Encore Lorraine

At three o'clock on Wednesday I was supposed to be in Nancy but for some reason I ended up in Disneyland instead.

On Tuesday I got to the Jackson airport only to discover that my flight was delayed, and my connection to my Paris flight was impossible. Freaked out but discovered in Dallas that my flight to Paris was delayed so I made it. We all got on the plane only to discover a technical problem that took 3 hours to fix. Everyone was kind of mad, but I was just so happy to have made the flight (the next one would have been the next day) that I didnt care. Got on a train in Paris that took me to the station right by Disneyland where I watched kids with Mickey balloons and ears until I caught my connection to the Lorraine station.

My trip here has been really similar to my one to Metz. Almost missed my connection that time too, took the same exact route to get there except that I took the shuttle from the Lorraine station to Nancy instead of Metz. And just like my trip to Metz, I was an hour late to work because of forces beyond my control (sort of). Google has a new walking directions, and when I looked up the address, it gave me directions to a house in a suburb of Nancy--which is where I ended up this morning. So like last year I had to get directions from the office of tourism.

I got to work (not late but later than I had intended) and met my boss. She is very nice, but I discovered some somewhat disturbing news. My classes don't start until the 21st. Why did I leave my friends and family and Carlos to hurry back to France when I didnt have work for another twelve days? I am disturbed by this fact. The other lecteur of English has already started because his departments start earlier. Granted, it will be nice to get established before starting classes...but I won't actually have an apartment until Saturday (hopefully I will get this one!<) . Until then I am staying with a sort of potential roommate. It is nice to have someone to show me around (we went to a really cool light show last night), but I wish I had my own place because I still feel so unsettled. I also just want to sleep all of the time, but that's not possible when staying with someone else.

Anyway that is all. I will post more (especially about my classes as soon as I know anything). And now I have to go for a stroll in the rain--how silly of me to leave the house anywhere in Lorraine without an umbrella. I guess I was away long enough to forget about that!