I just received confirmation from Craig Childers, my old friend and Lord of Language Courses at the Goethe-Institut in Washington, DC, for my 8-week intensive German-language course in Berlin-Mitte that’s starting on 8 March and going through the end of April, from 8:30 AM through 1 PM, Monday-Thursday and 8:30 AM-Noon, Friday.

And since the the Goethe-Institut is affiliated with the German Government and also Deutsche Bahn AG, I also get health care, discounted rail tickets, and all sorts of other social program sort of “we spoil students” stuff, which I will be sure to enjoy thoroughly.

I am so giddy that I have already purchased and permanent-marker-labeled a red quadrille-graphed Moleskine notebook and all the other sort of “school nerd” sort of stuff. My next step is finding the perfect pencil case and backpack.