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, August 6, 2012

An Unconscious Discovery (July 27)

  • I made an interesting discovery today. I did my laundry yesterday, not thinking that I’d need some of the laundered items today – like my bra. BUT in the extreme heat we’ve been having a damp bra was a miracle! The leftover water keep me cool for a long time, but wasn’t enough to soak through my clothes – perfect! 
  • I had dinner with Winter and Hye Sun tonight. We went to HomePlus and chose a restaurant on the 6th floor. There wasn’t anyone in there so we had a nice time, just by ourselves. The conversation was a mix of Korean, translation by Winter and English. After dinner, we went to this coffee/gelato store across the way and had both :) Hye Sun gave us gifts too! I got a lovely sparkly light purple headband. It was so cute. After that, we did a little shopping and then it was time to say goodbye. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be! I’m friends with Hye Sun on Facebook but, because of her limited English, it won’t be the same as keeping in touch with Jeanette or Liz on Facebook. Hopefully, I’ll get to go back and visit someday. 
  • Tonight I decided to stay up WAY too late to watch the Olympics Opening Ceremonies. It started at 9 p.m. London time – so 4 a.m. Korea time! It was worth it though. Although it wasn’t the same type of amazing as the Beijing ceremonies, I really loved it. Some of the highlights included: 
    • Patients from the hospital that Barry bequeathed his earnings from Peter Pan to 
    • The British anthem sung by an integrated deaf and hearing children’s choir 
    • An amazing visual history of Britain, where they tore away the countryside set to reveal one inspired by the Industrial Revolution that then forged the rings of the Olympics and gave way to the stage used for the rest of the show 
    • Wonderful accompaniment for the history portion that was drum/percussion-based 
    • A modern history of British pop music and culture that included children’s books and Sir Tim Bergers Lee – the inventor of the World Wide Web! 
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