Wake Me Up When September Starts

All right, now things get fun.

On Wednesday, my TESOL certification course came to an end, which makes me endlessly happy. That thing stole my August. I emailed the hiring manager of the DAI, the institute at which I'd like to work, and expressed my interest and included a resume. Making a resume for something other than theater was a first-time experience for this little college grad.

I found out about an English production of Twelfth Night that is going on in Tübingen and emailed the director - he said that the ensemble would workshop the piece together before staging it, and that the casting would happen during that time, and that I was more than welcome to join. So I think I may have gotten myself my first acting role in a foreign country!

Last night I went bar-hopping with my two guy roommates - I haven't spent much time at all with them, so it was pretty cool of them to invite me along. We went to
four different bars, taking turns buying rounds, and finally ended up at a electronic club. It was fun to verge on the yet-unexplored bar side of the town.

I spent the last couple days making sure everything is in order for my vacation to London. Tomorrow morning I catch a bus at 4:20 in the morning, arrive at Stuttgart airport at 5:30, get on a plane to Stansted airport at 6:45, arrive in the UK (losing an hour) at 7:25, get on a shuttle to downtown London at 7:55 and arrive around 9:30 in the morning - and then start exploring.

I haven't planned much to do once I arrive - I'm definitely going to try to catch a couple plays while I'm there, and see as much as I can. Since I don't have an income yet, it's going to be as economical of a trip as possible...which may be hard to do in one of the most expensive cities in the world, but we'll see.

I get back to Tübingen on Thursday, have a workshop of Twelfth Night on Saturday, and start my German classes Monday.

I'll let you know next week how everything went!