I am so happy and excited to announce that I am done with graduate school! I did it. I finished my Master’s program. No more homework, staying up late to finish papers, and no more deadlines! I am a free woman. I completed my degree online through Troy University, and I loved my experience. My […]
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New girl on the block, and in the office…
So Korea has been really great so far, but the biggest challenges in my life right now are adjusting to a new job and adjusting to living with my fiancé. It’s doubly hard because I come home from work exhausted and in need of a break from the newness of it all, to find that […]
Expectations, Changes, and the Road Ahead
Confession: I struggle with insomnia. I consider myself a night owl, so when I get in bed and I’m not completely exhausted, my thoughts usually swirl in my head until the wee hours, making it impossible to sleep. Recently I had stomach pain that made it hard for me to fall asleep, and the next […]
Gone with the Cherry Blossoms
It’s my last day of Spring Break and I’m sad to see it go. I got a lot done and I’m excited for the new school year to start because I know some of my teachers will have moved around and I will have new students at elementary school and my elementary school students will […]
Expat Life and Holiday Cheer
My mom is sending me a mini Christmas tree, my dad sent presents and food, and I bought a Santa hat recently. Although I live in Japan, where Christmas is more of a romantic date night than anything, it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. When I was in Kyoto as a student, I […]
Making Excuses… and Going to Concerts!
Recently my archery friend asked me why I haven’t been to Kyudo in a while. I told her I was sick for a week, and I often have homework due on the days that practice runs. It has also been too cold to make myself get up and put on my uniform and walk all […]
A (Sickly) Sweet Weekend
My boyfriend Junkyu came to visit this weekend! We had a long weekend in Japan, so even though he arrived on Saturday afternoon, we had three days to spend together before he had to go back to Korea. He got sick the week before he came, and I (half-jokingly) told him that he better not […]
The Pros and Cons of Being an Assistant Language Teacher
The JET Program has been sending native speakers to Japan for almost 30 years to teach in classrooms as language teachers, mostly for English. The program was designed to improve communication and understanding between Japan and foreign counties, and it gets a lot of criticism. Whether or not the English education system has improved since […]
On Courage: Being a Gryffindor
Being an expat is exhausting sometimes, and although we expats have moved across the world to live our dreams, we aren’t immune to fear. I’ve been learning lately that it’s okay to be afraid of things, even though I want to present the best me. Recently my boyfriend and I started watching the Harry Potter […]
Entertainment: Waste of Time? Or an Expat’s Escape?
Graduate school papers and tests, lesson plans, studying, cleaning the house, etc. All of these things take up a lot of my time. My brain doesn’t like to let me waste time, and I usually feel guilty about watching too much YouTube, and I tell myself that if I don’t do something productive, I will […]
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