...It has been TWO months since my last blog entry. I apologise profusely! Much has happened in the interim...birthday celebrations and Mudfest festivities, saying goodbye to good friends, and the formulation of THE PLAN.
The middle/end of summer is a bittersweet time in Korea...yes, it signals vacation (!) but also the end of many a contract. This month we say goodbye to five friends; this is the first round of farewells for me, so to get hit with five at once was quite a blow. Added to that, it seems everyone's vacation landed on the end of July/beginning of August...sadly, my school has decided to break away from the crowd and have my vacation at the end of August. And believe me, that two week difference IS a difference...It means I get to teach summer camp while my friends are in far-off places...leaving me with no travel companions during my two weeks of bliss. I have come up with a solution, however, and that is to travel within K-Land for my two weeks. This allows me to save money up to fund the first phase of...THE PLAN.
What is THE PLAN, you ask? Well. It is the oh so important half-assed-answer to "So, what are you going to do when you get back? What are you going to do with the REST OF YOUR LIFE?" (This, by the way, is a horrible question. I, and all other college graduates of the last 3 or 4 years, would appreciate it if you shelved it for awhile.)
So. The first phase of THE PLAN is to put off actually thinking about the future for as long as possible. Thus, I figure a good ole trip to Europe before I go home would be a good idea. The length of this trip is yet to be determined, though I'll tentatively say I'll be home for Thanksgiving. I have a friend from home joining me on my wanderings to help facilitate this procrastination ploy.
Second phase of THE PLAN. Arrive home and prepare for graduate school/certificate program/second bachelors degree in either Graphic Design or Film/TV Production. Preparations would include attending community college courses to help me determine which I want to go with, to update my non-existant portfolio, and to acquire letters of recommendation. This will hopefully not only get me an ever so slightly more marketable degree than photography (ha!) but will allow me to relocate when I choose my school. Sorry AZ, we're on the outs.
Well, while that didn't exactly sum up the last two months of life in the land of the morning calm, it's what I felt like typing at the moment. More posts may be forthcoming, as I am in fact desk warming this week (desk warming: "mind numbing period of time when foreign teachers, i.e. ME, must come to school during vacation time and sit at their desk, doing nothing."). AND before you say it, if you've never had to desk warm, you have no idea how terrible it is. Water boarding has nothing on this.
End of transmission.
