Psychological and Cultural Shoes...
I am currently at Georgetown in Washington, DC. It's surprisingly great here, except for the humidity. I am meeting some of the most interesting people here. Tonight, I was able to talk politics with a small group of people with severely diverse opinions about how the world should run. And, at the end, we can all still work together.

Since this is orientation for my program in Germany, I feel as if I'm in 'big kid' freshman orientation. We're all from different places, went to different universities (instead of high schools) and graduated with different degrees (instead of majors.). And, we all have to wear nametags and eat in the caf. Nonetheless, its fun.

Its kind of funny. It didn't hit me that I was leaving for Germany until Thursday morning when I said goodbye to my parents. My dad said the words 'Be safe. We'll see you in a year!' And, the word 'year' made my eyes well up with tears, but I had to suck it up and get through the metal detectors and get to my flight. But, I sat down in my window seat on the plane and just started sobbing.

I got to DC and now I'm confident about my new adventure. Just being with the students is awesome, because we're all in the same boat and can relate on that level. Anyway, I'm madly excited to learn german. Don't worry, I'll keep this in english...I suppose.

Today we just had lectures...a day full of lectures. This professor from American University talked to us about culture shock and I was so amused with the phrase 'Psychological and Cultural Shoes.' Actually, I think I just like the idea of 'psychological shoes'...I should sell that idea to Adidas or something...

Tomorrow, we're all going to DC proper...but, I'm not sure we're going to be doing that much site seeing. Oh well.

MfG (Props to those who know what 'MfG' means. I know I told one person the meaning!)