Countdowns....

Remember when you were a little girl or boy and you used to count in sleeps? 5 sleeps until the weekend, 71 sleeps until vacation, 11 sleeps until I get to see the new movie coming out, 14 sleeps until the big dance show. That was me! I used to count in months for my birthday! As soon as it was over one year, I'd be counting down to the next! I love my birthday! I'm not sure why! I just love it! Each year is different, some good some bad...but they're MINE either which way you look at it!

Well imagine my surprise when I look at the calender and realise it's almost July! Almost my birthday! And I haven't even really been counting down!

I'm shocked!

I love countdowns! I even have 2 going on right now...the first one is for when my friends arrive in Korea (surprisingly 1 day before my birthday) and the other on is for the end of my teaching contract in Korea.

The fact the the lads get in 1 day before my birthday just makes my laugh that I keep forgetting that it's my birthday!

OK, so I'm going to stop going on about my birthday - although I did buy my present yesterday :D so happy and excited!!!

So, my important dates go as follows:

23rd July - friends arrive

24th July - mine and Tim's birthday celebration

30th July - start of my week off work

20th September - hopefully a full week off for Chuseok - VIETNAM BABY!!!

week of 11th October - new teacher should be arriving

15th October - hopefully the last day of my contract

18th October - flying out to China

1st November - meeting my brother to travel round China with for 2 weeks.

27th November - flying to Japan

1st December - flying to England where I plan to see a few people and get a quick trip to NY in to see my bestie before:

6th January - flying to Japan to potentially start my new teaching job, but if I can't do that straight away:

JANUARY - chilling out and diving in Philippines!

February - enjoy having a stable life and job for the next 12 months before heading somewhere else to travel and then work...hmmm...India anyone?

OK, so maybe I know why I haven't been counting down the days until my birthday...too many other things going on! And truth be told...I'm getting old! I'm already 25 in Korean years, so turning 24 in the real world isn't phasing me so much :p

Have a great day everyone, and keep in touch xxx

50 Things to be Thankful For: No. 8...

Chatting to a good friend for hours!

As you'll realise from my last post I've been feeling a little down over the last couple of days. Last night, a good friend that I haven't spoken to in ages randomly popped on line, and we chatted for over 3 hours! I knew I should be going to sleep, but I can't help feeling as if it was just meant to be! So, I went to bed happy and woke up in a much better mood...

And now I'm looking forward to speaking to my best friend over in New York even more!

Have a good day, and keep smiling! Thanks for all the love and support while I'm out here :)