I live in Germany now. How strange!

On July 18, I got an unexpected letter from the International School of Ulm/Neu-Ulm asking me if I would be interested in applying to teach for them.  I would be teaching computer skills to middle and high school students (60%) and doing troubleshooting for teachers (40%).  I had a Skype interview the same day.  The 20th I had another interview from the lower school (elementary school) and then I got hired immediately. All this was taking place while I was in Pamplona, Spain in an English immersion program.  I flew home on the 25th of July and taught an engineering camp for North Carolina State University from the 27 - 31 of July and my mom and sister came to help me pack on the 1st of August.  So:
July 17:  Starting the English Immersion program in Pamplona, Spain with Vaughn Town.
July 18:  Got an e-mail inviting me to be interviewed.  Then had a Skype interview.
July 20:  2nd Skype interview and got offered a job.
July 25:  Flew home.
July 27 - 31:  Engineering Camp for NCSU.
Aug. 1:  I sell my car and Mom and Stacy come to help me pack.
Aug. 4:  Fiorella and Arisha come and help pack - who knew I could cram so much into a tiny space!
Aug. 6:  Get everything stamped to be official in Germany.  Thanks Kelly for the rides!
Aug. 7:  Leave for Germany.
Aug. 8:  Start living in Germany.

The school sent me a 5 choices of places to live.  I chose the one closest to the school.

The bed is a double, but the mattress is a futon mattress, so I may try
 to figure out a way to make it more comfortable.

Watch out for that door!  It locks behind you,
so make sure you always have your keys.  (I have a really nice landlord.)
The door is also see-through, so anyone can see anything that is going on in my apartment.

 This tub does have a shower curtain and a place to hang the sprayer, so I can have "normal" showers.

The roof isn't that bad. I can even have tall people over and they won't hit their heads!

There is an American sized fridge that is not shown!  Thank heaven I have a freezer and a big fridge!  I had to buy a microwave on day 1.  I can't imagine cooking in this heat!

This is all I brought.  It was a pain to put it on the train, but I survived!  

Thanks to some really nice German people!

Cool things I have noticed:  

1.  The train station had a conveyor belt for suitcases.  I was worried about having to carry all my luggage up stairs.  Nope, just put it on the conveyor belt and it climbs the stairs beside you.  

2.  My principal spent hours with me driving me here and there for food, a fan, and a microwave.  Thank heaven on the way to get the fan, I saw a hair dryer!  I almost forgot to buy one!!!!  Averted Tragedy!  My principal lives really close to me and he showed me how I could get everything I needed without going to an actual grocery store.  He took me into a store that sold drinks - I assumed only alcohol, but surprisingly, it also sold juice and soda - woo hoo!  There is a bakery almost across the street from my apartment - woo hoo!!!

3.  My landlord is the sweetest man!  He had me come into his apartment downstairs and introduced me to his wife who gave me water and tried to make me feel comfortable when I was locked out.  (Luckily when he realized he had been trying the outside door instead of the apartment key, it opened quickly.)  I really just wanted to cry because I was sleeping when he woke me up to give me the outside door key and that's when the door shut behind me.  I just wanted sleep.  He later came up and helped me get wifi and tried to fix my TV.  I'm not sure why he is trying to fix my TV.  I'm sure it's all in German and I probably will choose to watch streaming TV on my computer instead.  I tried to tell him, by using google translate, but he wants to fix it for me.  Sweet man!

4.  My fan.  The heat isn't bad when I have the fan blasting on me.  It's only 1/2 way put together because it's in German.  I didn't actually use any screws - couldn't figure out where they went.  But the fan is working and I'm cool, so good enough.