JIM JAMS! NONSENSICALITY!

My visa documents have just arrived in Korea. According to my recruiter*, I could fly out of the county as soon as December 6th. Lesbian Mario Brothers, that's soon! I kind of panicked at poor Don (as I'm wont to do...I'm rather high-strung+), but then I called my parents to let them know the haps.

I talked to Stevey J and he was all calm about it. Being rather sensible (not always, just during this particular phone call, haha), he pointed out that having a quick second to be in Korea before teaching might be nice. And that my ass is lucky to be employed and that I should kinda do what my school asks. Felt a lot better after that. My dad raised good points, but the most comforting part is that he didn't throw any guilt my way for leaving. Telling my siblings isn't going to be very fun. It's lovely being loved, of course...but I my heart breaks when it's time to say I've got to be going. Luckily, I've explained to Noah a few times that I'm leaving again. .sigh. We'll deal with that when the time comes. And good G-d, I need to write my Oma. Talk about abandonment guilt... Sweet Moses.

By the time I got off the phone, Don had replied, letting me know that sooner was better than later, but that they could work it out with school if I felt I couldn't leave before a certain date. (SO MANY COMMAS IN THAT SENTENCE) I apologized for being a spaz, thanked him for his kindness, and assured him I could leave once my documents were finished (but no rush).

I'm a lucky woman.

I can't believe it. My second year in Korea already. There were definitely times I thought I would not finish my first contract. It's gonna be a good year, I think. Ah, Jeremy's back! Time to watch 30 Rock and play with the opaque projector!

* I worked with [ RBI Korea ]to get my BANGIN' job in Busan. If you're looking for work in the coolest city in South Korea (don't kill me, [ Lindsay ]...I know you luuuu Gwangju), hit them up. The funny thing is they were recommended to me at the beginning of my job search last August. And I e-mailed every recruiter on my list of leads, but they somehow got left out. Although I kinda ran out of money and didn't wanna go back for like a week and feared that I was suddenly an unemployable failure for just a second, things worked out for the best, haha. I learned a lot. A metric ton.

+ 2010 nominee for "Year's Most Obvious Statement"