Bonjour a tous!!! As always, I hope everyone is wonderful, happy, healthy, and safe! As of yesterday, I have one more month here in France. Can you believe it?! It FLEW!!! Two major things happened since I last wrote and it's about time I update you on my new adventures and daily life!! As many of you may or may not know...I moved! I haven't said much about my home life situation because it's been rather difficult for me and I like to remain as positive as can be. To make a long story short, I'm in a much more positive, [View Full Entry]

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It's been about 2 weeks since I last wrote and boy oh boy do I have quite the update! I wrote this blog a few days ago and ever since my last incident of losing the entire blog I made sure to hit the save button. Well just my luck I lost internet connection as I hit the save button. EVERYTHING WAS GONE. Hours of writing went down the drain. It was 2am at this point and I was ticked. So I went to bed, took a break and now I’m writing again. I'm not too happy considering I have to [View Full Entry]

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BONSOIR A TOUS!!!!!!! I'm so sorry it's been over a week since I last wrote! Things are mellowing down a bit for me right now and I didn't want to be saying the same things all the time in my blogs. So I figured I'd wait to update you all on the past week and a half before Toussaint! Let's see, where to begin... Jackie came to visit me last weekend!! She's placed in Creteil (paris suburb) and this experience has been a huge culture shock for her. Here in France, suburbs and cities are flip flopped. For example, the wealthy [View Full Entry]

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Bonsoir!!!!!!!!!!! First, I'd like to say a BIG thank you for the birthday wishes and comments. :) It makes my day to read a little piece of home. :) I had to write today because somethings were just too good to wait until next week! I woke up this mornng with so many birthday wishes and skype voicemails that made me feel so unbelievably happy and loved. After a few tears of joy, I got ready for my first Literature Class as a student with the students I work with. I'm very familiar and comfortable taking French classes at the University [View Full Entry]

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Bonsoir a tous!!!!!!!!!!!! How are you all?! I haven't been hearing from you lately and it makes me sad! Not that I'm looking for comments about what I've written...but I do miss hearing about you and how you are! I get homesick sometimes and it's nice to see messages from home. It keeps me going. :) Everything is great still in beautiful Tours! I can't believe it's the middle of October already and that I'm actually in good spirits! haha! I can't even begin to express how much I miss home though. Only a week and a half left before mommy [View Full Entry]

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Bonsoir a tous!!! After rereading some of my blogs, I realized that the things that stick out the most in my head don't come across as the most pleasant! I just wanted to write to stress how truly happy I am here. No, they don't shower often, but that's because they don't like to waste water. The French way of living is very natural and green. I've learned to not waste as much and the importance of saving electricity. I'm living in such a beautiful city, with a wonderful and loving host family, eating the most delicious and healthy food, drinking [View Full Entry]

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BONJOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope everyone is doing great! I'm finally feeling more comfortable here in Tours. I've met all my students and figured out my schedule while I'm here. Having a set routine each week will certainly help me deal with being away from home. I'm adjusting to being alone out here...but it's not easy. I miss going into town and seeing everyone and having class everyday with the same people. I'm now the "American" wherever I go...but I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing. I will be teaching at the Lycee Vaucanson on Mondays and Fridays. I believe [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour a tous !! Remember me ? I’m sorry I haven’t written an a while…I haven’t had much internet at all this past week! Needless to say, this is going to be a long update!!!! I can’t believe a month has gone by already and that I’m settled into my final location. It’s unreal! Leaving Besancon was hard. Not many people loved the city because it was so small….but that’s why I did love it. I felt comfortable…found my bearings…and had a great family to live with. I’m pretty sure I went out with a bang thoug [View Full Entry]

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HELLO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you are all enjoying and relaxing this weekend!! My spirits are much better as this week came to an end. I am realizing though that being here has just made me more of an emotional person. But not in a sad way...more of an "I can't believe i'm here experiencing another culture first hand" kind of way. Everything makes me tear up...beautiful gardens, french hymns in church, listening to little kids talk...everything! I think it's me just proving to myself how appreciative I am of this amazing opportunity given to me. So you may be wondering what [View Full Entry]

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Just wanted to apologize for all the spelling errors. I don't proofread berofre I publish because I'm so excited! I will try to remember to look it over next time so you won't think a 5 year old wrote these!!! XOXO! [View Full Entry]

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