Quick Change Artists

So it turns out that the job in Bundang might not have been what we thought it was. When we first began pursuing that school, we were told that the airfare would be prepaid. Upon receiving our contracts, we found out they were reimbursed. JD and I made very clear that reimbursement would not work for us, as we're getting married just weeks before our expected leave date. We had sent the director an email asking about it, but he failed to get back to us in a timely manner. We had to assume that it wasn't negotiable, so we decided to look for a different school.
We had an interview with a POLY school in BuCheon (which is just west of Seoul), who was clearly excited about our resumes. Not only did they offer us the position the next day, but they sent our contracts then also. As it turned out, though, the same morning we received our contracts from the POLY school, the first school decided that they would pay our airfare. But at that point, it was too late.
SO-- we're going to BuCheon! I'm extremely excited about this. I won't start for a month after JD, but I'm excited to have the waiting period...to be able to acquaint myself with teaching and being in Korea, and maybe *hopefully* being able to change my name at the embassy.

You can call me Jamie Greer;)

Things have really started to find an end here in South Dakota. I can't wait to be back in Kansas for a little while...and for the wedding...and the honeymoon. What a whirl-wind, crazy month! This month leading up to it has been a little stressful, admittedly, but I'm so ready to throw myself into all this.
We purhased our storage space, bought new luggage, made reservations for the rental car for our honeymoon, and will be throwing probably HALF of our belongings away this weekend. I want to hold on to as little as possible. Especially if JD and I keep up this wayward lifestyle.





POLL: Wedding Hairstyles for short hair are next to impossible to find, but here are a few that I really like. What's your vote? Should I go with Paris, the blonde, the ginger or Jessica? I'm leaning toward Paris or the blonde (who's also rocking my birdcage veil).










Jamie:)

Something Old, Something New...

Hey guess what-

WE WERE OFFERED A JOB!

It's a really great job in Bundang, South Korea (a suburb of Seoul)! We're starting a couple weeks apart, but I'm hoping that will give me a chance to help JD and get a feel for lesson planning, while also getting the house together and *maybe* getting my name change things finalized at the embassy? We're going to have to look into that option. Fingers crossed!;)
We're nearing the end of our time here, and I'm getting SO antsy! June is the best month ever: married June 8th, honeymoon June 9th-16th, JD starts his job in Korea June 24th! Now we just have to make May go by quickly.

Now lets talk about....the WEDDING!

We're coming home this weekend and we're going wedding band shopping on Friday (!)...I'm so excited to see my band with my engagement ring. Although I KNOW I'm going to want to wear them together now...I have to remind myself: I can't. Haha.
My ensemble (to be):

Hate on it all you want, but I LOVE it! :)

When I Grow Up

I feel like the closer I am to getting married, the less and less I know what I want to do with my life. I know exactly what I want to do with our life, but my career passions are dimming. I have lost the excitement for the field I'm in...which is in no way pertaining to JD, but rather the fact that people are just flat-out unbelieveable. Part of me wants to submit my life to a pointless career with limited responsibility and great pay (because its the ones that matter the least that seem to get paid the most). I don't want to answer phones anymore. I don't want to tow cars anymore. I don't want to book people into jail anymore. But what do I want to do? I've no idea. I want to have babies and stay home and practice cooking and cleaning and ironing.

My pending wedding has brought me to a place of domestication. I have lost my want for a job.

I want to sit around and talk about feelings all day.

And draw.

And create.

Anything that will spark feelings of joy and warmth. Which seems to be the antithesis of my current career path.

I'm hoping my time in Korea will ignite a new passion. Perhaps it will be for teaching, perhaps it will be for something involving little kids. I like little kids because little kids are cute and fun and crazy-- and they think I'm great. Adults don't seem to think I'm great. They think I'm "the man". Which I suppose I am.

I'm tired of being the man.

I want to be the woman.

Everyone loves women, because women are soft and nice.

So that's what I'm gonna do -- I'm retiring from my career as "the man" and I'm venturing into a career as "the woman". Hopefully this will bring better results!

In other news-- I tried on my dress this weekend! It's beautiful:) My wedding is going to be the best! So excited!

Starting Fresh

I've decided to re-work the blog. I don't use it very often, because honestly...I don't think anyone cares. Plus, its all whining anyway. I'm coming to realize lately that life IS hard. But why has it taken me this long to really experience that? In Olathe, life was just boring and stagnant. It really wasn't that hard.

But enough bellyaching, lets talk about the wedding!

JD and I just got the wedding website up! http://jmjdgreer.ourweddingday.com/ We were going to put one together ourselves, but after much frustration with that, we decided to go the easier route. Plus, this has an RSVP place right on the website...much more user friendly than whatever we would have been able to build. I was going to rely on my web design training, but I soon realized that the last time I built a webpage was...6 years ago. Not only are there a lot of programming changes that happen in that span of time, but it is also an adequate amount of time to forget EVERYTHING.

Wedding plans are going well. A few gliches here and there, but for the most part, things are coming together nicely! It's going to be such a lovely day:) I can't wait to see it all put together! Here's a picture of the venue: