It's Official!!

It's official. I'm 100% taking the job as an AuPair in Bonn, and moving to Germany in October. It can't come soon enough. I am beyond stoked. Two months from today I will have been in my new home for over a week. I can't get over how quickly this all came together. Well, I probably won't post on here any more until my departure date gets closer... ahhh so pumped.. can't wait for the month of September to be over :) I'm moving to GERMANY!!!!!

WOW

My mind is blown right now. I recieved an email from Kai a little bit ago and this is what it read:

Guten Morgen Megan,
thank you for the nice conversation. we didn't need lot time for a decision :-) we would be very happy to bid you welcome in our family! now its up to you. are there still some questions? just tell us what you think and how you decide.
yours, Lisa and Kai

..so this is definitely real. I feel like I have to constantly remind that this is all really happening--it's not just something that I am saying I might want to do, I'm actually doing it. I am moving to Germany. Whoa. I am so beyond excited I don't even know what to think. I am waiting until Monday night (today is Saturday) to give them my final answer because my mom is in Bristol, Tennessee right now for the race, and I think she might have a heart attack if she comes home to me just saying "oh yeah, here's the mail from the weekend, here's the papers, and oh by the way I'm moving to Germany for a year in about less than 2 months". But as you can already tell most likely, I know my answer :)

Wow. I just can't stop my mind from racing at the thought of everything. Eeek! I'm sooo excited!!

And Now We Wait..

Alright, so this is really all happening fast, and is very quickly becoming reality. I spoke on the phone today for about an hour and a half to Kai und Lisa, who are the very sweet couple that are very interested in having me as their live-in AuPair for a minimum of a year.. in Bonn.. Germany! At the end of our conversation, Kai let me know that him and Lisa are very sure that they would like to go ahead and extend the offer for me to come live with them, but of course wanted to give me a few days to really think it over. They will be contacting me in a few days to finalize the decision. So basically I have 2 or 3 days to think long and hard about if I want to go through with it. But, I am pretty sure I already know my answer :)
I would be leaving for Deutschland to begin my new life in Europe the second week of October.. basically as soon as I get home from visiting Travis and Lisa in Austin, TX, I would be packing up my American life and hoppin' the next plane to Deutschland. Whoa. This is all intense. I keep thinking its like a dream and need to remind myself that it all is really happening. I'm moving to Germany!??! What??!! This is crazy! Who graduates college and peaces out of the country? I guess I do. I'm so excited. Bonn seems like a pretty awesome city, and its so close to many things.. pretty much a perfect location where access to most of Western Europe is within 3-5 hours by train or car.
I have yet to call and tell my mother yet. Hmm.. maybe I should get on that. I talked to my brother, Travis, for a while about this amazing opportunity and he encouraged me to do it. I laughed and joked about how I continue to put off the "real world" now that I am no longer an undergrad and he said something that made me feel better/actually is more true than anything--he said "Megan, theres a little secret about 'the real world' and it is that whatever you are doing in your life at any moment, is the 'real world'" I guess he's right. And I figure, hey, I'm only young once, I have no real ties to any one place right now that would keep me from going--this is the beauty of single life ;)--so honestly, why the hell not?! And plus I can perfekt meine Deutsch :)

Ok.. I'm buggin' out and need to go call my mom.. I haven't let her know that her daughter is going to be moving to Europe. Maybe that's something I should do.. on second thought, it would be way more funny if I just send her a postcard when I get there..

Bis Morgen, Schlaf gut ohne Sorgen :)