good-bye seoul

Just got back from my last weekend in Seoul, three full days split pretty evenly between time with my host mother and two younger host sisters at museums and sight-seeing, and hanging out with Fulbrighters for the last time ever. I'm pretty tired now, didn't sleep a whole lot this weekend. Rachel flew out today. Last night I had a lot of fun, a little drinking and a lot of good conversation with my favorite folks. Tomorrow I think I'm still on to go to Busan with my host mother and two host sisters again, to see a few sights. My last week in Korea is burning down.

I sealed the deal on a used car yesterday, a 1989 Subaru wagon that has a lot of miles but is in good condition considering (a friend of mine back in Portland who knows cars pretty well did me a huge favor and checked it out). Only paying $550 for it, so I'll be happy if I can learn on it (yep, still no license) and maybe get one or two good roadtrips out of it before it dies. I don't intend to drive a lot when I get back to Portland, since I'll be living in a good area for walking and biking. I'm only really buying it in case I get a job that needs a car, and realistically, if I don't own a car soon who knows when I'll get around to getting my license. When I get back to the States I'll pretty much have everything I need---a car, an apartment, even a cell-phone...everything except a job. I do have ANOTHER phone interview later this week, the morning before I leave Korea actually, and the woman seems very interested, so that's a good sign. I'm still checking Craigslist obsessively out of habit, but I am going to have to give the job search a rest until I'm back in the States I think.

Which reminds me, what's going to become of this blog when I get state-side again? I don't know, I guess it'll probably just disappear. As exotic and fun being back in Portland will seem to me at first, I would have a hard time convincing myself it's worth blogging about. If you have any thoughts on this matter, feel free to use the comments link to let me know.