9 months.

its officially been 9 months that i've been abroad. and that is the last time i will be able to count an even number of months. how 9 months passed so quickly, i dont think i will ever understand where the time went. it seems like just yesterday i was freaking out because i would soon be heading to france.. and now im down to my last couple weeks. i tell myself not to think about how little time i have left.. and yet it always seems to creep into my thoughts. sure i'm excited to go back and see everybody, but its hard not knowing when exactly i will come back. i'm not ready to give up this life yet.

tonight i ate dinner at my host sisters house because my host parents are staying there to take care of louis while she and her husband visit new york. he is so big now! and basically walking! man he was so little when i got here, only five months old. its been fun to see him grow up.
then my host mom and i discussed what to do about my banking situation as far as whether or not it is even worth me getting a new carte bancaire with so little time left.. we decided its not and that well go to the bank tomorrow morning and work on closing my account, and then ill just pay her my last months rent in cash.. oh yea. and she told me i didnt have to pay anything for june! a gift from them to me. i love my host parents. they are awesome. she even showed me how to get to lac miribel since it is starting to get hot. hopefully ill make it there next week. by the way, i think i might die of heat stroke when i get home if it was only in the mid to low 80s today and i was already thinking its getting way too hot. pretty sure i'll be in trouble when i have to face 100 degree sacramento.

around 21h30, i finally headed home. the apartment is super close to the rhone, and i saw the sun setting, so i decided to go take a picture.

it was then i realized that though it would be so easy to walk two minutes and get on the c3 to take me home and then another two minutes walk when i got off, i just couldn't bring myself to do that. sure i live far, but it was a super nice night out and i decided to walk.. i figured i should probably do that at some point before i left. jeez i live far though.. took me almost an hour to get home! thats what happens when you live in the suburbs.

plus i just love walking around this city.
lyon <3