Things are about to get ugly. I can feel it. Ok, so ugly is a bit dramatic, but this is the long pause before violent winds of change. I feel like I should hold my breath or shut my eyes but then it might go too fast and I won't be organized. Yes even I fear disorganization.
We don't have a contract yet, but the past couple of days we've had interesting phone coversations with recruiters who are pushing us for details and information. Some of them saying, "Wow, I don't know if we can find you a job if you don't take this one". While others are just as laid back as we are about the whole thing. We're not sweating - We've already turned down about 4 different positions and we are still about 1 month out. Sigh. Patience is the name of the game.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Wow... I'm actually Blogging
This all started with an e-mail. You know one of those ones that tells someone what you're up to that you wish you'd copied and pasted for everyone to read to let them know what's really going on. Well this is the e-mail. It was written to our friend Jane from Austrailia. We met her and her husband Brian in Austrailia on our honeymoon. Curtis has written her a few times but this is the first time since our honeymoon that I wrote.
Hi Jane!
Hehehehe... Thank goodness for Curtis and his immovable loyalty! It's so nice to hear from you and to keep one toe on the time we shared in Fiji, while the rest of us is in the daily life. Thanks for thinking of us and keeping in touch. It's great to hear about you and Brian and how things are in your life. I'm glad things are mostly well and I'm glad for you that you don't rely on the farm for your livelihood. It's getting difficult for many farmers I think. In Canada you need to own a huge farm even to make any profit. Sigh, what to do?
In this sleepy little town things are changing very quickly. They are building a Walmart on the other end of town and most people are really excited about it. I'd rather buy locally, but you can't convince people who are trying to budget the best they can. They are also starting the process of building a nuclear power plant here. It's really controversial and the reactions have been dramatic! There is a fun contest on to build the best scarecrow. Right now it's fall here and there are many different harvest festivals and things like that. The local environmental group made a scarecrow and named it mother earth and I guess someone didn't like it enough to burn it down!! Luckily it wasn't super close to any buildings and the straw burned down so quickly that there wasn't much other damage done. It was very strange to me to have such a violent reaction to something that ought to be accepted as a positive way of thinking by now. What is it like there? Are most people environmentally friendly?
Yes we are Korea bound!! One month to go and very very excited. I think Curtis is nervous sometimes because he doesn't have experience working with kids. I know he'll do fine, but they can throw you into the fire there if they need a warm body in a classroom. He's friendly, he'll be fine. It will feel quite different being on the other side of the world! I keep thinking about how it will be and sometimes I get faint images, but it's mostly blank. I have no idea!! It's a good think that kind of thing is more exciting to me than scary hehehe. I'm not sure exactly how close we'll be, it will definitely be much closer than right now, and the invitation is open to come and stay with us in our flat. It's going to be a squeeze, but it could be a great opportunity to visit Korea if you're up for an adventure. The thing I can't quite get over is being away for Christmas. I've never missed one with my parents. Here comes the sobs!!! I'll hold them for when I'm actually there and it's acutally Christmas Day.... waaaaaaaa!!! hehehe... I guess we've got to start our own traditions sometime.
Well that's about all that's new for now. We'll hear from you soon!
Hi Jane!
Hehehehe... Thank goodness for Curtis and his immovable loyalty! It's so nice to hear from you and to keep one toe on the time we shared in Fiji, while the rest of us is in the daily life. Thanks for thinking of us and keeping in touch. It's great to hear about you and Brian and how things are in your life. I'm glad things are mostly well and I'm glad for you that you don't rely on the farm for your livelihood. It's getting difficult for many farmers I think. In Canada you need to own a huge farm even to make any profit. Sigh, what to do?
In this sleepy little town things are changing very quickly. They are building a Walmart on the other end of town and most people are really excited about it. I'd rather buy locally, but you can't convince people who are trying to budget the best they can. They are also starting the process of building a nuclear power plant here. It's really controversial and the reactions have been dramatic! There is a fun contest on to build the best scarecrow. Right now it's fall here and there are many different harvest festivals and things like that. The local environmental group made a scarecrow and named it mother earth and I guess someone didn't like it enough to burn it down!! Luckily it wasn't super close to any buildings and the straw burned down so quickly that there wasn't much other damage done. It was very strange to me to have such a violent reaction to something that ought to be accepted as a positive way of thinking by now. What is it like there? Are most people environmentally friendly?
Yes we are Korea bound!! One month to go and very very excited. I think Curtis is nervous sometimes because he doesn't have experience working with kids. I know he'll do fine, but they can throw you into the fire there if they need a warm body in a classroom. He's friendly, he'll be fine. It will feel quite different being on the other side of the world! I keep thinking about how it will be and sometimes I get faint images, but it's mostly blank. I have no idea!! It's a good think that kind of thing is more exciting to me than scary hehehe. I'm not sure exactly how close we'll be, it will definitely be much closer than right now, and the invitation is open to come and stay with us in our flat. It's going to be a squeeze, but it could be a great opportunity to visit Korea if you're up for an adventure. The thing I can't quite get over is being away for Christmas. I've never missed one with my parents. Here comes the sobs!!! I'll hold them for when I'm actually there and it's acutally Christmas Day.... waaaaaaaa!!! hehehe... I guess we've got to start our own traditions sometime.
Well that's about all that's new for now. We'll hear from you soon!
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