Plan B…for now :)

So I know there are a lot (all seven of you wonderful, kind people that follow our blog) of people are wondering what’s going on with us. Well, here’s what we’ve got so far:

Our plan up until going to Korea is still pretty much the same. We are still flying out of here come December 20th. We’ll be flying into Portland and then get picked up by Jake’s dad. We’ll stay with the in-laws, go to Pocatello, ID for Jake’s younger brother’s wedding on the 27th. We’re thinking (still not for sure yet) that we might stay in Pocatello longer to spend time with all the wonderful people that live there :) Plus we want to do some poking around to figure out where we want to stay. Also, for those of you that missed the Facebook status I had a while ago, my senior paper got accepted into a Harry Potter Conference….in SCOTLAND! so part of our plan now includes going! :) (Pretty cool, huh?)

While we are super bummed that we won’t be teaching in Korea, it has opened some doors for us (You’re right, Meghan. Definitely God’s little stepping stones at work here). We were afraid we wouldn’t be able to go to Scotland because we’d be busy in Korea, and we were sure the school wouldn’t give us time off (not twice). See, my best friend is getting hitched in July and the conference is in May. See the issue? BUT, now that there is no Korea, we can drive down the wedding in Utah, and, instead of buying one round-trip ticket from Korea to Utah for the wedding, save that money and use it to buy two round-trip tickets to Scotland for the conference. Pretty sweet deal. I mean, don’t get me wrong we were stoked to go to Korea, but we’re stoked to do this, too.

One last note. The plan now includes getting jobs and saving (and choosing) for grad-school. We still don’t know where exactly we’ll be settling down (so to speak) for now. The community college in Pendleton is hiring; now provided we can get those jobs, we’ll stay in Pendleton. But, if there are no jobs, then we might venture into Pocatello to find work. Ultimately we’d rather do something that involves our English degrees, but work is work, money is money and all that. :)

So…that’s where we are for now. Wish us luck.