Ouu-bear-ahh-shung!

That is the pronunciation for "Überraschung!" Which is German for "surprise" and was exactly what I received after coming home from a really hot day of job searching. 


I woke up spanking early (seven in the morning, mind you) and went to look for a job walking. It was not fun going in and out of stores by myself but I made the effort and in the end I filled out three applications and got two interview dates. I also got my working papers that day. Here was an awkward situation...


Me: Excuse me, are you hiring?
Man: Yes...
Me: Could I please  get an application?
Man: I don't have them. You have to do really heavy work. You have to lift things more than once. Can you do it? If you can't you're wasting my time. If you can I'll give you the job. 
Me: *looks at crates* I can do it!
Man: You can do it?
Me: Yes!
Man: Do you go to school?
Me: Yes!
Man: NO. This is a permanent job, not a summer job. You're wasting my time. *mutters*
Me: Kay.


So after that I came home really tired and checked my email and Überraschung! AFS matched me to a host family! I was super excited and still am. I have a host mom, Sigrid, a dad, Dieter (I have no idea how to pronounce the parents' names) a sister, Isabel, and a brother, Darius. The sister is, or is turning, 19 and the brother is 15, so I may be going to school with him. They also have a cat Dassi!

Though I'd tried really hard not to create any expectations I was really expecting on the location. They do not live in Hamburg, Leipzig, Magdeburg, or Berlin. But, they live 60km away from Frankfurt, in Linden (Großen- Linden). They even said that they had a train that went from Frankfurt to Linden, so I imagine it wouldn't be difficult at all to get there. Linden is pretty much in the middle of Germany. Since Germany is a funny shaped country you can kinda tell it's not in the north or west but, more towards the east and the south yet it still seems to be in the middle.



If you thought I was excited about the news you should have seen my grandma who went nuts. She was already trying to pick out the host family gift I'd be giving each of them (even though I already bought a few). And my mom was talking to me about what to wear since I now knew the region. She was also asking me if I was more likely to be with the brother or the sister. It's been really crazy around my house with the news, but I'm happy anyway and sent the an email. REPLY PEOPLE, REPLY!


"I'm on the verge breakdown, I'm on the brink of an epic meltdown." -Craig Mabbit