about a year and a half ago, i posted that i was planning on going to a wilderness skill immersion school in northern wisconsin. here:
well, things changed and i ended up apprenticing as a piano tuner, falling in love, moving to montreal, meeting his parents for christmas, moving to sydney, becoming a semi-professional busker (i was on tv!), being evicted, living with crazy eastern europeans, eating exclusively free sandwiches and muffins for months, being broke, getting certified to teach english, moving to china, travelling, having gidon kremer play me happy birthday, taking a bath in coffee, milk, tea, and wine (not at the same time) and probably a lot more.
but now, i'm going back to the states to visit my mom when my contract runs out in may (could renew it; don't want to). my mom lives in wisconsin. so, it will be a perfect opportunity to do it, especially since i have more money saved up now. and it won't be so damn cold (originally i was planning on doing it in october/november).
i can't quite decide how many months i want to commit to it, though. one, two, or three.
at any rate, after that, i plan on volunteering in ecuador at a conservation effort, helping catalog biodiversity and such. see here. then, depending on finances and timing, get another teaching gig somewhere in south or central america. they're not nearly as well paying as in china, but i'm confident i can find something that will at least sustain me. and this will help me achieve one of my other goals-- becoming at least somewhat fluent in spanish. i've also always wanted to spend my birthday (which also happens to be the day of the dead) in oaxaca. turns out, one of my good friends from high school, who shares the same birthday, is moving there later this year. so who knows.
it feels good to have a plan of my own, doing things that really matter to me, even though parts are still fairly nebulous.
in related news, i love that when i type "hobo" into google translate with spanish as the target language, it gives me "vagabundo" .
i wonder if i'll ever buy a round-trip ticket again...
well, things changed and i ended up apprenticing as a piano tuner, falling in love, moving to montreal, meeting his parents for christmas, moving to sydney, becoming a semi-professional busker (i was on tv!), being evicted, living with crazy eastern europeans, eating exclusively free sandwiches and muffins for months, being broke, getting certified to teach english, moving to china, travelling, having gidon kremer play me happy birthday, taking a bath in coffee, milk, tea, and wine (not at the same time) and probably a lot more.
but now, i'm going back to the states to visit my mom when my contract runs out in may (could renew it; don't want to). my mom lives in wisconsin. so, it will be a perfect opportunity to do it, especially since i have more money saved up now. and it won't be so damn cold (originally i was planning on doing it in october/november).
i can't quite decide how many months i want to commit to it, though. one, two, or three.
at any rate, after that, i plan on volunteering in ecuador at a conservation effort, helping catalog biodiversity and such. see here. then, depending on finances and timing, get another teaching gig somewhere in south or central america. they're not nearly as well paying as in china, but i'm confident i can find something that will at least sustain me. and this will help me achieve one of my other goals-- becoming at least somewhat fluent in spanish. i've also always wanted to spend my birthday (which also happens to be the day of the dead) in oaxaca. turns out, one of my good friends from high school, who shares the same birthday, is moving there later this year. so who knows.
it feels good to have a plan of my own, doing things that really matter to me, even though parts are still fairly nebulous.
in related news, i love that when i type "hobo" into google translate with spanish as the target language, it gives me "vagabundo" .
i wonder if i'll ever buy a round-trip ticket again...
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anyways, HI. i remember you fondly. nice life. quel interesant
Welcome to the states, I hope you go south & help out.