update on my life, summer 2006
yes… it -is- four in the morning.
luckily i don’t have to be up for anything! tomorrow…
this is my summer break. with the exception of wednesday night dinners, where i (true to filipino form) cook for a ton of people who come over and hang out with me in return for the free food, i don’t really have any responsibilities.
last year, this time of year, although it was nice, well… it also drove me crazy!!! here i was with all this free time! i could go on trips for long weekends! i could leave on thursday and be back by monday night (when i had classes at ucr). and i would say - “hey! come out with me, you-person-that-has-a-job!”
it never worked. people had these things called “jobs” and they had to be “responsible” and and they always had to “be somewhere”. pshaw!!! they couldn’t just run off with me… and those that could run off with me, well, they could do that cuz they didn’t have a job… but that also meant that they hadn’t had a job so they had no money to accompany me. it rather sucked. i spent most of my days cooped up in my house (cuz seriously, would you go outside in -that- heat?!?!?), and i would wait for nighttime to roll around…
and then at night, i HAD to go to UCR for summer school. bleah… that’s the worst thing - to be free for dozens of hours with no one to spend that time with, and then to get busy the moment they’re free. on a side note, that was also the sucky thing about being a waitress when the rest of your friends worked nine-to-five’s, cuz it was pretty much the same thing - i was home all day but then go work at night when my roommates got home. yuck!
SOO.... (and this would be the part where the aforementioned long-awaited update is!) anyways, SOO.... i decided this summer would be different. with no summer school to attend, and pretty much the entire summer free, i decided i would do something that i’ve wanted to do ALL MY LIFE!
I’M UP AND GOIN’ TO SPAIN!!!
that’s right… i’m gonna live in europe! well… live there for six weeks, if you wanna get technical about it. growing up, i heard my dad’s stories of his adventures swimming the mediterranean, etc, and i always thought it’d be cool to travel and rack up stories of my own =) and those of you who’ve known me for quite a while will know that i’ve tried everything to move outta loma linda! every year it was a new place - whether i was trying to get a “job” (a loosely used term because they weren’t gonna pay me at all!) in the philippines, or go to taiwan for the summer, or teach math in english in japan, i was -always- on the move. i think part of the reason philippines and japan fell thru was because no matter how adventurous i was, i wasn’t gonna quit my job for something temporary in another country that would leave me more in debt than when i started. that was not my idea of how jobs were s’posed to work.
but see… spain is perfect for me now! i have a job - and i will have a job when i come back! that’s the beauty of being a teacher! i’m old enough and wise enough *hopefully* to take care of myself in another country. i’ve lived in ecuador and so therefore i speak spanish - so i won’t be so lost running around spain all by myself.
oh wait, i didn’t mention that? yeah… i’m going alone! i bought my tickets on sale (only $585 from lax-manchester!) and i emailed all my friends and invited them to join me. marlene will be with me for the first week and she’ll come back july 6, but i’ll be gallivanting around until august 8. yup! you heard me right! i’m leaving next week (june 27) and i’ll be back august 8!! that’s 6 weeks exact!
everyone asks - “what are you gonna do there - teach?” and no - the answer simply is, i’m gonna live there! my grand plan: find a house where i can live/rent out a room, wake up, lounge around, go down to the beach, come back and sit in a cafe, siesta, maybe hit up a museum or some other cultural touristy thing, and then go out at night. go to bed, sleep, and then repeat! doesn’t it sound great? =)
so… keep in touch… email me… i got an international cell phone and i’ll be posting my number as soon as i get a sim card - please call me and make sure i’m still alive! email me and comment on my blogs and my pictures! send me info/links to any cool things you think i might be able to see while in spain! basically, keep in touch and keep me grounded in reality so i actually come back - i know that’s what you’re thinking - that i’ll go there and never come back ‘states-side’ =)
anyways, if you would like to come celebrate the start of summer, or have a fare-well party for me, then you can swing by my place this saturday afternoon/night, so that you can swim, barbecue, play cranium, boggle, and catchphrase, and then end the night with poker! i would love to see you…
I must say, your “grand plan” sounds awesome. I am completely envious of you. Good luck and be safe! I’ll be praying for you.
Posted by Jordan on 06/23 at 01:15 AM*grin*
i know, it’s the best plan ever! =) thanks for the prayers =) i will be needing them!!
Posted by on 06/23 at 02:10 AMMal: “Jayne: Go play with your night-stick.”
--Episode #6, “Our Mrs Reynolds”
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