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, November 18, 2012

The Bus Is Rolling (Nov 15)

  • I really enjoy riding the bus to work. Now that I'm not driving to Farmington several times a week, I'm able to take the bus to and from work and I've gotten into the habit of doing it almost every day. It's really interesting, comparing this experience to riding the bus in Korea. First, Koreans have pretty homogeneous looks. I'm not saying it's hard to tell them apart. Korean people just generally look very similar. But people on my Ypsi/AA look very different - from Koreans and from each other. Second, there are too many seats on these buses. It's nice when I get a seat (something I could count on less than 50% of time in Pohang), but there is not enough standing room and people don't stand in the back (where there are more seats)...they just crowd in the front when the bus is full. Third, the buses have rushed past me 3 times this week (THAT is the same as Korea), BUT sometimes the driver waits several minutes for passengers who are rushing across the parking lot! No wonder the schedules are kind of unreliable :/ It's really frustrating. Despite these things, it's really nice to have the public transit available and FREE to me. I still need my car but I've saved a lot of money on gas so far. Yay!
  • Had a wonderful surprise mini-Korea-reunion with Ashley, Dave from England, Shelby, Jordan and Abby! Dave is visiting for a few weeks so we had dinner at Sticks (yay Ypsi awesomeness) and it ended up being Trivia Night! We named ourselves the "Ajummas" and had a pretty great time :) Plus, it was wonderful to catch up with everyone, especially Abby and Ashley (my Pohangers!). I want to see them again soon!
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