Seven Months

Well, there hasn't been much to post over the last two months. I got into France, and then I waited, waited and waited some more. Today I got the first piece of news regarding my trip that I had gotten since that initial letter, and it turns out, I have been assigned to a seven-month, secondary school contract, beginning on October 1. There were initially two types of contracts available, seven and ten-month, to primary school, secondary school, and college. I believe the people applying whose French was at a more senior level than mine were awarded the ten month contracts - and truthfully speaking, I do wish I had gotten one, but seven months is still good. I guess I can say with certainty now that I will be gone from about September to May, which is not the September - September I had originally planned, but, at least I'll be back in San Diego in time for the summer beaches :).

In regards to other aspects of my trip, I am still waiting (patiently) for my Arrêté de Nomination, which will provide me the actual school I am teaching in, and allow me to drive up to LA and get my teacher's visa, but that will arrive, hopefully, sometime in July. It's coming down to the point where this is really turning real. I am leaving the country, going where I know not a soul, teaching in a language I do not "know" - not like I know English... It's going to be a lot of fun, I truly hope, but I know that challenges will appear as well, and each day closer this gets the realer it gets too. This is crazy.