FINALLY

I take back any negativity about the visa process. The DC embassy restored my faith. It was actually really easy once the paperwork was in the same state as me.

I am officially moving June 21st. Still trying to condense all of my worldly belongings to 5 or 6 small boxes, along with my fun stuff (snowboard/bike) so they can be shipped tomorrow. It's pretty difficult considering that I have no idea how long I'm going to be living over there and never having had any real size constraints in houses or apartments I've lived in. Ah well.

My French is still so very bad. First thing up when I move is finding language lessons. All my French teacher told me is that I sound like I have a Spanish accent and that I'm scared to talk. All very true.

One of the two covert pictures at the DC embassy (for fear of being thrown out and stripped of my passport):