It's finally here!

Welp, it looks like I'm leaving tomorrow! After months and months of applications, waiting, planning, waiting, hoping, and more waiting...I'm finally going! Everyone keeps asking me if I'm getting excited/nervous...and the answer is...I really don't know! I don't even know how to categorize what I'm feeling! On one hand it feels perfectly natural, like its something I've always planned on doing...on the other hand, I'm wondering what the heck I am doing! I guess my biggest concern right now is how I'm going to haul my luggage around Paris without dying. I leave San Diego early tomorrow morning with a stop in D.C. I then fly overnight to Paris where I'll arrive at 6:55 in the morning...earlier than I've willingly arisen in over a year. From there, after customs and baggage claim and so on and so forth, I must take either the metro or the bus to Gare Montparnasse...the only train station in Paris that runs trains out to the Poitiers region. This is the tricky part where I must juggle two suitcases, and a laptop bag through crowded Parisian public transportation. From there I'll take a 4 hour train ride to arrive in La Rochelle where hopefully I'll be picked up by a woman from my school, Malika. I have no idea what she looks like...so....this should be interesting. Anyways, from there I'm supposed to stay with Malika for a few days while I become accustomed to my surroundings and from there it looks like I might be moving into the school dorms. I'm pretty excited about the dorms actually because a.) cheapest housing b.) reduced transportation costs c.) free internet. So, I guess all this to say that I would appreciate everyone's prayers as I make my way into the unknown. God Bless and my next update will be from France! Hope to hear from you all soon!