Profitez-bien. The Final Countdown to 'Merica.

Bonjour à tous and à toutes. Well, today was my last Saturday in Nantes. These last few weeks, even though time has seemed to slow down a bit thankfully, have still been passing quicker than I would like. I'm such a roller coaster of emotions as the dreaded goodbye approaches. I am totally pumped to go back home. I've got my family, my friends (from whom I'm having serious withdrawals), an awesome job (summer camp), and warm weather to return to. But at the same time, I do NOT want this semester to end. Seriously, studying and living in a foreign country is such a thrill, so fun, so amazing, and I just don't want to leave. Sometimes, I even get a bit depressed. But I'm trying to avoid wasting my time with dread, and instead trying to profitez-bien, an awesome verb that means taking advantage of everything and living every day with vigor.

Some of the recent things I've done are: seeing the Hunger Games (amazing even in French), buying the book the Hunger Games (which will be even more amazing even in French), buying the last bit of souvenirs for my lovelies back home, going to Clisson with IES, a beautiful little Italian-inspired village known for its vineyards, playing laser tag with some church friends, going to the seaside with my host family, eating good stuff of course, and unfortunately, writing papers and studying. I still have a few more finals left, but honestly, je m'en fiche.  Haha I do care and I will study and do my best, but I'm not going to spend last few days here stressing and killing myself; I'm just going to focus on spending time with my host family and friends.

Confession: I committed the ultimate sin in writing tonight. I didn't plan before writing. Hence, I don't really know what the purpose of this blog is. Maybe it's something like: I love Nantes, I'm having a great time, but Saturday, May 12th is coming up way too fast. Il faut profiter!!!