Updates!

So first of all, my plane ticket has been purchased! I got it through STA Travel, which is a pretty sweet site wiith some pretty sweet deals. I used it when I studied abroad too. I leave on September 21st, arrive in London on the 22nd and spend 3 hours there before flying to Paris. Then I am hoping to take a train straight from Charles De Gaule to Saumur (with one change of trains). I'll only have a little over an hour to get to it though, so I'm gonna hold off and buy that ticket when I get there I think. Otherwise I'll go through Paris to get to the Montparnasse train station and get a train from there. I'd much rather not have to deal with Paris though.

Second of all, I have secured the apartment at my school! It will be around 185 euros a month, not positive becaues the person who deals with the budget won't be back until September, but it's cheaper than other apartments, so that is good. The only bad part as of right now is that it doesn't have wifi, so I will most likely be buying some sort of livebox or something when I get there. But that is doable since the rent isn't too much. So far my contact person seems really nice and helpul. She gave me a bunch of information on the apartment, and offered to get me from the train station when I arrive! 

So then once I get there I'll have a little over a week to get a bank account set up and cell phone and all that good stuff. I have my cell phone from when I studied abroad that I will most likely use for the first few weeks, then I am thinking that I will try to use my cell phone from here, which means I will need to get it unlocked.

So next on my to-do list is my visa appointment in a couple of weeks. So I need to get all of that stuff in order. Meaning my work contract, passport photo, a long-stay application form, drivers license, OFII form, and copies of everything. 

I also need to get an apostille on my birth certificate, which I think is just a sticker which certifies it internationally. 

Thennn I need to make a decision about if I want to see if I can get my birth certificate translated here or if I want to wait until I get to France. 

It would also be a good idea to start brainstorming things that I can do in the classroom, since I have no ideas right now. 

In the meantime, I'm in Texas visiting my dad and my brother. Nothing too exciting, but its nice to not do anything since I have a feeling the next couple of months are going to get busy.