What I've Been Up To

I apologize profusely for being so terrible about updating this. For those who care(which you obviously DO, since you're reading this), the last month or two has been really tumultous. It basically consisted of the following:

1) Grad school apps, grad schools apps, and more apps. I had 3 apps to finish by January 16th, and they went down to the wire. I'll hear from schools starting in March. With luck, I'll be doing an MA in International Affairs at one of the following 4 schools: the Tufts Fletcher School, the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, the GW Elliott School of Foreign Service, the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, or William Paterson University's program on International Affairs and Public Policy.

2) Busy Christmas with the family and friends all over Germany. I've posted some pics below for your enjoyment.

3) Finishing my German class at the university, doing Buddhist meditation when I have the time(which has been rare), and teaching 12 classes a week at my high school. The teaching takes a ton of time because I have a 3 hour+ round-trip commute, plus I have lots of lesson planning to do. It's the most challenging thing I've ever done, but it's also really satisfying when I do it well.

I'll post more soon on some of my adventures at a high school in a small Saxon city! If you can read German, you read about it in an article on me here:
http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=1381397

Otherwise, you'll just have to wait until I finish translating it. I had my pic in color in there too, but I'll have to scan it