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 :)

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

See You Later, Alligator (July 3)

  • Happy Birthday to my Grandma Bell, who would have been 78 today. And to my beautiful kitty, Girl (and her brother, Boy), who would have been 12 today.
  • Winter and I cured a stupid day at school by eating frozen yogurt in my air conditioning before going to HomePlus :)
  • Before I got on the bus to Gyeongju, I bought a Coke from the stand in the terminal. I asked how much it was in Korean and the lady answered me in Korean - and then chuckled at my confused look. Even though I know how to ask how much something is, I only have a vague understanding of the number system,  so I'm usually lost when the shopkeeper answers me. Since this woman was kindly laughing at me, I asked her to repeat it a few more times, to show her I was trying to learn it. She happily obliged - her smile was so sweet :) 900 = gu baek (구백)
  • I met Hwan, Joe, Jeanette and Sai for dinner at Beef Before Flowers, as a mini send-off for Hwan, who leaves Thursday. We followed it up with coffee at Noriter (my new favorite cafe in GJ) and just enjoyed each other's company and conversation. It's hard to believe it's time to start saying goodbye to friends. Even though I said goodbye to Amos and Cordelle last week, seeing Hwan one last time tonight made me start to realize how sad these last few weeks will be. Although I'm happy to be going home, I will miss my new friends-who-are-family dearly. It will be a huge task, adjusting to life without them. I refuse to accept that this is "goodbye" though - simply, "see you later".
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