FIN

It's nearly 5 in the morning. I'm still up. I leave this place in just a little over 24 hours. However, I was told to have all my stuff packed up and to clean my apartment by 11:30 tomorrow morning. Shouldn't be a big deal, but I hate packing so much, so I have all this random crap lying around my room that I don't know what to do with. But anyway, that's why I'm up so late. But this means tomorrow night I should be free as a bird. Speaking of tomorrow night, I'm returning my internet router tomorrow, so this is definitely my last post before leaving France. :(

You know how sometimes when I blog, I write about how I had all these ideas in my head that I wanted to write and that I came up with throughout whatever the event or trip or whatever was? Well, same goes for this blog post, except x100. Since probably November I had these ideas in my head about how I was going to write my last blog post. I was going to write a list of things I'll miss and things I won't miss and things I'm super looking forward to. And then throughout my time here I'd discover new things to add to the list. Except I never wrote them down. I imagined myself sitting at my computer around 8pm on my last night remembering all those items on the lists, happily blogging and going to bed early. Well, that's not exactly how it turned out. It's practically tomorrow already, I'm WAY tired and rather anxious about getting everything done tomorrow, and I don't remember a darn thing on my lists. But I'll tell you one thing I'm'excited about: skim milk. Oh it'll be so good.

This year has been great. As much as I wasn't 100% sure of the funness level in the beginning, it turned out to be a blast. I've learned so much about myself, other people, America, France (and other countires), languages, and life. This was really the first time I've ever lived and been completely on my own. And I did it all in French. In France. Away from my mom. Away from anyone else I knew who could help with things. Oh, and you know, when I think back on the year, I don't even think about the job first. In fact, I forget sometimes that that's why I was here.

I'd like to give one last shout out to Kaitlin Grady and Corinne Hunziker. :) (I know you always Ctrl+F your names on here!) So many other people besides just them though made this year great. As cheesy as it sounds, every one of those people has taught me something in some way or another and has contributed to making me a happier and better person than I was nine months ago. I know it. And you all should, too.