I'm finally off for my semester in Freiburg, Germany! Since I'm designing a website centered around my travels/semester, I most likely won't be posting to this lj often. Once I have it up and running, I'll post the link here ( Read more... )

Ich will gehen. Es ist Zeit - ich muss zu ein andere Platz gehen. Ich vermisse zu viel. Mein Leben hier ist nicht ganz. Es vermisst zu viel ( Read more... )

I am officially very nervous about leaving for Germany, granted, I still have three weeks left until I depart. But I'm still grappling with how to be myself in a foreign language, where my dorm is, and what all the other IES students are going to be like. And hoping that they like me, and that I meet Germans and can speak the language. All of those ( Read more... )

Well, that's done. We're over.

Time to go find a German boyfriend....

I already wrote a post, and deleted it because I felt like it was too schmalzy ( Read more... )

Sitting here on my favorite red chair, at 2:17 in the morning, I just let it all in. Ever since last Friday, I've been holding back. I've been focused on finals completely. Because to let it all in is too scary ( Read more... )

And so it goes ( Read more... )

So I'm procrastinating. I absolutely hate papers. and readings. and work in general. I REALLY need to get work done, yet it's so hard here at home. I'm going to write two pages/ish of my romantic paper. I am. It's Wednesday, and all I've done is my Rilke reading (granted, reading Rilke auf Deutsch ist nicht so leicht, aber...) and read about 200 ( Read more... )

About an hour ago, I took a glass to get some skim milk. The dispenser was out, and one of my residents, filling his glass with 2% milk, said something about no watery milk today ( Read more... )

I'm tired.

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First, tonight I was reminded about why I do this job, and why it makes me happy.

Secondly, I realized that it's really time to let go. I'm so different now than I was then, and it's time to embrace that.