Keeping Promises

So I kept my promise! I've made the time to write in my blog one week after my last post. But it will have to be kind of quick today....my teaching is keeping me kind of busy. I'm going to school on my day off tomorrow because an 11th grade class I work with is going to skype with a German class at my former high school! Yay! I'm excited! I just hope all the technical stuff works. And then on Tuesday I'm doing a lesson on the presidential election process and Osama bin Laden. I admit I don't know all the details about each topic, so I have to do a bit of research. But one thing I do like about my job is that I sometimes have to research different topics that I don't know much about, so even though it can be time-consuming, I'm learning and becoming more informed! Oh and I hope I don't say Obama instead of Osama on Tuesday. I've been doing it already and it might be a bit embarrassing to get the two mixed up in class.

And I've been busy with looking for jobs for when I return to the U.S. Never a fun process. Then my parents, sister, and Kenny are coming on June 30th to visit! So I've been looking into some stuff for that. I have to admit, right now I'm leaning towards wanting to go home more than wanting to stay here in Germany. I mean Germany...I love it and I really like my friends I have made here and the students....but the old country is calling me. But at the same time I'm kind of afraid of the transition of going back to the U.S. Will I not see people and places in the same way? Possibly....probably. Will the ways I have changed and other people have changed make my relationships different? Maybe....but even though things will probably be different, I don't think it will be a bad thing necessary. At least I hope.

Here are some more photos to make up for the lack of blogging I did last month.

Regensburg (where I studied in 2008): I went to visit a friend there over our Easter break.

On the grounds of an old castle along the Rhein River