Saaaaaaaaaad! Why am I still here??
Well, now that I've worked as a camp counselor for the Okinawa kids again this year, I'm really really ready to go to Japan. Seriously. I had so much fun for the 18 days they were here. We went to a Twin's game (they won), Mall of America (bought some jeans and didn't lose any of the kids!), Valley Fair (tornado warning), and of course the local mall (twice..!)The counselors, in addition to not letting the children hurt themselves or run off into the wilderness, had to conduct tutoring sessions every available day at 4pm. I had 10 junior high students. They're loud. And oddly enough do not want to do their homework. It was a challenge figuring out how to help the five loud kids and the five quiet kids because even though the loud ones want more attention, they also want to learn. So I couldn't just ignore them...
In any case, they had a good time. They went on a homestay weekend, they rock climbed, went swimming, fishing, played basketball, played soccer, played baseball (they like sports), had a cookout or two, ate smores, hiked to the chapel around the lake, oh yeah, and had classes. It was a busy time. I MISS THEM!
So yeah, I'm anxiously awaiting the 24th. I. Want. To. Go. To. Japan.
In the meantime I'll study my Japanese. I'm also planning to do a sort of midwest road trip in order to say goodbye to my relatives and best friends before I leave for a year. Yeeeeeeeah. Laters.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Working for Real
Two days ago I dropped off my friend Katie at the airport. She'll be living in India for 3-12 months. She's just one of a bunch of people I know leaving the country after graduating college. I think that makes us all pretty cool. And I'm not just saying that because I'm one of those people leaving the country ;p
I am going to be working as an ESL instructor in Okinawa, Japan beginning the first of September. I leave August 24th. While I will be teaching English, I want you to keep in mind that this is my blog...so screw those English-y rules, yeah? Anyway, I decided to begin blogging (again) because I have been going through boxes and boxes of my old stuff and it made me feel (I use the term loosely) like the student part of my life is really over now. I'm jumping into adulthood. That means instead of cool stick figure drawings and stupid diary entries, I have to pay bills and think seriously about the "future" and the "economy" and shit like that. I just want to read Harry Potter and forget the rest...
Back to that whole "going to Okinawa" thing. I'll be gone for a year. I think I'll be able to live without six months of winter. Just maybe. I'm a little worried about making friends because it isn't the same as moving to a different place in the states since people here speak English. And I'm teaching high schoolers, so it's not like I'm gonna want to be bff's with them or anything. Hmm. If I could've been in Tokyo it would've been SO easy and I wouldn't be worried about this at all...oh well. I'm sure I'll be fine. What I'm MORE worried about is how I'll survive without Laura! Gah! Most likely I will suffer. Visit me, Laura!! You have to you have to!
Okay, well. I'm going to stop. I think I've gone on enough for now. I'm just glad that I'll be working at a job that I actually wanted in a place I like. And they're paying me! And they're paying me, "In this economy!" Go figure.
peace out
I am going to be working as an ESL instructor in Okinawa, Japan beginning the first of September. I leave August 24th. While I will be teaching English, I want you to keep in mind that this is my blog...so screw those English-y rules, yeah? Anyway, I decided to begin blogging (again) because I have been going through boxes and boxes of my old stuff and it made me feel (I use the term loosely) like the student part of my life is really over now. I'm jumping into adulthood. That means instead of cool stick figure drawings and stupid diary entries, I have to pay bills and think seriously about the "future" and the "economy" and shit like that. I just want to read Harry Potter and forget the rest...
Back to that whole "going to Okinawa" thing. I'll be gone for a year. I think I'll be able to live without six months of winter. Just maybe. I'm a little worried about making friends because it isn't the same as moving to a different place in the states since people here speak English. And I'm teaching high schoolers, so it's not like I'm gonna want to be bff's with them or anything. Hmm. If I could've been in Tokyo it would've been SO easy and I wouldn't be worried about this at all...oh well. I'm sure I'll be fine. What I'm MORE worried about is how I'll survive without Laura! Gah! Most likely I will suffer. Visit me, Laura!! You have to you have to!
Okay, well. I'm going to stop. I think I've gone on enough for now. I'm just glad that I'll be working at a job that I actually wanted in a place I like. And they're paying me! And they're paying me, "In this economy!" Go figure.
peace out
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