Laowai

I have mostly photos of my garden and things I've made but what's really on my mind lately is my oldest daughter.

I feel like we're in a period of holding our nerve. You see she has her heart set on going to college in a German speaking country. While all the other seniors at her school are enjoying their last bit of high school, knowing where they will be going in the fall, Bea won't know her fate for a while yet. I feel like we've been trying to educate ourselves about the Universities and their application procedures for a really long time. She has been able to apply to one school but we have to wait for her transcript to be complete for the others and then she has to take a test for most of the schools on her list. It will be months before we know if she gets accepted… or not. And then I'm not really sure how the timing works. Seems like she gets accepted and then school starts a week later for some places. When do you figure out a place to live (dorms are not a thing over there).

Anyway it's such strange time. It's amazing that she is in her last week of high school right now. And I want so badly for her to get what she wants. She'll be off to Germany soon – several weeks to improve her German speaking skills just like last summer. What can I do but busy myself with weeding and planting and picking flowers while we all wait anxiously.