5 months

I'm nearing my fifth month in this country and I've gotta say...I don't really like France all that much.

All of these lustrous study abroad experiences people keep telling me about just don't exist here. Everything is expensive, half the people I try to talk to refuse, and I receive no help. When you go to a country you would expect to get a little bit more than an email every 2 months...

I have no help in finding where to sign up for my courses. As much of an independent spirit as I have, I'd rather have some help. I didn't sign up for a year of boot camp, I signed up for a year of study abroad.

Laura leaves in less than 2 months and then I'll be here by myself until June. It might actually be better because I'll be less concerned about keeping her company.

Tech is being sketchy about my credits, and if I didn't have a deposit on an apartment here I probably would've come home after Christmas. It just doesn't make sense to stay here if none of my classes are going to transfer, but I am afraid that is the way it is going to be.

To keep myself occupied, I have been working on a website for college students.

I speak French comfortably enough that I no longer really study. (I'm currently on Book 3 of Harry Potter in French.)

I'll figure all this out by myself, but these people just don't know how to take care of business.