08/25/86 Lundi (Monday) D'Orientation

Day 64
I am so glad to finally be gone. This morning was really easy. Got showered and ate and at 11 we left. I was scared coming to Montparnasse because Colette was driving like a maniac again. We arrived and parked and carted luggage forever. We found AFS and parked the luggage and then went for lunch.

When we said goodbye it was so fake - more like a relief for both of us than anything.

Today has been slow.

We are all grouped and waited for the bus then waited for our rooms then waited for orientation.

Everybody is beat.

It should go faster but even if it doesn't I am juts so happy to be away from Colette.

Tonya and I are in the same group. That's good!

Dinner was fun! I sat with Tonya and Samantha. Everybody has been sitting around chatting about their summer.

I feel cheated because everybody else had help with French. Some people had as hard a time staying as I did too. Fred said I could call him and had my house changed but ?? I guess I can look back and say it was good but I miss--- no I'm mad because I didn't pick up French. i really wish I had a real family. I am so upset that I didn't get a true french experience. Oh well.
Bon Soir.

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