I wrote a whole bloody post and then lost it. Argh. Too tired to write another one. Fucking computers.

I have new things!

For example, new glasses :

So worth the money. My old glasses had lost the nose pads, were wonky and about three years old! I like these ones because they don’t cover my face as much but are still kinda cool. Has to be said, the selection of (affordable non-designer) glasses at Specsavers has improved IMMENSELY since I first had to get glasses.

Something else which is new:

www.elenacresci.co.uk

I have my very own website now! How cool is that? My boyfriend suggested that I get one, reasoning that there isn’t much need for a schnazzy title with a name like mine. Though I wouldn’t mind one.

I’m meant to be packing right now, but I’m still taking my sweet time with that. I’m leaving on Friday, how scary is that?

What’s even scarier is that I have 20kg in which to pack my life, in order to kart it off to Dortmund. It means that I have to leave some of my shoes behind – a terrible fate indeed for us shoeaholics.

I woke up on Saturday with that horrible nervous feeling in the pit of my stomach. It comes back intermittently, but I’m trying my best not to feel too nervous about the whole thing. The language barrier is what worries me the most – I know it’ll be hard, but I don’t want it to be a case of me copping out and using English, and thus losing some valuable German practice. I’m living there to become fluent after all, I don’t want it to be a waste.

I think the next update will probably be from the airport or in Germany itself! Ooooh there’s that horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach again…

Lots and lots has happened since I last wrote (or gushed…) about Torchwood!

1) I found a place to live in Dortmund! I’m sub-leasing the room of a girl who is going to Wolverhampton until March – I spoke to one of my housemates today, he seemed really cool. They’re all photographers, which should be interesting! After March, I’m staying in this Guesthouse I found, which, if I remember correctly, is on the same street as where I’m going to be living for the first part of the year! So it’s worked out pretty well in the end. Interestingly, my friend received a phonecall from her school the other day and was told by her Betreuungslehrerin that she shouldn’t look online because she will, in all likelihood, get a bad deal. I thought I should mention it if perhaps one day someone were to chance on this blog looking for information about an Assistantship abroad. However, my experience has been really positive – I think it’s pretty much the same as when you look for student accommodation; luck of the draw. You could get a shit landlord or you could get  one who can’t do enough for you, there’s plenty of both types around, so I wouldn’t rule out sites like Wg-Gesucht.

2) Speaking of landlords, still haven’t had my deposit back, grr. My housemates aren’t happy either as they have to pay deposit and rent for their place this year and need that money. I’m going to keep calling him and texting him until he does it.

3) I’m slooowly getting everything done for Germany. EHIC has been ordered, accommodation sorted, cash account from Nationwide (because they’re the only bank who don’t charge for taking money out at a foreign cashpoint)… I still need to sort my contact lenses and some more medical stuff. I also badly need new glasses – mine broke earlier this week, and while they’ve been fixed now, they’re still missing those plastic bits that go by your nose and I think after three years I need a new pair…

4) I’ve been sewing a hell of a lot of stuff. I found this awesome site, Burdastyle, where you can get free and/or cheap patterns that you print off at home. So far I’ve made two dresses, two skirts and there’s a top lying around that’s not really finished. I are ze sewing masterr! I have a profile on there now, which I’ll be updating soon, and I’ll update here with a proper blog post at some point…