Dreiunddreizig Tage bevor Deutschland/Türkiye'den önce ellidört gün

Hello everyone!
     Since it was sunny and beautiful in our little town whose weather usually resembles that of a town on the side of Mount Doom, I decided to take a few days off from the blog and enjoy the beautiful weather.
     This week is the big week. Not only will I find out about the travel grant for which I applied through the graduate office, but also I will audition for the Cecilian grant and sing in the New Music Recital. Did I mention these events are scheduled to take place all on the same day, April 15th? It is all incredibly exciting; however, and I am ready not be wondering about financial aid. I have prepared other letters to be sent out to previous donors asking them to follow along with my blog, and, if they are able, to donate towards this exciting project. Those will be mailed this week as well.
     Yesterday I had a successful shopping day at the used clothing stores buying summer dresses. I attempted to peruse my summer clothing collection the day before last only to find, it did not exist. I have no summer clothing whatsoever. And I do not think it will be beneficial to wear the sweaters and heavy winter clothing I have currently. So, in my attempt to conserve packing space, I decided to buy dresses that can be paired with jackets and cardigans and if needed, leggings.
      It has been interesting researching what one should wear in Germany and Turkey throughout the summer. When I went to Rome to sing with a summer opera company, I was told by my Italian instructor not to wear open toed shoes because that is considered rude. This was not at all the case as the tourists ended up being some of the only people wearing closed toed shoes and consequently having very hot feet while the Italians enjoyed the luxury of sandles and appropriate 90-110 weather shoe attire. My Italian teacher did not mention; however, that there was no public toilet paper....
       Things are slowly starting to fall into place. While the end of the semester fast approaches, I am trying very hard to stay focused on studies, on my own private voice students and playing their pieces for them, and on all the current tasks at hand. It is most definitely becoming increasingly challenging; though, as I find my heart and mind are more and more in Turkey and Germany.