OH MY GOD now emma cruse is engaged. i'm 22, my friends aren't supposed to be getting married yet ( Read more... )

since i've been in paris 2 men have spent over €100 on new clothes for me. i also have not spent any money on food and most of my metro tickets have been paid for. it happened like this ( Read more... )

i finally caved and bought a pair of ray-ban knock-offs. my old sunglasses kept falling off my face and i found these for 3 euro at a flea market, so i couldn't resist. now i look like this all the time


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i like paris but i'm not as in love with it as i expected to be. i have very quite possibly found a roommate for the month of may for 325 euro but i'm not sure that i want to stay here for that long. especially because i don't know if i'll be able to practice much french that way and i'm afraid i'll just get bored.

decisions decisions.

i am ridiculously overwhelmingly happy. i absolutely love the farm im at and im having an amazing time. i wish i could stay longer.

i'minfrancei'minfrancei'minfrancei'minfrance.

i kind of can't believe it since i've been wanting to do it for so long. nice is absolutely gorgeous and it's kind of heavenly to hear french spoken all around me. i was able to order dinner and buy groceries without a hitch, so my speaking skills must be passable at least.

it just feels so surreal.

The fact that I'm going to miss spring and summer at home makes my heart ache a bit. It's funny because i often don't enjoy the weather during the day in the summertime but at night it's so evocative. especially when it rains. and the freedom from school has always tinged the summertime with a certain feeling that i can't articulate but is ( Read more... )

i am in love with life.

between updating my blog and responding to emails and comments i haven't had much time to use livejournal to elaborate on my emotional state.

all i know is that i am incredibly lucky to be here and i am constantly consumed by an overwhelming sense of gratitude. i like that feeling.

i've been looking into farms in france and it got me thinking about what types of skills i'd like to acquire. there are so many different opportunities that the only way to narrow it down is by thinking about what type of environment i want to be in and what i want to learn. this got me thinking more generally about what types of things i want to ( Read more... )