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pseydtonneThose of you that know me in the real world have heard me talk about the Hypothetical Trip to France. I have been wanting to get my spoken French from "fumbling a lot and scared to speak when not stoned" to "good enough to be a taxi driver". I've been doing a lot of research and found that it would be most useful to study in France instead of Quebec because the programs may be equal but the chat time outside class will be in a French I can fathom.
I want to spend about four weeks in an immersion class and wind up with a DELF B2 Certificate, which would mean I officially wouldn't suck all that much in French. Obviously this isn't cheap, and I only get unpaid time off at work. Thus I would need enough money to pay for two months of rent and sundry while I'm gone, a month's housing and classes, a round trip ticket to some western European hub, and enough petty cash to keep from dying. I set a number in my head (eight grand) as the desired buffer.
My grandmother died in January of last year and we'd been waiting for the probate and estate process to finish. My dad had offered me half of his cut. I had long since filed this somewhere between "when Moschiach comes" and "long enough off" because so much weirdness happened. Heck, I assumed the money would dissolve in legal fees and that would be the end of it.
I can finally drop the word 'hypothetical' and swap it with "How Soon Can I Take a". The money is real -- real enough that my parents used a little of their money today to buy a 40" LCD television with cash. There is a cut check with my name on it.
Oh wow, this is so exciting! I'm ready to fly about the room, let alone fly to Yurp. I still have to narrow down my short-list candidates for the class, let the boss know I'll be gone for five weeks, make a deposit on a program, schedule a flight and sit on my hands for a few weeks while I count down to departure (airlines tickets are cheapest when you can wait at least three weeks). Does anyone know why the return flight's price shoots up one your return date is more than 30 days from departure?
I want to spend about four weeks in an immersion class and wind up with a DELF B2 Certificate, which would mean I officially wouldn't suck all that much in French. Obviously this isn't cheap, and I only get unpaid time off at work. Thus I would need enough money to pay for two months of rent and sundry while I'm gone, a month's housing and classes, a round trip ticket to some western European hub, and enough petty cash to keep from dying. I set a number in my head (eight grand) as the desired buffer.
My grandmother died in January of last year and we'd been waiting for the probate and estate process to finish. My dad had offered me half of his cut. I had long since filed this somewhere between "when Moschiach comes" and "long enough off" because so much weirdness happened. Heck, I assumed the money would dissolve in legal fees and that would be the end of it.
I can finally drop the word 'hypothetical' and swap it with "How Soon Can I Take a". The money is real -- real enough that my parents used a little of their money today to buy a 40" LCD television with cash. There is a cut check with my name on it.
Oh wow, this is so exciting! I'm ready to fly about the room, let alone fly to Yurp. I still have to narrow down my short-list candidates for the class, let the boss know I'll be gone for five weeks, make a deposit on a program, schedule a flight and sit on my hands for a few weeks while I count down to departure (airlines tickets are cheapest when you can wait at least three weeks). Does anyone know why the return flight's price shoots up one your return date is more than 30 days from departure?
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Date: 2008-08-22 02:37 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-22 03:51 am (UTC)That is AWESOME news. I am so happy for you!!!
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Date: 2008-08-22 04:25 am (UTC)I feel as emotionally prepared as I can be. I'm still debating whether to spend three or four weeks in class. I'm starting to think the former so that I have more time to see France.
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Date: 2008-08-22 06:43 am (UTC)Lunch on the 3rd? I don't have ANY idea what my schedule will be but I want to do something. :)
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Date: 2008-08-22 07:44 am (UTC)Yes lunch and hanging out! Meet you at your place and we'll... shoot the scheisse. I have so many questions about France to ask you. By then I'll probably have tickets and a reservation at a class, so my angle will be a little different.
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Date: 2008-08-22 09:37 am (UTC)And I have no idea, as I've never taken a trip for longer than a month and thus have not noticed.
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Date: 2008-08-22 10:07 am (UTC)Then again, I'm blowing all sorts of time researching flights. It's almost cost efficient to fly to Frankfurt instead of Paris and taking the train.
I flew to London for $75 round trip!
Date: 2008-08-22 10:16 am (UTC)I'd say if it's more cost-effective, do it.
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Date: 2008-08-22 03:49 pm (UTC)So will I get to see you again before you leave? I'm still going to be home playing convalescent next week as well (prob. through Labor Day), and I'd love to have more time to hang out w/you...
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Date: 2008-08-23 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-22 10:24 pm (UTC)Awesome! Congrats! Do it! I can't wait to hear all about it!!!
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Date: 2008-08-23 12:37 am (UTC)