International House Hunters (Where are we now?)
It has been a while since my last post, almost a year to be exact and a lot has changed since then. To fill you in: When I left Spain at the end of the spring last year I was under the assumption that I would be back at the end of the summer. I had a job lined up teaching English and everything. Then came the problems with getting a work Visa from the Spanish government. Long story short, I was denied but had had the foresight to look for jobs here in Michigan. Literally (and this was one of those moments when I thought that there must be some higher power looking out for me) the same day that I found out I would not be able to LEGALLY return to Spain, I received a phone call for an interview at UofM for a teaching position. This was already midsummer so I was more than excited. Turns out that even though I was a horrible, sweaty mess (since my interview coincided with the HOTTEST week ever) that I charmed them enough to get a job for the year teaching Spanish. Right around this same...