Romanticizing

They always say, "you never know what you had until you lost it." I don't know how accurate this saying is because, of course, whenever you don't have something, you romanticize the memory. You forget the bad qualities that made you leave your ex-boyfriend, or the bad memories that made you move from one city to another.  This is my feeling towards Korea.  Recently I have been missing it more and more.  Not to mention, I'm currently watching this episode on Travel channel about food in Korea. I miss the people (mostly Trisha and her family), and the lifestyle. I miss the food. I miss the novelty.  Maybe I can find a job there that isn't too bad. Plenty of people stay there years and years - they have been lucky finding good jobs. I need to go with someone - not be there by myself - or somewhere there are other English teachers. That was my mistake.

But I don't miss the superficiality. The awkwardness trying to understand people.  The pushiness of Koreans. Being lost all the time...these things I don't want to remember, but must keep in mind.

3 Weeks

Today marks the third week since my interview in Denver for the Teaching Fellows. The program directors said during the Q&A session that all interviewees should hear back within three weeks. Now that this time has passed, I'm getting more and more anxious. I hope it is a good sign that they are checking my references and doing a background check. That is me being optimistic.

I've been working pretty consistently at Big Daddy's. Today was the best night - I finally made over $50 a shift. Thank goodness it's looking up...I needed that. However, I made a mistake that cost me $7. I mistakenly entered a $7 tip as 0, and the director of operations said there was no way to correct it. I feel that he just shafted me out of $7 because either he didn't know how to correct it or he just didn't feel like going through the trouble. I guess it's whatever.

I have since renamed Stoli to Jolene. I like it better.

Settling In

Despite living in Charlotte for a few weeks now and having every intention of staying here at least three months, I have yet to unpack. I am living out of my suitcases. In reality, I'm not even living out of my suitcases. I have a few outfits that I rotate and other than that, I'm either in work clothes, or sweatpants and a tee shirt. My puppy Stoli doesn't need me to be dressed up to impress. :)

I've been serving at Big Daddy's Burger Bar for three shifts. I haven't really made that much money, but we haven't been extremely busy, either. Sunday was the superbowl and today was not very hoppin' either.  Especially since I had one table of three ladies sitting at my corner booth (able to sit 5 to 8) for over an hour and a half...thanks for the measly tip, gals.  I had the chance to talk to Joel, our assitant manager and director of operations.  I told him I was interested in moving up the chain or possibly owning my own pub/restaurant one day and he proceeded to tell me the steps he took...starting out as a lowly server just like myself.

It's been two weeks and two days since my interview with Denver Teaching Fellows.  At the event, the staff said we should hear back within three weeks, but sometimes it takes longer when they are trying to track down references and such. So, I'm thinking, maybe, the longer it takes for them to get back to me, the better my chances are. Is that wrong logic? I certainly hope not.

Today is Stoli's (my puppy) 11 week birthday. Happy Birthday, Stoli!! :)

She's a cuddle bug.