I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Still It Takes Me By Surprise (Apr 12)

  • At lunch today, Office Guy gave Winter and I some information: Surprise! Class is done early and we’re going to dinner in Gyeongju on the school’s bill tonight! Okay...
  • So after teaching only one class, we met the 2nd grade teacher downstairs and she drove us to Gyeongju (along with one other staff member). We arrived earlier than most everyone else, so we were able to stroll along one of the lakes and enjoy the cherry blossoms. They were beautiful and the weather as fantastic.






Taken with Winter phone...omg right?

We eventually met up with some other teachers, wandered a little more and then had pre-dinner (vegetable and seafood pancakes) and makgeolli (막걸리 – Korean rice wine) at a very traditional restaurant. 

After that, we met up with everyone else at the main restaurant. Dinner was really good (there were a million side dishes – the vice principal chuckled when I tried to finish them/when I told him I hate to waste/leave food) and it was nice to finally talk to the staff outside of school. I mainly spoke (through Winter) to the principal, vice principal and head teacher, because we were sitting near them. But Office Guy kept checking in on us, making sure we had beverages and were eating well :) And the VP unofficially invited me to his house sometime! I hope that actually happens. He said it more like, “If I invited you, would you come?” (to which I replied, “Of course!”) rather than an outright invite so we’ll see. Oh and the head teacher was impressed with my ability to drink soju shots ;) Most people are actually...Anyways, it was a good night and I hope we have another dinner soon. 
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