Problems... Already!?

So as the adventure slowly starts to unravel i am encountering a few problems. UhOh  First off one of the more major issues (to no ones surprise).... Language. I have already learned so much since being here because Kathi's mom has been so wonderful in always quizzing me, and teaching me new words, however hearing the Schulz current Nanny speak German scared me a little bit, because she was really good!! hahah Kathi also made me go buy a news paper and the guy actually laughed and said good job in english. Or when Kathi, Marie, Caro and Fabian (Maire's bf) went out in Klön i was so good with making sure i said "Entschuldigung" (means sorry) on my way to the bathroom or trying to maneuver around people in this cool little jazz club (which people smoke inside... everyone just a heads up im coming home with lung cancer.. holy Germans smoke a lot) but one time there sooooo many people i just said sorry in English when i was trying to sqeeezzee my way through this group of people that one guy looked down at me in complete shock and said oh.. no problem.......Another problem i have come across is my phone... i thought i fully unlocked it so i would be able to buy a German SIM card and boom bobs your uncle Brenna has a working cell phone.. not the case! so i have been working all weekend trying to unlock my phone.. and i have one last try before the phone is hard-locked and wont be able to get changed, wish me luck. Otherwise im buying a German phone to use for the year... i guess that will help me with my language because the whole operating system will be in German..

But other than that things are going just great.. Until tomorrow when i have to leave the comfort and familiarity of Kathi's home and hop on a train to meet my NEW family.... Bring on the homesickness... im ready for ya!!

xo
-B

p.s. this is what i woke up to on saturday morning! no snow. sun. warmth. talk about weird!

17 Hour Travel Time

So.. i hopped on a nine and a half our flight to Amsterdam full of excitement and hardly any nerves left. Landing in Amsterdam i realized that what i thought was going to only going to be a four hour layover turned out to be 6 HOURS!! it was so brutal (you can only people watch for so long) durring this people watching i realized that i am very behind on the fashion side of things even more so than i was back in Canada! haha so needless to say it is going to be intersting. Also every single guy and i mean EVER single guy dresses metro.. it is going to take a lot of getting use to. Now i am just hanging out with Kathi and her family for the weekend before the real adventure starts. And it feels real nice to have something that can feel so normal before i have to get down to the real gritty.

cheers for now
-B xo.

A Jetplane

So.. today is the day. Today i embark on my journey across the pond. As I'm in my hotel room with my parents and my sister, my mood is quite calm. I keep playing out different leaving situations in my head.. and i feel like i will be able to handle the leaving quite well. However... we arnt even close to the time where i actually have to leave them... I'm hopping that it will be like when i had to say goodbyes in Summerland because i felt like i held back the tears very well. But this is me we are talking about here and well if you know me i cry in Disney movies so leaving my family for a year will probably be quite traumatic.

love you all. and keep checking back to see what i have been up to!!

xoxo

The Art of Packing

The art of packing.. Something i use to think i was fairly decent at.. Ever since i was little and my father taught me how jam as much crap as we could into the car, it was just like playing a game of tetris. However i realized that i am not good at packing AT ALL. Trying to fit everything i need for a year into one suitcase that can only be 50pounds as become quite a challenge. A very frustrating problem that i still have not found the solution to..

If solution occurs i'll be sure to let you know... as for right now... fml.

Pre Germany Move

I am moving to a small town in Germany called Natendorf of 856 to look after 3 children. Ages 3, 5 (boys) and 7 (a girl). I have almost no idea what to expect and switch between being excited and extremely nervous. My emotions are pretty much controlling my life at the moment as they decide to change approximately every 15 minutes, all i can say is that it makes for an interesting day.

I am nothing close to a writer.. and i cant even say it is something i enjoy. i cant spell and am never grammatically correct, however i feel like this will be a good way to let those of you that are interested to know what i am up to during my year across the pond.

Enjoy.