Holy crap, 23 days.

I leave for Berlin in 23 days. There's so much I need to do!

I got some information from the accommodations department, but it's not terribly specific. Just things like "you'll have a fully-furnished room and linens and a shelf in the fridge where you can keep stuff" and "you may arrive 2 May and you must leave by 29 May."

Also, we're to show up at the Institut for the language placement test sometime 3 May and the course begins 4 May at 1 pm (ish). I'm terrified that my reading comprehension and written grammar (which the online placement exam puts me in C1 for, where C2 is the highest) will be higher than my conversation ability, which has suffered greatly in the dozen years since I've actively spoken in German.

Wenn ich auf Deutsch schreibe oder lese, kann ich Wörter nachschlagen, etwa überlegen. Ist nicht so einfach beim Reden, weisste? Wird sehen, ja?

Also: HOLY CRAP I'M GOING TO GERMANY IN LESS THAN A MONTH. JUST OVER THREE WEEKS. HOLY CRAP.

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Also, also, re Berlin: in the email we got, they said to let them know if there were any special preferences we had, like no pets or an internet connection. So I wrote and said I need a non smoking apartment, because I can't breathe smoke, and internet would be cool if possible, and if I could live in the city center that would be cool but I understand if they can't accommodate that request. And pets are OK, and I like cats, and maybe if there's a cat I won't miss mine so much.

The housing director wrote back, and said that non-smoking was no problem, and there's no lack of apartments with cats in Berlin. As far as internet and location, they'll see what they can do, and hope they can offer me a suitable apartment.

Holy crap, y'all, this is getting real! And coming up really soon! And I'm so not ready oh god!