Pre-Departure Jitters and Other Updates

So I'm scheduled to arrive in Paris in approximately 96.75 hours (from the time that I wrote this sentence, not including the words contained by these parentheses if you want to get technical) and I'm nowhere near as excited as you would think I'd be right now...

Am I going to forget something really important? Probably. But what's worse, I'm sure I'm going to bring stuff that I won't even end up using (which will waste a lot o' space in my luggage, potentially preventing me from bringing back cool french stuff).

Did you know that they speak French in France? Like ALL THE TIME? Sure, you say that's obvious, but I'll be in France, which means that I'll have to speak French. ALL THE TIME. I guess I've technically been taking French for approximately half of my life, but right now, I have no confidence in my ability to coherently speak French to others, and I have no idea as to whether or not I'll be able to understand anyone.

I feel (and probably look) like this right now:

But fear not (I'm mostly talking to myself right now in an attempt to quell my minor freak out); these are problems faced by everyone going abroad (or so I'm told). If I forget something, I should be able to get an equivalent item in France, so that isn't even that big of a concern right now. And most people participating in a foreign language immersion program won't be perfect at the language at the beginning of the program, but the biggest reason for going (other than the ladies) is to perfect my command of the language. I'm sure I'll face struggles my first week or two, but once I'm used to France and get in a rhythm, I'm sure I'll be fine.

Now that I'm done venting, I'll update y'all on my preparations:

They've told us that, in order to maximize our immersion experience, we have to do our best to fit in, which means dressing like the French. Ergo, I've bought a bunch of clothes that (I think) the French would wear...

Like skinny jeans...

I BOUGHT A PAIR OF SKINNY JEANS.

[here's a break for laughter]

WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO?!?!

[another pause for laughter/dramatic effect]

Anyways, that's all for now. I'm set to land in Paris in 96 hours (from the time that I wrote this sentence, including the words contained by these parentheses if you want to get technical), and after writing this post, I've managed to relieve a lot of my stress, so now I'm getting pretty excited for the trip. I'll maybe write another post closer to my departure (most likely as a means of procrastinating from packing).

Au revoir tout le monde! (I thought I should maybe practice a little bit of my French)