France. What.

We will be leaving for France in less than 24 hours.
WHAT.
Have I mentioned this already? It's a school trip. We'll be in Paris for three days, and Normandy/Caen for the rest. While in Normandy, we'll be staying with a host family. I am excited.
I am also sick, woo. Fell ill with a form of DEATH on Wednesday night after our meeting, didn't go to school on Thursday, went in on Friday (= bad bad baaaaad idea) and took the SAT on Saturday. It went well enough, thank you for asking, thought it seemed easier than some of the practice tests I've been taking. Watched Cranford, fell in love with Dr. Harrison/Simon Woods, found out he was gay, was upset then got over it. Sunday I overstretched myself going to the mall to get shoes and gifts for my host family, and then had severe asthma that night and only slept for three and a half hours. Stayed home Monday and watched Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (love that movie). Felt better, and I went to school today. Hooray, lovely lovely, hope I do not die on this trip. Plan on inducing mild coma (ha ha, just joking) on plane tomorrow via Benedryl (joking about the coma, not the Benedryl).
Whew, and that was my stream-of-consciousness (sort of) for the past couple of days. Back to France: I am all packed, raring to go, etc., etc. There was a mild Thing re:rooming in Paris, but we will avoid that topic and move on past, because I am reconciled and okay with it now. By the way, in my head when I talk in this way, I imagine myself leading a tour on a Segway, whooshing about, you didn't really need to know that but oh well.
Aaaaaand yes, that I believe is all. I will attempt to blog daily/every other day/sometimes when I am in France/also maybe journal. And take pictures. I have resolved that though I am loath to look like a tourist (doncha love that phrase? So British...) I will grit my teeth and do it, for the sake of posterity. And because otherwise I will regret it.
Next up: For a little while I thought I owned that shirt that Emily is wearing at the beginning of the latest Pretty Little Liars episode. Except my shirt has long sleeves.
(Re: that episode - why the hell would you have creepy clowns just standing around your town? That's messed up, like seriously. Also makes me think of Halloweentown. Kind of want to watch that now).