Moving to Germany

I mentioned in my last post that I applied for a position in Wiesbaden, Germany. I found out on Friday that I got the job. Kristie and I are very excited about his new prospect. It's a job in the Europe Area office working with Language Arts curriculum for all the schools in Europe, and it will entail traveling to schools and meeting with teachers. While this is not an administration position, I will be out of the classroom. I was a bit sad about that, until I started the think about angry parents, grades, essay grading, etc. It all started to feel pretty good after that!

The best news of all is that we will be living in Europe, the main reason why we joined DoDDS in the first place. We are looking forward to all the new traveling that is before us. And, now that we'll be living in a locale that is more appealing, perhaps we can warrant a visit from friends. Start thinking about it.

The downside of accepting this job is that it starts earlier. We'll leave Portland to go to Germany on July 30. This, along with my workshop in D.C. in June, cuts down on the summer.

We have a few questions for you Portlanders to help us this summer:

1. Do you know of a place to rent in Portland from July 1 - 30? Perhaps someone from school or church needs a house-sitter, or is between rental contracts?

2. We are looking to borrow/rent/buy a car for those same dates. Any possibilities?

3. We also may need short-term housing for Aslan as we are trying to get her to Germany. (We are even considering leaving her in the States this upcoming school year to see what the work travel load is like, but I'm sad even thinking about it).

I know this may be a lot to ask, but please keep your ears opened for us. We'd sure appreciate it.

I'm going this week to make flight plans. When I have the exact dates, I'll let you know. I hope that we can see each other this summer. For you Rhode Islanders, I'll be there from July 1-7.

Looking forward to seeing you all.