Leaving!

Since the last post, written a day or two after I got to Orlando, I haven't updated. This has been (mostly) purposeful - I've been at home, relaxing, spending time with family, doing last minute getting-ready-to-go-to-France things, and those don't make for particularly exciting blog posts (in my opinion). So suffice it to say that the last week and a half has been lovely - we had an early b'day party for my youngest brother and sister, went to the beach, I got to see a friend from high school, watching Phineas and Ferb, read, and generally lazed away my time.

Now, though, I'm sitting in the airport in Orlando, surrounded by people who are speaking what I think is Dutch (though I wouldn't swear to that) and waiting to board what promises to be a very crowded plane.

I'm a little nervous, I admit. After all, I haven't actually met the family I'll be living with for most of the next year, and I don't actually know anyone in France. It's a lot of newness. But I'm also really excited. I've been looking forward to living in a francophone country for years - and my obsession with French can finally be appeased! I know it will be quite an adjustment, so I'm trying to get ready to be wrong a lot and to learn learn learn - so please pray for me in that, that I'll be humble when I'm wrong, ready to be taught, and a good au pair and role model for the children. And now I've got to run, because they're going to start boarding in a few min; wish me luck!