Less than 2 weeks... *contact info*

11 days and counting. I've been talking to my Germany family(ies) and everything seems to be set on their end(s). I'm excited, anxious, nervous.. all to be expected I guess. I fly out Tuesday morning (July 21st) to DC and after oreintation there for 2days, I fly to Frankfurt on the 24th. I wish I didn't have so much to do right about now, these next couple weeks are the last times I have to see all my friends and family, and I'm stuck trying to learn German, and the culture, and pack, and sort, and purchase... it will all pay off, I'm just waiting for it. I'm all signed up for Skype now (Skype ID: Xo. Racquel), so I just have to get my webcam and I should be set. If you all want to e-mail me, that will be the best way to contact me, or facebook, because live chatting requires alot of scheduling or alot of luck. My e-mail is:
Xo.Racquel@gmail.com
I'll check it as much as I can, I should have internet access everynight, and I'm attached to my computer at the hip, so it should work out, but I'll still take a few days to get back to you I would imagine. Don't expect a whole lot of contact with me during the first month or so, I heard I'll be in some serious culture shock, and won't want to have a lot of contact with America, so don't take it personal. I also thought I'd include my German contact information, in case snail-mail is more your forte.
For the first month, I'll be in Everswinkel, Germany and commuting to Warendorf, Germany for "intense culture-and-language training" (to decrease the cultureshock), for 6 hour a day classes for 25ish days. And after that I'll be moving to my permanent family, some miles away. From July 24th - August 20th 2009 my contact info will be as follows:

Address: ME
Kamenzstraße 10
Everswinkel, Germany 48351
*Keep in mind that travel time for international mail can be up to a week, so don't send anything past August 10th or so to this address. - your best bet will almost always be electronic communication*

Their home phone number is 49-2582-9819 - I wouldn't suggest calling it though, especially without looking at your phone contract before dialing out. I'll call when I can, and when it's not like 4am your time. I'm roughly 7 hours ahead (from Central Time).
Once I get my cell phone there I'll share the number with everyone, but I don't know yet how international calling costs will work from my German cell phone, to your American one, so again computer talk will be the easiest and cheapest. I don't think I'm worth $80 for a 5 minute phone call.
This website tells you how to call to Germany from the US:
http://www.howtocallabroad.com/germany/
I'll be with 3 Kids in my first home, along with a mother, father and grandmother. My host siblings are close to my age: Kati (18), Chrisoph (16), and Livia (11).

After August 22, my permanent family will come get me and take me to Hamburg, Germany, more north than Everswinkel (aka colder, which i'm not looking forward too...). And I will be with this family from August 22nd-?whenever I come home. That date is to be decided. The first week I believe we are going on vacation, camping by the See (ocean in German) for a week. So I will most likely be unavailable then. My contact info for this home is:

Address: ME again duh
Landjaegerstieg 16A
Hamburg, Germany 22117

By this time I should have a cell phone, or this will be the family to help me get one. So by September, that should be up and running. Their home phone is: 40-7100-8566, but again, I wouldn't call that, they don't speak much english, you'll have a hard time I can promise that. And I'll just sit behind them laughing at your confusion.
I'll have two host siblings here, Florin, my brother (15) and Julia (12), and a Mother and Father of course, no extended family though.

That's all the information I have for now, but should answer alot of questions. I'll miss everyone alot, and hope to see you before I leave!