School days

I want to start this blog off with a big thank you to everyone reading! It has been really great getting the responses I have...everyone is so encouraging and I thank you all for writing and reading and sharing and your thoughts and prayers!!!

Ok, well...I have started class officially now. Yesterday I met my class...theres about 16 of us I think. There are 9 different groups of classes, each one ranging in size. I was placed in group 5, which I'm learning is easy for me so I may see if I can move up to group 6. The way classes work are each group has a different schedule. We have class for 4 hour blocks each day, morning or afternoon depending on the group and day. My current schedule is that Wed and Thurs I have class from 1:30-5:30, the other days I have class 8:30-12:30. I also have 2 different professors, one just teaches monday and Friday so I've not met her yet. The other, Rosa, is really great! I love her! She's really nice and I can understand her pretty easily. There are some really cool people in my class...from ALL over the world!!!! China, Japon, Korea, Netherlands, Sweeden, England, Mexico, and the U.S. I met a nice girl Katie from Iowa, we've hung out and talked a bit. It's good to have a friend in class. It's weird for me to have the common language among students be French, because some of these students do not speak much English. Me and my friends have done some more exploring and are starting to learn more our way around town.

Today I went to the Salomon warehouse with Christiane because her and Eric used to work there. They sell Salomon name stuff cheaper than in the stores, but it was still pretty pricey so I didn't buy anything.

It's been pretty rainy since I got here, I'ved used my umbrella every day I think! Oh well, it will get nice soon enough. I really do miss home and I really enjoy hearing from everyone! There still are times when it's hard to imagine 2 months here...it just seems so long...hopefully once I get into a strong routine, I'll be even better! Again, thanks for your encouraging words and I hope that everyone is well and enjoying summer!!!!