November 16th?!?!

I had a great time with Nell! It was so nice to have a visitor to show around Paris. By now all of these things are losing their sparkle for me, so it was nice to remember how impressive everything is when you don't see it every day. We didn't have much time because she was only able to stay for two and a half days, but we saw a fair number of things. Unfortunately, this was the last time I will see her while I am here. I won't see her again until sometime next summer, (sad!) but I am so glad I got to spend this time with her in Europe. It was a lot of fun!

This Wednesday evening I am planning to attend an organ concert at the Cathedral Notre-Dame. I am hoping it will be as impressive as I am anticipating. Thursday morning I am heading out for a weekend in London. I have heard good things about London, so I am looking forward to it. Especially the shopping! :)

Tomorrow I hit the 5 weeks left mark. It feels a bit weird to be this far into it, but it still seems like December 22 is so far away. I'm sure it is going to fly by - I am already surprised to find that I am half-way through November. Being busy these last two weeks has helped move time along, and things will not be slowing down for me until next weekend when I stick around for Thanksgiving. After that it will pick up again with a trip to Rome and exams, so I think this time will be gone before I know it. It's weird to think that in 5 weeks and 1 day I am going to get on a plane and fly home with no idea when I will ever make it back to Europe. It is beautiful over here and I am really enjoying it, but it was not cheap for me to make this trip. I saved for a long time to be able to afford this and depleting all my savings now, plus paying for the three years of law school which are quickly approaching puts me in an unfortunate financial situation. I definitely want to travel a lot in my life, but I am thinking it will be a while before I have the financial clout (and vacation time) to make any trips. It is odd to think that things which are so familiar to me now will be absent from my life for 10, maybe 20 years and when I come back to them everything in my life will be different. I will remember the days when I was here and it will be like looking back on another lifetime. Nothing I’m doing seems all that memorable now, but when my life is a routine of work, eat, sleep, repeat, I am going to miss these nights sitting at the café sipping hot chocolate and checking my email.

5 weeks, 1 day to go...