Been writing up a little reflection on my experiences with the Campus Europae exchange studies in Latvia: http://www.positive-ecology.org/cv/CampusEuropae-Latvia.html
Also, inquired about accreditation of courses for English. Went better than expected; with a little luck, it will go pretty well.
Out of the one China application that was futile, another opportunity has opened up. I’m trying not to get my hopes up, but at least it is one more chance.
So, two of my three applications for going to East Asia have amounted to nothing; the decision on the last one will only become known mid-August. I’m not really hopeful anymore, but still waiting.
Meanwhile, this week I have started organizing accreditation of the courses I took in Latvia, and also of former lectures in biology for a potential teacher training in biology at University of Salzburg. I’ve been finding that I need to have biology, not only (but along with) languages and associated cultural issues be part of my work even in teacher training/teaching.
Should I really not make it to East Asia, the application for the second year abroad with Campus Europae will be handed in this summer… and I should have the money necessary for a little research trip in Europe.
Work is progressing with writing, both where publications and where my (planned, started, and immediately “resting”) professional blogs are concerned. Planned timeframe: Finishing the first of these things this month. Let’s see if I really manage that. Sure would be good to finally get a sense of progress… I’ve recently not felt like a researcher, even though I did some research and have been working on writing it up. It would be a lot better if I had a job (i.e., earned money) with that, but getting something published would be a step to breaking through my impasse, too.
Where training is concerned… that’s another post today.
Catching up, publishing this on 5/2/2008
Well, after a flurry of e-mails, my Campus Europae coordinator and I found that the Latvian language course I had taken last semester actually does include (or at least reach into) B1/intermediate language level.
So, that’s all right already. And how easy it eventually turned out, too 
The pharyngitis (sore throat) has been getting better and better, fortunately. I went out just for some errands, and to see if I can finally get some photography for a(nother) little project of mine done.
Since two days ago, swallowing is painful.
At least I can still sleep okay, and there is no other problem. Although, that’s actually something that concerns me, since it also means that I can’t say I simply had a cold: I simply have a sore throat, and very badly so, and no idea why and wherefore.
In fact, it’s so bad that I asked for sick leave from school. So, I’m taking the next two days off (and then there are holidays, and then I’m gone to Portugal).
Depending on how you see it, it’s the perfect or a pretty bad time for that. I actually don’t much like it; it’s a bit too much like extending the holidays.
I just hope I’ll get better, or I will have to go see a doctor. Before Portugal, let alone the Riga Marathon, I sure would like to be all right again!
A little late to tell me that, not least as the requirements were not like that when I started for this sojourn (and I read fine points like that only too carefully).
Not that I hadn’t been looking for interesting courses in Latvian, but even with the little that I feel I’m doing this semester, I am doing too much. Even so, I still don’t know whether I’ll get enough credits for CE at all… certainly not if I can’t finally manage to study and do my writing for this semester’s courses! Gorram, why do I like Russian so much that I pick up much just so - and then and therefore don’t really study!