je suis la kate perdu.

The last few days have been relatively unexciting. I started classes and have been to most only once - they don't seem too bad. I'm taking Paris Museums, which I'm VERY excited about, because it means that I get to visit all kinds of art museums around Paris. This includes the famous ones - the Louvre, the Musee d'Orsay - and the not famous ones - a couple visits are to painter's houses. Also at IES I'm taking Women and Conflict and French grammar classes. I'm officially a Sorbonne student now too. Those classes don't start until next week, and they are The Modern Arab World and Media in the US and France (that is sort of cheating, but I figure no more cheating than the French taking French history!). I'm honestly a little nervous about them. I know I can handle anything English classes throw at me, but in French, with real French students...?
I wasn't supposed to be a Sorbonne student, however. I was supposed to be taking a class at the ICP. Alas, I woke up at 7:30 this morning, got on the metro, got to the ICP in PLENTY of time for my class and it was nowhere to be found. I asked two different administrators AND called IES (all of this happened in French, which gets exceedingly more difficult when you are flustered and it is raining). They said there should be a list of classrooms outside the secretary's office. I found said list and my class wasn't on it. I was super stressed out, exhausted, and discouraged. My mom decided I was "Kate Perdu" (like pain perdu, the french words for french toast). If I was, I NEVER want to be Kate Perdu again, once was enough.
This afternoon I went to change my classes because it is unacceptable to miss classes in France unless you are dying, so IES tells us. They also made a point to inform us that staying out late did not count as dying. The registrar, who I really like because she's a. helpful and b. doesn't talk to me like I'm stupid just because French isn't my first language said that this is a fairly common occurrence. We found some classes to switch into and she showed me on the map where each classroom was. More exciting touristy posts this weekend.