August To Do List ( I love lists)

compliments of the wondrous Travis Kelley

1.Finish  Packing!
2.Try Oysters for the first time in Brighton
3.Climb Arthurs Seat with a bottle of wine (and not fall 17 times again)
4.Hit on the 'sailors' at Gambrinus :)
5. Listen to "Seaside" on the Brighton Pier (I'm so corny, but I love the Kooks)
6.Stomach a Chartreuse bomb in the Globe
7. Finish a plate of fish and chips (not just the chips).
8. Hit up Pomegranate with the Boston wife
9. See "Punk Rock" by Simon Stephens at the Fringe Festival (featuring Will Merrick from Skins)
10. Live in the Spiegeltent for a day (Oh, the magic of a traveling circus tent).
11. Finish two pieces to submit as a guest travel blogger
12. Go to a Jjimjilbang (Korean bathhouse, aka, korean skin scrubbing extravaganza)
13. Hop on a Seoul bus tour
14.Order a food at random from a menu in Korea
15. Find the nearest record store in Seoul and pick up the Bloc Party album :)

Before I Leave the Motherland

I mailed off all of my visa stuff today (more than mildly stressful). I checked and double checked to make sure everything was in the envelope. I hate sending my passport off, I always worry it will mysteriously disappear or be taken by the God of Important Paperwork. Just to be safe I used the USPS delivery confirmation service.

In light of all my angsty, stressing I decided to book myself a little trip with my friend Felicia....to Brighton, England! I'm excited to finally make it there, as I have been saying I would forever. Awesome beach, cute rugby players, fried boardwalk food and a bar/club in our hostel. Can't argue with that.

To Do/Intinerary

• Sometime next week: hand in my notice at work and try not to dance out of the building, smack papers out of anyone's hand or say "mail your own damn package, fools"

• End of July- Get myself some new teaching clothes and stop looking like a gutter slore

• Next week: pre-box my winter clothes so my mom can mail them over before it gets cold

• August 1st: Contact my credit card companies and let them know I'm outtie

• August: Set up an online account for my student loans

• August 7th- Fly to Edinburgh to meet up with Felicia

• August 10th- Off to Brighton

• August 12th-Back to Edinburgh for some general shenans and f**kery at the globe

*somewhere in here I will work on getting back into teacher mode :)

• August 19th- Head to Seoul for orientation and try to fight the horrendous jetlag!

My year in Korea is quickly approaching and I cannot wait for my teaching adventures to begin.