Packing & Still Anxious

I should totally be packing...instead here I am sitting at the computer (or in this case my tv...).  Waiting on the trusty 'ol iPhone to sync movies and whatnot, and then it will update it's new confangled software.  Here's hoping that goes well, otherwise I'll be annoyed.  Speaking of the trusty 'ol iPhone, Jeremy got me the international data plan, so I can pull up maps and whatnot in Russia...ok I MIGHT update my FB status once or twice too.  I'm getting excited to go, but it's just so overwhelming to think I'm going so far away without my husband.  He's said he's a little anxious about it and that of course he'll miss me, but I really think he is totally freaking out that I'm going well across the pond without him......those thoughts aren't helping me be less anxious. Oh well, I know I'm a smart, strong, well traveled girl, so I'll survive and have a great time while I'm there.  Well next time my little blog readers I'll post from Russia....they have WiFi there right....???? HAHAHA!

Anxious...

I am getting excited about going to Russia, but I am also really anxious.  Not only about traveling to a place where I have little to no grasp on the language, but I'm traveling without Jeremy.  That's really scary...I mean I don't mind doing stuff on my own, but traveling about Russia...??? I'm trying to be of the mindset that I am excited and I'll be experiencing amazing things....I'll let you know how that works...lol. In the meantime I have to get some serious landry done and pack most of my stuff.  The weather is looking rather nice, in the 60's-high 70's, chance of rain a couple of days, but otherwise looking forward to a temp 10 degrees cooler.

More Russia

So Kathy and I decided to create a blog for our trip to Russia, and that way we can document everything we are doing in real time to later use in our classrooms and keep our coworkers up to date. In addition, we are adding the blog to our media release through Fund for Teachers so they can keep up with what we did with our trip and how effective our research was and whether it was a good donation of their monies. I would love it if you all followed that blog as well...although I will of course blog my own unedited thoughts on here...but all the pics and whatnot will be posted to the russia blog. My friend Kathy and I will both be posting...super excited about it!

From Russia with Love...

Ok so I am just now getting time to sit down and type that I am GOING TO RUSSIA THIS SUMMER! It's been crazy busy since I found out...it's a trip through a Fund for Teachers Grant that a couple of co-workers applied for, sadly (for them) one of them can't go, so I get to go instead (happy for me!) It is a whirl wind to get the paperwork in for the grant people and to pick what kind of tours or cities we want to visit and for how long. Right now it is looking like 7 days in Mosow and St. Petersburg with my wonderful co-worker Kathy D!!! We are going to study Russian composers and the influence that the culture and oppression has had on the music and dance of Russia. (So it kinda goes with my previous trip to San Fran for Keeping Score with the San Fransico Symphony.) Anyways, I AM SUPER EXCITED AND CAN'T WAIT! (Sad that I'm going without Jeremy though....) I will post more details later...