Orientation

I have been in Cannes for the past week and a half, and it is a beautiful day out. It is over 60 degrees!! Although it has been beautiful staying in the south of france, I am getting really anxious to go to Paris and settle down. So far we have just been going, going, going, and then doing absolutely nothing. So far we have gone to Nice and Monaco. Both have been beautiful and much more interesting than the smaller town of Cannes. The pictures are of me and the friends that I have made and just a beautiful picture of the yachts in Monaco.

The friends that I am meeting here are great, but sometimes I am not too sure how I feel about them. Or how they feel about me. I feel like I am back at my freshman year of college trying to make friends and get people to like me. As much as I enjoy meeting new people. It is exhausting trying to find people you can trust right off the bat since I will be traveling and living near them for the next few months. With the girls that I have met, I feel like our group of 7 has separated into 2 groups. One group of 2 and one group of 3 and with me and another girl being pulled in between the 2 groups. It is really hard to figure out where I stand and even if I actually want to grow a friendship with some of them. I knew I would be meeting new people, but I didn't realize how much it would distract me from obtaining my real goals of studying abroad.

Speaking of studying, we have been having french classes each morning for 3 hours. It is great to be constantly speaking french and I have started to realize that I comprehend French much more than I thought that I did. My only problem is that I get nervous when I have to speak and I end up messing it up or taking a very long time to respond.

I think that I need to build up my confidence in my life in general.