My sister reminded me my birthday was coming up next Sunday, and she and my mom asked me what I wanted to do. I honestly didn't realize it was happening so soon. I dislike birthdays, dislike trying to think of something special to do. It made me think about what I did on previous birthdays. I was always unhappy on my birthdays during my teenage ( Read more... )

I did my first Korean lesson today. 안녕하세요!

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.

Job is over. :( Kids are all gone now. This is the first year I hugged them goodbye. Such sweeties...

Now I need to learn Korean...

 

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"Fewer periods? Yay! Now we don't have to leave the tribe and go sit in that hut for a week. That was a bummer."

I still laugh so hard. I miss Sarah!

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Taking the job. Strangely not all that excited. Feel very subdued.

But wasn't excited about Japan either.

Honestly, I think I'd rather die than go through a health check. I hate doctors and I hate needles.

I'm starting to realize this may be a serious problem...

Cleaning up for my move back to SA and keep finding bits and pieces of the thesis writing process everywhere. I really scribbled a lot of crap down, only to never look at these slips of paper and post it notes again ( Read more... )

Ugh, moving soon. Can't sleep! I'm going to try again in a bit ( Read more... )

I was thinking. Writing a thesis is a lot like having a baby. It's painful and emotional and messy and you hate yourself for deciding to do this. You're in absolute agony as it's coming out and all you want to do is just go home and rest, but you can't stop now. Then, it's over and you sleep for a while. You wake up and feel all proud and ( Read more... )