Oh jet lag, how I hate you.

I should be in bed already but jet lag has struck again. It has been a bear this time around and I am really tired of it. But I wanted to give you a little taste of the perfection that this day has brought, barring the aforementioned jet lag.

I had a late lunch with Tereza, who I met in Texarkana this past winter. She was an exchange student whose host mom happened to be an old friend of mine. She was so excited when she heard I was moving to Prague. Do you know how rare it is to meet a Czech who has been to Texas, needless to say Texarkana? I think Tereza and I have a special connection and I can't wait to spend more time with her.

After lunch, I met up with a former student. I haven't seen her since I left in 2006. She's in university now and we had a nice evening together. She went with me to look at a flat. Then we had dinner. We had a really good talk about things going on in her life and that was exciting. I'm so glad I can reconnect with former students.

Then, when I was walking to the flat from the tram stop, I came upon two hedgehogs! They were so cute, rooting around, sniffing for something. I hope they find what they were looking for. I watched them until I couldn't see them anymore. I love hedgehogs. This first week has been filled with a lot of my favorite things about the Czech Republic. I've only had really one frustrating moment, actually 40 minutes of frustration but it is so small in comparison to the great things that have been happening.

Getting Settled In

I arrived in Prague Friday afternoon after a really long travel day. The flight from LAX to Frankfurt was quite noisy. For some reason, many people thought they should stand in the aisles and talk loudly while people were trying to sleep. Needless to say, I didn't get much. Then we had to run to get our connecting flight. I was literally one the last ones to board. Thanks to Shelly for helping me with my carry on! The flight attendants were not very helpful and told me I had too much stuff. I told her I was moving to Europe, so of course I would have the max allowed. Thank goodness it was a very short flight because I was dripping in sweat and had to hold my backpack in my lap. But I am in Prague and that is all that matters!

I am slowly settling in. I don't want to get too settled because I will be moving into my own flat soon. Just have to find one first. I have been impressed with my Czech skills. I was able to buy credits for my phone pretty easily. The only problem is that I don't seem to have a signal here in the flat. I have a few errands to run tomorrow. I'm buying a metro pass and I need to pick up my insurance papers. I'm also having lunch with Kelly tomorrow. Yea!

I'm going to run for now. Need to fix some lunch and finish organizing a few things. I miss y'all but I so excited to be here!