Completed: day one

Start: Wednesday 7:30 am mountain time
Salt Lake international for Chicago
from Chicago to Frankfurt Germany
from Frankfurt to International airport Kyiv
Airport to apartment
End: Thursday 8:30 am mountain time

It is currently 5:30 friday morning in Kyiv! I am sitting in our dark living room trying to calculate how I feel exactly to be here. I can tell you one thing, I really don't think it has hit me yet. I will be here until June 5th!? waaahhhhhhhattt?
While I figure out when it's all going to surface, I will tell you about my new home and role here for the next 137 days.
I am the head teacher over the Kyiv 1 schools being: Planet school, Central and Nyvky school.
This means I travel to-and-fro to schools and make sure everyone is comfy, enjoying teaching, and doing it right!
I am in charge of 11 awesome girls and one cool guy.
I work with our native coordinator Oksana who has proven to be super helpful so far - she has the personality I would imagine from a young Ukrainian blond model tall girl.. Kind of sassy, but funny and so great.
I live on the tenth floor of an old apartment building with the most terrifying elevators I have ever stepped into! There are two - the one on the left and the one on the right. The left one is a mean monster that will try to kill you if you don't move quick enough. It also happens to be the smaller of the two, like uncomfortably small so already being a little freaked out I did not appreciate it borderline violently shutting  on both myself and my luggage! I will only ride the left-vator from now on!
I live in room 69 with the blue door. I feel like I am locking myself into a safe when I enter the apartment, I first shut the blue door and lock it and then shut a thicker padded door and have the option to lock it in three different ways.. Classy?
Can I tell you about my room key real quick?! I love random little knick-knacks and do-dads, I also love pretty little things, I like to take pictures a lot of pictures of things that fit these descriptions (almost as much as I like to take pictures of food), so here you are!

It is so cool looking! And I am digging the Utah key chain with little moose, eagle and bear charms - it will help me remember who I am, a mountain child from the promise land - booyah

Ze Apartmento

 It's a fairly good sized apartment!

-living room-

..notice the beautiful rug adoring the wall..

..the door leads to a little windowed back porch deal, but it is far too cold to go out there yet..

-kitchen!! so cute-

I haven't snapped any pictures of the bedroom.. but basically we have one twin and a bunk bed and a little futon.
I live here with two head teachers from Kyiv 2, Cami and Marie. They are fantastic and partially insane (in a good way), there is much fun to be had!

Today will consist of familiarizing myself and the teachers with the schools, some orientation, some training and some good ole getting to know you type stuff which all and all will last from 10 until lunch time which is 2 pm! I am kind of excited to see what Ukrainian school lunch has in store for us..

Afterwards I plan on exploring and visiting the local market to see what foods are available and delicious enough to fill my belly for the next 5 months! Gahhh I could really do with finding an excellent brand of chocolate, cheese and bread. I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH HOW THRILLED I AM TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY BOUNTIFUL IN BREAD AND DAIRY. Oh it would be nice to have some fruits and vegetables as well, and an exercise plan... I HAVE A WEDDING DRESS I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIT INTO WHEN I GET HOME!
Speaking of, I a lot of people have asked me how I am doing being away from my Love.

Let me tell you. I miss him, I love him dearly, I love seeing his handsome face and hearing his manly man voice as much as possible but most of all I love how happy and excited he is that I am having this experience! Bless his sweet heart, it makes being here so much better knowing I am coming home to my learned fiancé (he just the Pre-enginieering program at UVU so he is a busy LEARNER and WORKER) and then jump into planning our wedding! Preston, I love you more than peanut butter.

It is going to be an amazing year

That's all for now folks! Time to start a new day!

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