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 :)

Monday, June 4, 2012

Scooter Chase (June 3)


  • Happy Birthday to my lovely Mama!
  • I got to talk to Shelby's parents with her today. They seem so awesome and down-to-earth; I think it would be cool to meet them in “real life”.
  • I decided to stay in Andong today and go to the historic Hahoe village with Shelby and her friend Leozanda. It was a really hot day but it was also really neat to go to the village. We saw a traditional Andong Mask Dance, bought some awesome cheap souvenirs and – best of all – rode 3-wheeled stand-up scooters around the village for half an hour! They were 10K for 30 minutes but it was so hot and we needed to get around fast that we didn’t care. And they were soooo fun! And lots of the Korean people we passed (who were also sight-seeing) smiled or laughed in a “Oh the foreigners are so cute” kind of way.


My favorite character in the mask dan


On the train ride home :)

  •  We got back to Andong city in time for me to catch the train. It was actually cheaper than the bus and way smoother. I technically had a standing-room ticket but, luckily I found an empty seat and grabbed it before the Korean teen girl got to it. I also successfully got a small refund on my ticket when I decided to stay in Gyeongju for a little while to get dinner with Jeanette. We ate at Beef Before Flowers and it was yummy – as always.


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