Update, wheeee!!!
I had something really cool planned out to update last night, I'll have you know. Now I can't remember it for the life of me, but there was something, I swear.
I'm sitting in a new dining room chair my parents bought a few weeks ago. Ooh, the comfort!! My bottom feels at home. With a seat mushy, yet firm. Fascinated, aren't you? :) I'm in a weird mood. I think I'm on a sugar high. Would 3 small pieces of yeast chocolate cake do it? Hmm..
My friend and I are trying to make plans for discharge. Just over 6 weeks! Gah!!!! Life is gonna be so different.. I want to work in England for 6 months. G-d, that would be wonderful. I'd be amazed if I saved 3 pounds the whole time but man, to experience Britain! I'd love to. Gain a little culture, learn of the country, familiarize myself with the different accents and issues in the variuos regions. Maybe I could partly rid myself of this horrible American accent. I know its silly but I always feel so uncultured when I speak to someone with a "real" accent, as it were. Not that all British accents are something to write home about but still, they're better than the way I speak.
In any event that is probably not going to happen. I don't want to go alone and my friend is more into making money, which we will almost definitely not be able to do in Britain. Cost of living is SO frickin' high! And I really need to get advice from someone but I have no idea who to turn to. We need visas and work permits, I can't imagine that's so easy.. for me it might not be too difficult as I have American citizenship but for my friend I imagine it will be a lot more difficult.
So we've thought of coming to the States! She has family in San Francisco, we're hoping that might help. I really bless my stars for citizenship, it looks like our plans might really not work out as she needs to get not only a visa, but a Green Card. That is practically impossible for someone in their early 20's, particularly if they come from the Middle East (the American Foreign Department doesn't treat Israelis all that different than Lebanese or Saudis).
Anyhoo, these are all just ideas right now. I really hope it works out because I'd love to spend 6 months working abroad with my friend, independant. But if it doesn't work out with her I don't see myself coming alone. That's just no fun, and the fact is when I come to the States I feel like a foreigner.
I'm not expecting anything, but if by any chance you guys know of people or organizations we can turn to for advice, I'd appreciate the information. :)
Hope all is well with you guys. Tootles for now!
P.S. Anyone else always close the lj cut tags with cute and not cut?
I'm sitting in a new dining room chair my parents bought a few weeks ago. Ooh, the comfort!! My bottom feels at home. With a seat mushy, yet firm. Fascinated, aren't you? :) I'm in a weird mood. I think I'm on a sugar high. Would 3 small pieces of yeast chocolate cake do it? Hmm..
My friend and I are trying to make plans for discharge. Just over 6 weeks! Gah!!!! Life is gonna be so different.. I want to work in England for 6 months. G-d, that would be wonderful. I'd be amazed if I saved 3 pounds the whole time but man, to experience Britain! I'd love to. Gain a little culture, learn of the country, familiarize myself with the different accents and issues in the variuos regions. Maybe I could partly rid myself of this horrible American accent. I know its silly but I always feel so uncultured when I speak to someone with a "real" accent, as it were. Not that all British accents are something to write home about but still, they're better than the way I speak.
In any event that is probably not going to happen. I don't want to go alone and my friend is more into making money, which we will almost definitely not be able to do in Britain. Cost of living is SO frickin' high! And I really need to get advice from someone but I have no idea who to turn to. We need visas and work permits, I can't imagine that's so easy.. for me it might not be too difficult as I have American citizenship but for my friend I imagine it will be a lot more difficult.
So we've thought of coming to the States! She has family in San Francisco, we're hoping that might help. I really bless my stars for citizenship, it looks like our plans might really not work out as she needs to get not only a visa, but a Green Card. That is practically impossible for someone in their early 20's, particularly if they come from the Middle East (the American Foreign Department doesn't treat Israelis all that different than Lebanese or Saudis).
Anyhoo, these are all just ideas right now. I really hope it works out because I'd love to spend 6 months working abroad with my friend, independant. But if it doesn't work out with her I don't see myself coming alone. That's just no fun, and the fact is when I come to the States I feel like a foreigner.
I'm not expecting anything, but if by any chance you guys know of people or organizations we can turn to for advice, I'd appreciate the information. :)
Hope all is well with you guys. Tootles for now!
P.S. Anyone else always close the lj cut tags with cute and not cut?