Part One: Pre-Production

Act I: This is the section where we develop the characters, the setting, and the situation. Here roll the opening credits: Taylor Smith, starring as the starry-eyed student, eager to begin his adventure overseas in a strange new world. Where is our hero headed? For his second semester of his senior year, the Winter Program, Mr. Smith will be France! C'est super! This blog will chronicle the events of said journey.
Parte Un: C'est le scene ou nous développons les caractères, l'arrangement, et la situation. Ici est le crédits de introduction: Taylor Smith est l'étoilé-oiel eleve....euh, mon francais n'est pas assez bon, desole.
Act II: The dramatic arc. Preparing for this has been difficult, one could say. After discussions with my high school counselor, a fear was instilled within me: if there was any miscommunication between the French school I would be attending and the school I will be leaving, a resulting loss of credits could ensue, therefore forcing me to repeat a grade. Wanting to avoid this at all costs, I chose to graduate a semester early, as it happens about a week before I will be leaving for France. This insures that there will be no miscommunication, that I will have no fear of lack of credit transfer. However, in order to do this, I'm enrolled in the Running Start program, attending four classes at the high school and three at the local college, as well as completing my senior culminating project in half the time. But enough bragging, the real problem lies in the fundraising...
Even though I'll technically be graduated, I felt it very important that I travel abroad while still in the public school system, and under 18. This way I'll be able to live with a family as well as attend school, therefore experiencing a much more thorough submersion of culture. I feel that had I put this off I would've regretted not taking this opportunity and never being able to have something available that would be quite like this.
Act III: The conclusion, winding down and tying of loose ends. Am I following the prompt too closely? I feel it important to scribe these hypothetical thoughts, so that upon my homecoming I can look back and say, "Ah, I remember how I was excited, stressed, and a myriad of other emotions, all of which entangle into this general thought that prevails, yet sits dormant as the inevitable "soon to be" on the horizon." Or maybe, "Boy-o, was I whiny."
Please know, my readers, that I will not be leaving on my wondrous journey until late January, or even early February, which - you may note - is still some months away. Until then, I will describe what new milestones have been reached, information obtained, as best as I can; frequency of posts, however, will not be something to count on. At least until France.
Credits: Thank you to those supporting, in the various ways that you do, I can't bring back presents for all of you but I send my love. And writings, I suppose.

~Fin