Apartment Pictures!

Around the 3rd week of June, we received our apartment assignment. First from the current family living in the apartment and then the official notice from the school. We are so excited to finally know where and what our "nest" looks like.

We will be living on the 15th floor of what is termed a "western style" apartment. The apartment is a spacious 3 bedroom 2 bath furnished spot. We are fortunate to have a washer and a dryer, air conditioning and our own hot water heater. From what we've learned all of these things are quite rare and we are lucky to have been assigned these accommodations. Oh and yes, the building has a working elevator.

The picture is the view from the apartment!

Finishing up School!

Finishing up school is always difficult, when combined with packing up classrooms, living in a hotel and planning for "the big move" the task became exhausting. However, everything came together and a few days into June school year 2008-2009 was a memory.

Packing up my classroom was particularly interesting for me. I was torn between keeping those treasured teaching materials that I've used for 14 years and realizing that I would no longer be teaching teenagers, but needed to keep things that a 7 year old would use...mmm, yeah so I pitched everything (well, donated and gave to other teachers) and left my classroom with 1, yes 1 arm full of stuff.

Next step is vacation for the family. Our plan is to travel around this summer and get as much "Americana" as we can before we leave for Ukraine.