Czech Yo'self Before You Wreck Yo'self

Get used to lame Czech pun titles because I'm finally making this Prague thing happen! I am now officially accepted to the TEFL certification course.  All I have to do now is get payment sorted out. Easier typed than done.

The course starts on January 6th, 2014, which just so happens to be my birthday. For my 22nd, I was in New Orleans for a cruise to Mexico, and now I'll be in Prague. I should keep this going and have my birthday in a different city every year. It's convenient that my birthday comes shortly after Christmas and the New Year because it gives me an excuse to be on vacation for two whole weeks. Good planning, Mom and Dad.

I haven't had a post recently because I was trying to figure out what exactly was going on with my life. I had just wrapped up teaching for IRD and was trying to decide how to deal with my Kirksville furniture. I woke up in South Dakota that Monday morning, flew to St. Louis, stayed there Tuesday, drove to the Lake of the Ozarks Wednesday, took my mom's suburban to Kirksville Friday, stuffed it full of furniture and leftover winter clothes, took it back to the Lake Saturday afternoon, and drove back up to St. Louis on Sunday. That was a long and exhausting week, but it was nice to visit my homes.  

 Not that this is my home anymore. It's empty. Just like my heart.

I even saw a strapping young ginger of indeterminate gender moving in. Made me miss Daniel.

However, I am happy to call Stonehenge (our house nickname) in St. Louis my new home for the fall. It will be great living here full time instead of leaving every weekend to teach. I have gone back to serving tables full-time to save up money for Prague, but I have also been asked to teach for IRD again! In September, I'll be teaching college students speed reading, textbooks skills, journal articles, and some great works of fiction for two weekends. Because the curriculum is a bit different from the summer adult reading class, I have to have some more teacher training. I'll be doing that this week between serving shifts. I'm not too pumped about serving again, but it's going to pay for what I need, and I'll keep my eyes up for other opportunities. In any case, it's good to know I'll be Mr. Brownell again in a few weeks.

I'd love to hear from people in the comments section of my blog! I'm new to traveling internationally, so I would really appreciate tips on airfare, visas, banking, PayPal, etc. It's all going to be a lot of work, and I'm sure I'll be at wit's end often, but I love having this goal to work towards. And after the Prague course, Mr. Brownell will go international!

-Anthony