In the beginning...

Last October, Maureen called and left a voice mail asking me if I would be interested in a scholorship trip to Germany. Well, I was in no hurry to call her back since I was pretty sure there was some kind of catch that would make such an offer possible! Boy-oh-boy, was I ever wrong!!

When I did finally call her back, almost laughing at her suggestion, I quickly decided this was nothing to laugh at...it was quite an interesting proposal she had! I spoke to Jay and learned a little bit more but most importantly, I had to act FAST!!

So, I completed the application, wrote an essay and submitted it all to Dennis of Rotary Club of Novato. He is the GSE Chairperson for the District and was working with the committee to arrange for interviews. I heard back from Dennis the following week and was invited for an interview about 10 days later.

By the time the interview date arrived, I wanted this. And after the interview went as well as it did, I wanted this bad!! I was more nervous driving to that interview than I had been in years...years I tell you! I was so nervous I couldn't help but laugh at myself...all the typical signs of nervousness were there...talking to myself...feeling like I had to pee but didn't really need to pee...getting there so early that I drove around for an additional 10 minutes not wanting to be TOO early, but certainly not late either. But, all giggling aside, I was so serious about this that I convinced myself that it wasn't about impressing the interview peeps...it was about totally and completely being myself. I decided if they were putting together a team who was going to successfully travel in a foreign country for a month, I wanted them to know as much as possible about the REAL me. Not that I am not "real"--but do they really need to see my potential bitchy-ness just yet?? If they wanted to put together a compatible team, then I was going to trust them by offering them total and complete authenticity and genuineness. I didn't want to spend a hard working, demanding, exhausting month with an unmatched team...I wanted the best and I was going to give them my best!!