Is there something that will always agitate you and put you in a certain mood? Well, for me, I'm guaranteed to shift into one of two very distinct moods when I'm beyond tired. In the first situation, I get slap happy and laugh at everything but for the second, I hate life and become a silent human with a face resembling a five year old child who didn't get their dream Christmas present. Unfortunately, Saturday night my mind took form of the second. 

After our excursion during the day, we had plans to go out to a very nice club in Cannes called Baoli (we went there last Saturday as well). Before going, instead of pre-gaming with alcohol--like any normal person would-- we decided espresso shots were a better choice to help us recover from the exhaustion of traveling all day. We took three... and my hands were basically shaking. 

It was still raining on our way to Cannes, so as we went past the ocean, the waves were so close and splashing onto the road, which was really cool to see during a storm. 

Baoli was a good time, but like I said, when I'm exhausted I sometimes suck. I would dance for a little,  check the time and freak out knowing I had to stay out until at least five. The trains don't really run from ten pm to five am, so often times we go with friends. I took a selfie of my exhaustion and think it pretty much describes my mood for the night. If my eyes had been on my side, I would have have had a great night, but I actually felt like the guy from rat race who constantly falls asleep while moving. 

Midnight...

Three am...

5 am..

On a positive note, we got to meet one of our guy friends girlfriends and she is so awesome! She has spent a lot of time in the states so had really good English and was able to help us understand conversations and questions when we couldn't understand. 

After a long night, we had a lazy Sunday but finally made moves and booked our spring break. Ours is a lot earlier than other programs taking place at the end of February and it seems like everyone else was ahead of the game. We found a few good deals, and decided to go to Marrakech and Lisbon. I'm really excited for it because those are two places I'm not sure i'll be able to get to again. 

Since it was Sunday, pretty much everything is closed. The two boys in our program have been begging us to cook dinner (I think they've been struggling) so we invited them over so long as they bring food and wine. We made a pesto salmon pasta and it was actually pretty good.  After dinner I talked Danielle and Kirstin into watching the bachelor week two episode. Again, wasn't that great. Maybe it's because it's right after Emily's season which was great. Or, it could be that girls are a lot more annoying than guys, and when the guys fought it was funny, but the girl drama is just straight lame. I'm looking forward to seeing how the one really psycho girl gets pushed down the stairs, though. 

Monday I took a very long walk and talked to my dad. It was really nice because he knows me very well and because he grew up so differently than I have, can always put situations and opportunities into perspective for me.  I'm so blessed to have the opportunity to explore the world and learn other cultures and customs. Since I've traveled a good amount inside the states and out, I think I overestimated my speed of transition. Living in New York alone this summer was definitely good prep for this, because essentially that place is chaos, but living in another country isn't as easy as I thought it would be. Luckily, I have so much support and am grateful for it.