You would think that after moving and re-finding dojos I would be over this whole "Woah! I forgot how much I love karate!" thing ( Read more... )

This trip has taught me many things ( Read more... )

But you all know that. I thought it would be over by now, having babied myself for two days straight, not gone out to exercise with Melissa, and eaten a box of oreos due to the stress of it. Okay, the oreos were probably a bad idea but I needed comfort goddammit! I've been drinking tea and OJ, sleeping and making minimal efforts to go outside while ( Read more... )

As I sit here, again, wondering about my future, the stress continues to pile on. Who am I? What am I good at?

I didn't start this because I was feeling bad for myself. Actually, it was because my week had been so unusually positive. I recently have been trying to just be myself, whoever that is. It's difficult for an introvert to truly expose ( Read more... )

Soooo I have a massive crush on one of the teachers at my school. Crazy ridiculousness!
Pretty much from Day One I've been intrigued by him, and six months in I still have this terrible tendency to get really happy when I see him out of the corner of my eye. Or if he says "hello" and "good bye" to me. 
But logically I cannot, should not, pursue him. ( Read more... )

Okay, so anyone following me on this (which is probably just me, myself, and I) will probably want to know what actually happened!

Let's just say a lot!!

I have been in Japan just over a month now and things are going great and not? I was put to work ASAP and all the research in the world probably could not have fully prepared me for all the ( Read more... )

   Welcome back home me!    
Well, for the next nine days that is!!!

At 6 AM on March 13th, I will climbing onto a United airplane and heading to Japan!!!

That's right, I'm finally doing it! Just go word from the company that the school district in Sano wants to contract me so I'll be on my way out soon to go teach English!
 
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All was well on the home front; I had started intense packing, Becky had come over and we made Valentine chocolates, and all was looking pretty fantastic ( Read more... )

Well, originally the interview was supposed to be 9PM Friday, Japan time (6AM Central) but, due to a storm in Japan it failed to occur ( Read more... )

Okay so this past month has been rife with roller coasters of the self but things are looking amazing!

These past two weeks I've been applying like a mad woman to ALT positions in Japan (ALT = Assistant Language Teacher), and I've recently heard back from one company!

Now, I'm not dumb and I've done my research. Although it doesn't have the string of ( Read more... )