France in T Minus 1.5 Days

So the reality that we're leaving for France in less than two days really set in for me today while talking to one of my friends from home about spring break, as she said "WAIT. You're leaving THIS Thursday?! That's like... now." Although not really grammatically correct, she has a good point; our trip to France is no longer looming on the horizon, nor is it in a few weeks, it's THIS week. That excites me, yet scares me at the same time, as I have exponentially more clothes/random stuff in my dirty laundry bag then in my actual suitecase... Not really a good reality, since I feel like I have so much to do before I go. AHHHH, I might have a meltdown...
I'm more excited for France then anything, even my looming freakout about all the stuff I need to do before I go. It struck me earlier that I have been so excited about France for a long time, but I haven't really thought about the technical aspects of the trip. Like how the flight will go and how I will do getting by in a foreign country, even though I'll have classmates and keypals to rely on. I think it boils down to the fact that I haven't been across the Atlantic since 8th grade, nor have I even been overseas without my sister (tell her I'm a little sad about this and I won't bring you back anything from France), and I've never had to rely on my own foreign language skills, since I always had my mom or dad. I guess this is a big step for me, as an 'adult' and a French student, since I will have plenty of chances to develop my own skills and enjoy myself on this trip. I just hope I get to really enjoy France, French culture, and the people I'm around as much as I'll enjoy a vacation.
-Lara Grantham