24 Days to Go!

Salem insisted I make an official blog rather than just having a livejournal. He's such an elitist =P But that's ok. I love him anyway.

Ok! So. As stated in the title, there are 24 days to go until I leave for Germany. =D I'm so excited! However, my excitement is definitely hindered because of finals. This is the last full week of school. Next week we have classes Monday and Tuesday, then "Reading" (or study) days. Finals start on Friday and run until the following Wednesday. I have 4 finals and a project, so not too bad. My Mission prep. exam is open note and open book, so really there are no issues there. And the project won't be too bad I don't think. So it really only leaves me with 3 finals to worry about - German, French Grammar, and French literary analysis. Oh the fun times that will be had!

I suppose, however, since this is my first blog entry, I should explain what it's all about instead of complaining about my life haha. I'm a student. Finals happen. I'll have nightmares about failing them until the day I die. Don't we all? Haha.

Anyway! My name is Sarah. I'm 20 years old and I'm a sophomore in college. This summer, I will be spending 3 months in Germany! The majority of that time will be spent in Berlin where I will be studying German at the Goethe Institute.

I'm going on a study abroad program that runs from May 2nd through July 9th. For the last week of that time, my group will travel around Germany to see the historic and cultural sites. I think we'll go to 8 cities? I forget. All of them are in the western half of Germany. After that, I will spend about 2 weeks in Bonn (near the eastern border of Germany) with my friend Tobi. He's a medical student at the Uni in Bonn. I'll leave Germany on July 19th and get home to Pittsburgh probably sometime in the morning on the 20th. I haven't figured out the time changes and all of that, so I don't really know haha. But since it's only April, it seems like a silly thing to worry about.

Since many of you are unaware, I have never taken German before this semester (apart from a few weeks back in 6th grade, as was required by the school, but that was almost 8 years ago, so it hardly counts). I took French all through grade school (or really, from 7th grade up until now) and am continuing to learn it here.

My ultimate goal is to be both a French and a German teacher. I haven't decided yet which of the two I'm going to major in, but the plan is to figure that all out after I get back from Germany.

I'll include pictures in my blog when I can, because just text gets very boring after a while, especially if I have a lot to say (which I nearly always do haha).

Anyway, it's now almost 1:30 and I have a LOT of work to get done today! So here you have it. This is the start of my journey to Germany. It's gonna be a crazy ride!