The rising of the sun over the ocean on the train from Antibes to NiceLet's have a little reality check here, shall we?
Even though I had to be out of my house at 6 this morning, forgot the passcode to my gate to get out, missed two trains to Nice and was extremely late to my medical appointment...
-I have a bank account and my R.I.B. is in before Oct. 10, meaning I'll be paid on time this month!
-I have a place to live, with a French person no less
-All my other paperwork is at the Réctorat de Nice, so NEXT THURSDAY I will have official paperwork declaring me a resident and employee of the state of France
-I got to see the sun rise over the ocean on the train
-I skipped a day of classroom observations to get everything done in Nice, i.e. shopping and MONOPRIX
Monoprix is France's version of a Target so that was probably the highlight of my day. I'm not going so far as to say it's equally good as Target, that it is not, it's just one place where I can pick up most of what I need.
Tomorrow is my final observation and then Monday it's off to work! Which, I also resolved a problem in that arena, because both schools had me penciled to work nearly 20 hours. When I told the woman at the Réctorat, she said that's illegal, so now I'm only back to working 12 hours a week. Magnifique! Should be interesting though, because next week is semaine bleue, meaning all transportation is on some sort of strike. I'm not sure if this is national or just local, but it's going to give me one heck of a time. At least I know in advance to plan extra time for walking.
...Not like I haven't been doing enough of that! I'm lucky though, because after last night's run, I recognized the backroads near my house on the bus today. So after I turned in my R.I.B. to the inspection académique, I walked -- groceries and all -- back home and still made it back on time before the bus would have even returned to pick me up to go back downtown.
And another plus for the day, at the medical visit, I met two other assistants who'll be working in Cannes! Since we're all a short bus/train ride away, we exchanged numbers and hopefully something will pan out there.
Every day I'm getting closer to being very at ease in this environment. Thank you all for the well-wishings I've been receiving along the way, it's helped me out quite a lot!
Even though I had to be out of my house at 6 this morning, forgot the passcode to my gate to get out, missed two trains to Nice and was extremely late to my medical appointment...
-I have a bank account and my R.I.B. is in before Oct. 10, meaning I'll be paid on time this month!
-I have a place to live, with a French person no less
-All my other paperwork is at the Réctorat de Nice, so NEXT THURSDAY I will have official paperwork declaring me a resident and employee of the state of France
-I got to see the sun rise over the ocean on the train
-I skipped a day of classroom observations to get everything done in Nice, i.e. shopping and MONOPRIX
Monoprix is France's version of a Target so that was probably the highlight of my day. I'm not going so far as to say it's equally good as Target, that it is not, it's just one place where I can pick up most of what I need.
Tomorrow is my final observation and then Monday it's off to work! Which, I also resolved a problem in that arena, because both schools had me penciled to work nearly 20 hours. When I told the woman at the Réctorat, she said that's illegal, so now I'm only back to working 12 hours a week. Magnifique! Should be interesting though, because next week is semaine bleue, meaning all transportation is on some sort of strike. I'm not sure if this is national or just local, but it's going to give me one heck of a time. At least I know in advance to plan extra time for walking.
...Not like I haven't been doing enough of that! I'm lucky though, because after last night's run, I recognized the backroads near my house on the bus today. So after I turned in my R.I.B. to the inspection académique, I walked -- groceries and all -- back home and still made it back on time before the bus would have even returned to pick me up to go back downtown.
And another plus for the day, at the medical visit, I met two other assistants who'll be working in Cannes! Since we're all a short bus/train ride away, we exchanged numbers and hopefully something will pan out there.
Every day I'm getting closer to being very at ease in this environment. Thank you all for the well-wishings I've been receiving along the way, it's helped me out quite a lot!
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