I made it!

First Impressions:
All of the people I have met so far, at least at my home, are incredible nice. Thus far, I have met my host mother, host father, and another student who is staying here who is French. Soon, there will be two other students here as well, one who is Martaniquais and the other who is Guadeloupean.

Uma, who is my host mom, is essentially all things sweet, caring, and outgoing wrapped into one. Everyone I've met has been (or at least acted) very excited to meet me and they have all been very patient with my shitty French.

We have a rooster. His name is Coco. He is very loud. I like him anyway. Supposedly there is a cat around here as well, but I haven't met her yet. I'm looking forward to having a kidden.

Most notable bug bite thus far: on the back of my ear.

Highlights of my first 10hrs here:
Uma has sent me on two errands thus far and I have succeeded! I have exchanged my USD for euros, went grocery shopping, picked up some baguettes for Uma, and ordered at McDon (where Uma took me when I got off the plane.) 

Uma is an art and a theatre professor. In attempt to show my enthusiasm for these subjects, I tried to explain my growing love for painting. My shitty accent, however, made it sound like I said "la mort" and not "l'amour." Needless to say, I told her that I enjoy painting for the death of it. In an attempt to explain myself I said: "for the passion and death." Yep. Good times.

Everything here smells great. Really great.


Future obstacles include:
Figuring out how to buy a bus ticket
Buying a electricity socket converter thing
Learning how to send mail