Things I need to do...

Welp, a lot of things have happened this month.  I didn't mention it previously but I applied with a company called JoyTalk and interviewed with them back in January.  When I didn't hear back from them for over two months, I had given up on getting the job (because the start date was fast approaching March 27th.)  I emailed my ex-coworker Greg and told him about it and he suggested that I enroll in a TEFL course he found on Groupon.  (It was an amazing deal- a $599 course for $79!!)  So I did.

Then I heard from the recruiter at JoyTalk.
He told me that they'd like to offer me a placement in Tochigi prefecture starting on March 27th teaching at an elementary school and a junior high.

I started crying because I wanted to take it but the timing was just horrible.  So many things have happened since I interviewed with him... so many things.

The biggest thing that happened was that my paternal grandfather almost died.  This is what I told Grant, the recruiter, when I spoke with him, asking for a deferment.  But other things have changed too and I just cannot go to Japan next week... Especially because I thought that I hadn't gotten the job and had given up on it.

So, things will progress as planned until August.  I will go to South Korea and Japan in late April/early May with Katie.  I will go to Kelsey's graduation, and stay with my job at Sports Authority.  I will get the TEFL certification (starting the class as soon as I finish this post,) and I will have that under my belt so that I can perhaps do a teaching stint in South Korea when I finish in Japan.  And then I can go wherever I want to teach English.  I would love to be able to do some in Europe so that I can experience living there as well.

So the point of this whole thing was to remind myself who all I need to tell that I got that job still and who knows.  I don't want important to me people to find out on FB...
Who knows:
-my mom
-my dad
-Vance
-Katie
-Katie's family (surely she told them?  Not sure.)
-Momo
-Jaren
-Manager Nick at work
-Eric
-Michele
-Jesse
-Greg
-Liz
-Daniel
-Taylor

I still need to tell the rest of my family members, and the vast majority of my co-workers.
Who doesn't:
-Chrys
-Emily J
-Emily W
-Jimmy
-Emily F
-Missy
-Aichan
-Alyssa
-Alysha
-Jamie
-Jaimie
-Naoko
-Jouji
-Amber
-Jonathan
-Scott
-Thea
-Kyle
-Luke
-Mina
-Brenda
-Ami
-Sonya
-Chase
-Ryan
-Carly
-Danica
-Brooks
-Work Jimmy
-Nick
-Mauricio



I'm sure I am forgetting some people, but that's who I can think of off of the top of my head right now.

I told you SuJu was ruining my life

Now instead of only going to Japan to see Chrys, I'm also going to South Korea.

See what SuJu did there?

And I'm becoming more open to perhaps getting a teaching job in Korea.  And learning Korean.