Settling In

Today started out with some intense language classes which are 1 and 1/2 hours long and are hard to stay awake through considering I had still barely eaten since I got to France and I am still slightly jet-lagged. Good times. I almost fell asleep a bunch. And after awhile of hearing French it just starts to bounce off my ears and I forget to listen. Since I have to listen extra carefully to understand, if I start daydreaming at all, it's all lost. Nothing sinks in without intense concentration. I have actually gotten to accept and like this end of town a little more. It has a certain charm to it that I missed the first couple of days just because I was expecting something so much more like downtown is. It will be different once all the french students return I am sure. Then I had a two hour or so break in the middle which I spent running to the shoppi for a notebook and some coca-cola light and then talking to my parents. Then I went to a two hour long civilization class. It's too long. Tonight I went out to dinner with some people at the cafeteria which was like less than 3 euros ( like 5 dollars) for a meal, which is really cheap out here. Everything is expensive. I bought a bottle of sunscreen for 15 euros. CRAZY. Then we walked to the shoppi for beer, but guess what? It's past 7 so of course EVERYTHING is closed. Frustrating. And you can't get take out anything here. Coffee is for sitting in the cafe in drinking, not walking around with in a styrofoam cup. Meals are mostly sit down. Take-out pizza is weird. So then we just sat around outside the dorm talking and whatnot and just enjoying the really nice weather we had today. We go to the beach tomorrow! Maybe yay? Well i really have to get to bed since I have class again at 9am and it's 11:30pm and I have not yet done my homework. (Yes homework already! What?!) I'm sure that was really boring, but that's what we do here haha.