Tomorrow I am on my way back to Paris and one step closer to getting back to the Philippines. I am looking forward to my time in France since it will be for my best friend Jenny’s wedding. She met her husband Patrice while we had studied together in Paris four years ago. She and I have been through a lot. I met Bobby four months after she met Patrice but we were both long distance at the same exact times. During the school semester we would be in NY and then during breaks we would both leave, she would go to Paris and I would go where ever Bobby and I had been plotting at that time.
What is so wonderful about the relationship that Jenny and I have is that we were both experiencing the same emotions at the same time. When one of us was elated from being in love, the other could relate and we could share our thoughts with one another while most people have no interest in hearing how happy we were. Also when things were not so good we would turn to each other for advice since both of our boyfriends were so similar in character, if one did something, the other was sure to follow.
Jenny risked a lot to make this relationship work. She gave up her career, life and friends in NY and moved to Paris. She also risked the relationship of her family who in the beginning was not pleased with her dating a French man. I am so happy to be there for their wedding day, I know how far they have come and how many difficulties they faced…the French bureaucracy being one of them.
I will be spending about 3 weeks in Chambery, a small city in the Alps-Savoie region studying French. I am not so much looking forward to that part but I know it will be good for me. I have forgotten a lot over time and it will be great to refresh my memory and learn new things, also being able to use it on a daily basis helps.
Another perk is that Bobby’s mom Chantal may be able to meet up with me in Chambery. She and her husband Ange have been travelling around Italy for the past 2 weeks or so and need to get to France anyway for their flight back to the US. I am looking forward to that also.
It’s time to finish packing up my things and then get some rest for tomorrow.
Countdown to the Philippines: 27 days…boy that sounds like a long time!!
