Oh, Hey there Quebec!

After months of planning, weeks of stressing, days of packing, hours of goodbyes, and a few more hours stuck in a plane, i am finally here. Finally here. I cant even believe it. Things here are amazing though, the family i am staying with is so sweet and accomodating. After arriving and unpacking, we had pizza for dinner ( no biggie, they eat it with forks and knives???) and then i met some of my homestay sisters friends. This was the most trying part of the day.

 They are loud, bubbly, and nice, but they speak french very VERY fast. It was so hard to understand what they were saying! Its weird though, because within the first five minutes of meeting them, i had a bit of a revelation. I came to Quebec thinking, i want to be cool. I want to make awesome friends, and go to sick parties. Upon meeting these people, i instantly realized, that i am taking a huge leap into unknown waters here, and the only thing that can get me through is friends. It doesnt matter if these friends are "cool" or if they're not beautiful, i just need friends to help me through. At that moment i realized i need to stop judging and start accepting. This being said, the people i met are awesome! They made such an effort to include me, and they invited me to their valentines party on friday!

 I am excited about this, and my dad told me that the best way to not get homesick and lonley is to have little things to look forward to. The dance is one of those little things! Another thing i am totally pumped for is tomorrow. We are headed into old quebec to go see the carnival, and i am so pumped! Today was a long and hard day, but i know things will only get easier, and considering how good today was, i have an amazing three months to look forward to! 

I am so proud of the way i put myself out there today. You honestly have no idea how scary it is to teach people how to say "awesome possum," and listen to them laugh and chatter about it, not having a clue what they are thinking or saying. I know i made a good impression though, and I know i have the strength and courage to make this trip amazing. From the hello kitty bubblebath in their washroom, to the crazy pose i did in front of everyone on the Wii, everything today was amazing. I feel welcome and loved, and i am so excited.

Dream. Explore. Discover.

Carly.