It's Official!

The Visas for Lithuania have arrived, the plane tickets have been purchased, we have our shots and most other t's have been crossed and i's dotted (except for the ones we have probably forgotten), so unless you take into account the empty suitcases, we are ready to begin the adventure of a lifetime.

I decided to start this blog for two reasons - to keep touch with you all while we are away, and to help me remember details of our life in Lithuania that I might otherwise forget.

For the one or two of you who have not already been subjected to our story, Del was chosen to be a Fulbright scholar and will be teaching in the library school at Klaipeda University for five months. ( Klaipeda is a port city and is reported to be quite beautiful.)  In order for me to stay the entire time, I am required to have some function other than Del's wife, so the University asked me to teach English as a Second language to faculty and staff at the University.  I had assumed that I would be asked to volunteer in a primary school, so let's just say that on Wednesday's, you will probably hear my knees knocking together all the way from Klaipeda.  I've asked for advice from a professional, attended a course on accent modification and bought a backpack full of materials,  so let's just pray that I don't humiliate myself, the State Department and the citizens of the United States.  I dreamed last week that no one showed up for the second week's class, but I had eaten spicy food quite late that night, so I am going to pretend that caused it.

My goal for this week, aside from the whole packing thing, is to learn to import pictures to this blog.  Now don't laugh, relatives, I figured out how to download pictures taken in 2008 from my camera on Saturday, so there is hope.