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.