The last week was pretty rough.
It started off with little sleep. I had to get up early to go meet some group members to work on a project on Monday. Then I decided I had had enough & went home & took a nap. I ended up sleeping through my class. I felt bad because it was my day to bring the snack – oh well.
Wednesday I was slapped in the face by the reality of the mid-term that I have next week. Corporate Finance without a calculator – how is that possible – we will find out. In search of a financial calculator in the greater Lyon area…
Thursday I was tortured by the usual European Economics. Snooze…. Then after that there was a party for American students at the city hall. I was excited because the invitation that they sent us said dinner & drinks. Wow – except there was no dinner - Just drinks & tiny tiny snacks. Something got lost in translation FOR SURE! I did get to see the inside of Hotel d’Ville. It was nice but I thought there would be more to it. That it would be more grand. I only saw 2 rooms – maybe they weren’t the good ones. Then I went to a party that was being held by the International Office at school. It was just starting to get fun when I had to leave because I had to make the last train home for the night.
I am in need of an attitude adjustment. Things here aren’t what I thought or wanted them to be. I am struggling on being ok with what I have – instead of always wanting more. I know that this is an amazing opportunity and I am trying to make the best of it. I just thought it would be so much more. I wanted to travel so badly but finances will not let that happen. Now I have to figure out what to do with myself. I have been washing dishes in the restaurant downstairs but its not a real job. If anybody has any suggestions for different ways of looking at this or the winning lottery numbers– I am willing to consider all things at this point.
This weekend all of my friends went out of town. I spent most of the weekend downstairs. There are some funny people that come in every once in a while. You never know who you are going to meet.