update

Today is Saturday and I had a lazy day today...which was soooo nice because I came down with a cold late last night. It was really quite awful and as a result, I hardly slept; even after taking medicine, I kept sneezing and spent much of the night wiping my running nose. The worst seems to be over now, because I woke up at 8 AM, had breakfast and then went right back to bed. I haven't done that in a long time and it felt great to just sleep the morning away!

Marie made a quiche tonight and it was soooo good. I mean like, holy-crap-this-is-outta-this-world good. I also got a bit of translation done today (though not nearly enough) and my mom called me as well. It was nice hearing from her, and now i want to talk to my dad, as well as Tariq and Florence. It is weird to know that I have not spoken to those two in awhile...but weirdly enough, homesickness has not hit me yet, and I have been here for more than a week now, so that surprises me. I think the fact that this is my third time in France helps; I am used to being away from home and honestly, things have been going really well. Hopefully, it continues this way.

So next week the other assistants are arriving and I cannot wait to meet everyone! It is always so nice to be among other foreigners when you are one of them. It's hard to explain but you don't feel like a foreigner when you are amongst them, if that makes any sense. All of us Burgundy assistants are meeting in Dijon next weekend for a get together on Saturday; then on Sunday is the official orientation.

I am excited about the weeks to come! I am trying to figure out what I will do for the Toussaint break, but I have no idea yet. I would like to go somewhere fun, maybe I will try to go to the south of France; that's apparently what lots of people around here do...