This blog is no stranger to long dead zones. The no-post periods. I am not a machine and I’m also lazy—so that has meant I haven’t posted in…ah geez, four months. Alright, let’s see. How much has changed in that time?
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I am glad to be here in Spain—glad even for the moments of panic, when I wondered if I could even do this. Maybe glad is the wrong word. But I acknowledge them. I allow them space to exist within myself. Here’s my first month in Spain.
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My time in South Korea has come to an end. If this were a video game, I’ve cleared the map. Saying goodbye was so much harder than I expected. I tried holding it together, I really did.
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I love my monthly updates. Sometimes, I run out of stuff to say though. This is one of those times. So let’s spice it the format a little.
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This month was sooo busy yet my 25th was probably the chillest day-of birthday I’ve had yet. Which is fine, cause I’m exhausted with my prep for leaving.
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Gone are the days of freezing temps, come are the days of bad air. This month felt as transitory as spring itself.
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Here’s another installment of my monthly updates. Vaccines are still a distant blip on the horizon, but at least cases here are low for now. It’s relieving to be able to make mac n cheese for friends.
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I would do some sort of reflection on a year gone bad but I think 2020 has taken up too much headspace anyway. So, moving on!
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The more I thought on my burn out, the more I realized this entire year has been one, long, sloooow burn. Cue the Kasey Musgraves.
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The temperature’s dropped. The fall sweaters are pulled out. Roasted sweet potato carts line the streets. It’s all very dark academia.
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This past month I combed through the 18,000 photos on my phone and delete the ones I don’t need. But wait, what counts as “need”?
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What use is a travel blog when travel is all but dead in the water? Well, no excuses. I have stories I could tell. Here’s the past two months, broken down.
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This entire month has been an exercise in grief—grief mingled with celebration, celebration mixed with anger and fear.
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Birthdays are a particularly good instigator for quarter-life crises, wouldn’t you say? Do I go to Spain or not? Then, add a global pandemic. Throw them all together and, baby, you’ve got a stew going.
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It’s time for another monthly update. Except, I haven’t really gone anywhere, and I haven’t been teaching at all this month.
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Another monthly update: how have I been faring with the recent outbreak of COVID ‘19 in Korea? And how was my trip to Taiwan?
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This past January, after 13 grueling hours of an exercise in stasis, I made it home. Er, one of my homes. Which way is home again?
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I come to you on the last day of 2019, hands clasped, ready to beg for forgiveness: I’m sorry for not posting this month.
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Daejeon can be boring…but you can find art, cool shisha bars, and bars with giant stone phalluses hanging from the ceiling.
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I've been in Korea for six months and with that, I can say we've gotten out of the honeymoon period and the dust has settled.
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