I'm legal!!!

So, for those of us who don't come from the E.U., fulfilling all the requirements to be here is quite the ordeal. I don't want to say that it's been frustrating, because really I haven't cared.  It's just been a lot of paperwork and visits to the local prefecture. I got the letter telling me when my first appointment was 4 days after the appointment was supposed to have happened. No matter. They gave me another one. The second one was when I was home for Christmas. Third times a charm. I went last week to hand in the final bits of paper work (proof of my identity and residence, the information from my medical visit earlier in the year, etc), and I finally got my tampon! (Tampon means stamp in French.) The French love tampons and put them on absolutely everything. So, now I am finally a legal French immigrant! I pay taxes, am entitled to health care, and get a weekly ration of wine and cheese.