(Sorta) Update

Hey there. I want to give an update on my job in Spain. Unfortunately, I don't have much more to tell. I still know I'm going to Andalucia (the southern region) and I'll start the last week in Sept or the first week in Oct. From my understanding, I am waiting on a letter that I will get in the mail from the Andalucian government. I've been accepted by the Spanish government, now my name (and hundreds of others) has been passed to the Andalucian govt for them to place me in a specific city and school. It is kind of like if I was accepted by the U.S. govt for the program and then they send a bunch of names to MI, NM, etc for them to place people and handle the details. As soon as I get that letter I can make an appointment at the Spanish Embassy (probably in Houston) to turn in my paperwork to get my visa. Then a few weeks later when I get my visa, I can purchase my plane ticket.

So far, I'm still thinking I'll return to MI the first week in Sept, give or take. I want to have plenty of time with everyone before I go. I'm making progress here. I've started to go through storage stuff. I purged quite a bit when I moved to NM, but I still kept so much stuff that I won't need now. I kept things like kitchen dishes and bathroom towels, and books, so so many books. The housewares stuff isn't worth keeping if I end up staying a second year in Spain. But, that isn't something I'll know until a year from now, so I don't want to save it and then leave it for my mom to deal with. (She may have to take one for the team when it comes to the books. :-) She did raise me in a bookstore after all.) I'm also getting some bites on my car. I'm hoping to sell it as soon as possible. I'll miss it, but I'm certainly not going to need it across the big pond.

Well, that's all for now. I have to get up early in the morning to check off more things from the ever-expanding list before I go to work.

Til the next update!