(I wish.)
I'm counting down to the weeks left of school! And not JUST school! THREE WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Although when I think about it, some of my teachers may as well be speaking a foreign language because I can hardly understand them anyway. I mean, an A in geometry all year? Can someone explain THAT to me?
ANYWAY.
I also have kind of an update:
First, let's do a quick Q&A session, kind of like the way I figured out all I needed to for exchange:
Almost every question that people ask me is either: "Are you getting excited?" and "When do you leave?"
Well, in all honesty, I'd love to know when I'm leaving as much as the next guy and unfortunately I'm still kind of waiting. Not to fret though, I'll know soon, just like everyone who's friends with me on facebook when I post some kind of an all caps lock status update.
Am I getting excited? I suppose to keep things simple I'd just say yes, I'm getting very excited. If I wanted to be accurate though, I'd say that there is no getting excited for exchange. As you may recall I almost knocked photo frames off the wall, fell out my seat with a seatbelt on, and shattered two cellphones with excitement...and that was just December. So to say the least, I've been excited.
MOVING ON:
In one of my posts way, way back I mentioned that I don't need a visa to study abroad in Denmark (A visa is not the traditional swipe-n-go money card people think of, in this case it's a residence permit and if I didn't have it I'd technically not legally be allowed in Denmark.) Some countries however, don't require visa's to study there (from what I've heard), and Denmark is apparently not one of those countries. So change of plans, I need a residence permit after all. I also need to make an in person appearance at a consulate in order to receive that, and when I find out where that is there will be blogs with lots and lots of photos. It will not be in Washington however, because there is not a Danish consulate in Washington state.
I also said that I'd be leaving around August 25th in a past blog post, and that too has changed. In one set of rules and regulations that I had to read over, sign, and scan back to the ADC of my Danish district it was written that I'd be leaving around (so not exactly) the first weekend of August. I've also heard that many people are expected to arrive in Denmark August 8th or 9th, and actually some people have purchased their airline tickets for that weekend also. I am still in the process of filling out my residence permit application, which needs to happen before I actually get the residence permit, and until I get my residence permit, I won't purchase my airline tickets. Thus, until I purchase my airline tickets, I won't know the exact date that I hop on an airplane yelling "FREE AT LASSSTTT."
Nah just kidding, I'll put on some kind of convincing show for my moms sake at the airport... (I say because she reads my blog ;-) )
For all the people that ask me questions about exchange though, I love it when you ask questions, and please feel free to KEEP asking me questions because eventually my answers will get a little less repetitive.
One last thing (I'm sorry this blog post is super long) PLEASE START THINKING ABOUT ASKING YOUR PARENTS TO BE AN EXCHANGE STUDENT, EITHER SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE, AND ALREADY I'VE EXPERIENCED THINGS THAT I CAN'T REALLY DESCRIBE. I WANT YOU TO FEEL THE SAME HAPPINESS AND EXCITEMENT THAT I DO. Applications are typically turned in to Rotary in September but applying to be an exchange student is not an overnight process. It took me about five months to fully think about this along with my parents before handing in my application (which was the scariest and most satisfying moment of my life).
TWO MONTHS TO DENMARK!!!!!!!! (I should probably stop wishing my time away now)...
Vi ses! :-)
