Gettin there.....

So since about 10 seconds after I got the official news that I would be really going to Germany, I began to vigilantly begin the search for my plane tickets. What. a. headache. Every 'great deal' I find turns out to be a lie or 'no longer available'. But today I finally gave myself a cut off date in which I will have a plane ticket no matter what! I'm also trying to coordinate flying at least to London with one of my Praxis friends Kristi, who's going to be student teaching in Aviano, Italy. Having done that 12 hour flight a couple times, I know I would not want to do that all by myself, even though it looks like I may have to. But maybe that'll be just the beginning of doing this whole thing by myself.

Looking for these plane tickets has made it really sink in with me that I'm leaving for four months. It's weird to tell people where I'm going next semester. I had to cancel my gym membership today, when they asked me why I told them I was moving to Germany for four months, that was weird! But every time I say something like that, it gets me all excited to leave again. I talked to my Audra about it today and as soon as we got off the phone I immediately began google-ing everything for about the millionth time!

I've also talked to mannny people who know my cooperating teacher and they all say she is wonderful! From what little I've talked to her (over e-mail of course!) I completely agree. She's going to drive about an hour and a half from Garmisch to pick me up from the Munich airport! I was so happy to hear that I wouldn't have to immediately have to figure out the train system after being on a plane for sixteen hours and exhausted! I'm just so ready to get there. I've already sorta told my work that I'm student teaching in Germany,so its like now that they know, I don't want to be there anymore! I'm also debating with myself weather or not I want to spend the money to get an ipod touch before I leave... either I can be more entertained with that during my semester, or I could take another trip. Pretty sure I'd rather take another trip while I'm there though!

-Linds

ps. 'unofficaly' passed my special ed portion of my aepa (Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessment) :) One down, two more to go! I take them on Saturday, yay for 8 hours of testing!