Where has the time gone?

Well, it's getting to be that time. The time when I start to feel weird about leaving. I only have two more weeks in Rennes, which I just can't even believe. There are so many things I still want to do here, and my stupid classes are inhibiting me from doing them. Because it's starting to be exam time, and all of my professors are realizing that we don't have any grades, so they have all decided to give us as many things to do as possible. This would be normal for finals time in the U.S. except that here I have SEVEN classes instead of four. Super.
But the weather hasn't been nice lately, so it's not as painful to sit in my room and study. It's May and I've had to turn the heat back on in my room. What in the world, France? Also, apparently it hails here all the time during the spring.

But things are good, for the most part. For a while I thought I had mono, and there was a big hullabaloo, but I got tested and I don't. So that's good. This weekend I'm going on an excursion with my group the the Loire valley to see the chateaux. I'm really excited! We are going to sleep in a castle. It's going to be great.

Oh, I haven't mentioned that there is a new guy living with us. He's from the Congo, he's 17, super nice, rather shy and in culture shock (he has only been in France for like 3 weeks). I think he's glad that there's another foreigner around who doesn't always know what's going on. Hehe.

I'm not sure what's going to happen when I go back to the States. I'm trying not to think about it. Yeah, there are a lot of things/people I miss a lot, but it is going to be so strange to leave France. I walk down the street and see all of the people with baguettes tucked under their arms, the perfectly trimmed trees, the cobblestone streets, the medieval houses, the carousels, bakeries on every corner...
And what am I going to do when I can't just hop on the metro to go to school or walk to the middle of town? When I won't be able to go entire days without hearing a word of English?

I guess I'd better just seize the day and take advantage of the last bit of time I have left. My mom is coming at the end, and we are going to do a bit of traveling in France together. It's going to be great! I have a lot to look forward to yet.