Beginning to be Back.

Well, I've been home for 11 days now. It's been busy too: lots of visiting, eating, driving, adjusting. I'm living with the rents for now which has been pretty good for the most part, considering I used to absolutely hate the thought of staying there for extended periods of time. I suppose the bottom line is that I can't afford to move out yet until I have a job lined up...

Speaking of which, job searching in itself is like a job...I've been applying for whatever openings there are at the local school districts in Holland and Grand Rapids as well as to whatever other appealing jobs I've come across. I also interviewed with a child care center for a head teacher position. When I asked about the compensation she said, "well, I start head teachers at $7.25/hr, but since you have a bachelor's degree I'll start you at $7.50". I almost spat in her face.

Korea sometimes seems like a distant memory, and I can feel it slipping from my grasp already. As much as I was looking forward to coming home for the variety of food, I definitely miss the convenience and the tastes of Korean food. I like having a car and driving again, but I hate having to be dependent on it. I catch myself doing little bows to people and using the Korean "uh" in response to people, I don't even know if I did that so much while I was actually in Korea, but it's somehow trickled into my vocabulary.

As far as what's next, I'm still unsure. I'm not sure where I want to go to school. I have to find out what the best option is considering how long it will take, where I'm living/working, and how much it will cost. Those three things are so inter-dependent on each other. I'm not going to choose where to live until I have a job and I can't really start going to school until either 2nd semester or next fall...so I'm still at square 1.

Until then, I'm going to enjoy myself in sunny Florida. I'm in the Detroit airport actually. I had a very early flight from Grand Rapids and hardly slept last night due to fretting over my maid of honor speech...

Will post piccies when I return.