16 Days And Counting....

Well, a great school year is done. I have been putting my trip to Hungary in the back of my mind so that I could focus on getting through the last weeks of school. It was not an easy group of students to say good-bye to and was an even harder end to the year knowing that my teammate next door was moving on to a new school. I don't think I should have passed along all my unused Kleenex boxes. I think I used a whole box myself the last day of school! Now that school is over, I can finally focus on my work in Hungary.

I will be leaving for training in California in 16 days. I know the next few days will go quickly as I pack and prepare to live out of my suitcase for the summer.... PLEASE LET MY SUITCASE ARRIVE WITH ME.... that is my greatest traveling fear! The last weeks have been nerve wracking. The weekend before Memorial Day we heard that the people who are normally the contacts for Hungary were in a bad car accident and unable to do the program for the summer. I was a bit nervous when we had to come up with a backup plan since my heart was set on going to Hungary. After lots of work from the home office in California, they found some new contacts and Hungary is back on. It has been an up-down-all around journey the last couple weeks, but I feel a lot better knowing all the research and language studies I have been doing are not going to waste. The Internet has been a wonderful thing. I found two people on Face book who will be on my team this summer and we have been chatting back and forth. I am feeling better knowing I will at least be able to put some faces with names when arriving at training.

I am off to do some organizing and packing! I hope that all you teachers out there enjoyed your last few days of school and will be enjoying your summer break! I will be posting again as more news comes my way about where we will be working and living this summer. We hope to know before leaving for training!