You might be wondering why I have not written here very often as of late.  Frankly, I have been wondering that too and how often I write is completely up to me!  And the answer would be I have found a job.  No, I have not started working yet, but I am excited about working again.

My first day is coming soon and I am a little bit nervous.  No, not about the technological aspects of the job I am a little unfamiliar with.  I have always picked up technology easily enough.  I am mostly nervous about working in an office with people who speak German natively.  While my German has greatly improved over the last couple of months I would say it is far from good.  Yes, everyday I follow conversation a little bit better.  And there are topics I can speak about relatively well in German, but there is still quite a few which perplex me.  I guess I am at that moment where German is starting to “click” and be awkward at the same time.  Something I hope will pass quickly once I start spending the majority of my time around native German speakers.  And a situation I hope everyone can overlook.

Even though I am nervous, I am also excited too.  This is a sign my life is returning to normal again.  That my decisions up until now were not just some passing fancy that I was to stubbron to recongize.  As Pinocchio might say, “I am a real boy”.  Meaning, what I was afraid was not true really is true.  That I was and am able to pick up my life in one culture and move myself into another.  Yes, I still have a long way to go, but that is just a part of life.  We never truly arrive at our final destionation.  We just create new goals and challenges for ourselves to overcome.  It is still good to reach those milestones along the way though.

Milestone (almost) reached…

P.S. I appologize for any potentional spelling mistakes/errors.  I am using a German computer which does not have an English spellchecker.  I will proof this entry once I am back at my own computer.