels, essays in French and written papers and essays of my own. I've read the expats-who-moved-to-France stories. but all the same, it's going to be so much bigger than that. It'll be a challenge to the extremes I've never faced before...and I'm looking forward to it! Am I excited? of course! Am I nervous? ...try terrified. Am I ready? well...as ready as I'll ever be, I suppose. I've got the gumption to do this...I wouldn't have made it this far without it.
the next time I post on the blog, it'll be a post from La France! I'm not sure when that'll be, given the off-site orientation in Vannes, but I'll try to post my first impressions asap.
à bientôt !
5 comments:
Bonne chance ma petite! You'll be fine, don't worry-I have the utmost faith in your abilities. I'll be reading your blog regularly, so make sure you post deliciously juicy stories about the sexy French men you meet and how crazy your classmates are! Can't wait to read another entry.
Bises,
Lisa
p.s. how's this for ironic- I don't go to France so I have the chance to try out for Cabaret. I get the part of a Kit Kat dancer WHOSE NAME IS FRENCHIE. haha life is funny sometimes. :-D
Lindsay,
You will be just fine. We are all thinking of you.
Rascal
you'll be fine my dear. you'll enjoy it so much that we'll have to drag you back to the States. and i'm sure you're host family is going to love you!!!
miss ya babe (i know already)
THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. We spoke with Lindsay in Paris this morning. She's very tired but very excited. She'll post when she gets a chance. Does someone have the ability to put this information/post on her facebook so more people can know?
Thanks
Now that you're gone, that means that I'm really leaving too! I don't know how I feel about it. It all feels so surreal - like it's something I've dreamed about that won't actually happen. You have to reassure me that it'll be ok. I prayed for you about 8:30 that your flight would go well. I love you and you'll be fabulous!
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