The final countdown

One week.

Une semaine.

Seven days.

Sept jours.

That's all I have left here in France. Don't even get me started on how many days I have in Angers (that's only 3!!). I can't believe that is all that I have left and that I will be on my United Airlines flight how back to the states. Can someone please pinch me to make sure it is real?!?

OUCH!

Yeah....it's real.

In fact, all of this seems surreal. It is as if I have taken some sort of pause in time to go study abroad and now it is time to fast forward and press play again. I still vividly remember me sitting at my kitchen table the day before I was supposed to leave talking with my mom and freaking out that my adventure in France was about to begin. And now, my adventure in France is about to be over. It is definitely the most bittersweet feeling for sure. Like, I want to leave. I want to: see my friends, suntan in my backyard, drive again, sing at the top of my lungs, listen to country music in my room and not feel awkward about it, eat true Mexican food again, wear my sorority letters, and then wait for June 28th to be reunited with Theo again. But then again, I don't want to leave after my last final on Saturday. I don't want to: leave my friends out here, lose the independence of walking into a bar and buying my OWN drink, my house family, the food (pain au chocolat or baguettes will never taste the same), leave my bike that I have grown so attached to and just the atmosphere of France itself. I really just have such mixed emotions right now.

My life has become so natural out here. Also, I know that all of my experiences/adventures has allowed me to change a lot as a person. I am no longer the same girl that I was in January before all of this began. That is one thing that I can't stress enough. I am not the same.

France will always be a part of me. I am grateful for that. It is also why I am preparing myself for reverse culture shock when I get home (because believe me it is coming if I am already getting annoyed by American tourists. Yikes!). Yet right now, I just need to enjoy my final days here and pack all of this stuff that I have accumulated out here. Seriously, how did I acquire so many shoes?!?!?