The lack of any recent posts has been due to me living my life up over the course of the past 10 days. And for that I make no apologies.
Being home was amazing, but everything felt so rushed and crammed into an insufficient amount of time. Hmm, kind of like how I felt as soon as I had my visa, blinked, and then was suddenly in France back in late September.
Now here I stand, ready to go back tomorrow. Maybe that's why I'm still up past midnight; could I subconsciously be trying to cherish every last second in the United States?
However, I do have a lot to look forward to when I get back. As much as this whole teaching thing is weighing down on me, there are still lots of cultural goodies in my favor.
March brings two visitors from the 13-16th and then the 21st-31st. And as soon as I get back, March is not even one week away! Oh yeah, since I'm flying into Geneva tomorrow (technically Thursday, but who's counting?) I'll be with my dad for the rest of the week before getting back to work on Monday. I think for the first time in my life, we're going to be skiing in the Alps! That should be amazing -- regardless of how I fare on the slopes.
While April is not only my 23rd birthday -- wow, when did we all get so old?! -- it also brings the last school vacation of the academic year: SPRING BREAK. For half of the month of April, I will be soaking up the European sun, food and most likely booze in Spain and Germany, two countries I've never visited before!
May most likely will involve my mom taking another trip to visit my dad, leaving a weekend or two for me to see them! But the biggest deal for me, living in the South of France during this month is a no-brainer: THE INTERNATIONAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL! I vow, right here, right now, to get into a theater and see at least one movie during the festival -- no matter how much I have to pay!
And June... I break my contract two weeks prematurely to come back home for my sister's college graduation from UC Santa Barbara. Pointless to go back to France really, so that's it. The end of my journey is in very clear sight.
But what will I be doing in June?
I feel a little bit better about my situation, because part of my time back home in California was spent researching all kinds of job opportunities. I actually found three jobs from online job boards and went ahead and applied, knowing full well that without any contacts, Internet-based job searches are futile.
But after a fabulous afternoon with Meghan, another opportunity to "apply" for a job presented itself. So, I've taken the first step and have been ensured that someone is actually going to look at my resume, furthermore it's the person who will be doing the hiring!
I hate getting too excited about things like this, because I always do and they usually don't work out for me. So fingers crossed :)
Even though I'm not ready to leave just yet, Goodbye California.
Being home was amazing, but everything felt so rushed and crammed into an insufficient amount of time. Hmm, kind of like how I felt as soon as I had my visa, blinked, and then was suddenly in France back in late September.
Now here I stand, ready to go back tomorrow. Maybe that's why I'm still up past midnight; could I subconsciously be trying to cherish every last second in the United States?
However, I do have a lot to look forward to when I get back. As much as this whole teaching thing is weighing down on me, there are still lots of cultural goodies in my favor.
March brings two visitors from the 13-16th and then the 21st-31st. And as soon as I get back, March is not even one week away! Oh yeah, since I'm flying into Geneva tomorrow (technically Thursday, but who's counting?) I'll be with my dad for the rest of the week before getting back to work on Monday. I think for the first time in my life, we're going to be skiing in the Alps! That should be amazing -- regardless of how I fare on the slopes.
While April is not only my 23rd birthday -- wow, when did we all get so old?! -- it also brings the last school vacation of the academic year: SPRING BREAK. For half of the month of April, I will be soaking up the European sun, food and most likely booze in Spain and Germany, two countries I've never visited before!
May most likely will involve my mom taking another trip to visit my dad, leaving a weekend or two for me to see them! But the biggest deal for me, living in the South of France during this month is a no-brainer: THE INTERNATIONAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL! I vow, right here, right now, to get into a theater and see at least one movie during the festival -- no matter how much I have to pay!
And June... I break my contract two weeks prematurely to come back home for my sister's college graduation from UC Santa Barbara. Pointless to go back to France really, so that's it. The end of my journey is in very clear sight.
But what will I be doing in June?
I feel a little bit better about my situation, because part of my time back home in California was spent researching all kinds of job opportunities. I actually found three jobs from online job boards and went ahead and applied, knowing full well that without any contacts, Internet-based job searches are futile.
But after a fabulous afternoon with Meghan, another opportunity to "apply" for a job presented itself. So, I've taken the first step and have been ensured that someone is actually going to look at my resume, furthermore it's the person who will be doing the hiring!
I hate getting too excited about things like this, because I always do and they usually don't work out for me. So fingers crossed :)
Even though I'm not ready to leave just yet, Goodbye California.
3 comments:
au revoir! don't miss it too much ;-)
I already miss you girl!! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you for the job. Let me know if you hear anything!
Where in Spain are you going? I just got back from Barcelona and had an AWESOME time, would def recommend it! Stayed in a wonderful hostel & all, if you want any suggestions hit me up :)
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