Oh Herro

Right, so first of all, sorry that this is my first blog and I suck at keeping in touch. Now on to the good stuff:

Phase one: I am living in portland for the summer, working as a cook in the kitchen of an airport bar/restaurant, flipping burgers i suppose.  I justified this excellent use of my diploma by claiming that it wasn't as too bad because at least there were waiters and menus and such, (not McDonalds) and I wasn't really beating myself up about it, until today a waitress got food and I said, "want fries with that?".  uh oh.

Phase two: Luckily though, I am abandoning this job on August 6th.  For graduation I asked for a trip to New Orleans to do volunteer work and hang out in the French quarter, so my family (both brothers as well) are all headed to New Orleans from the 8th-15th.  Hurray!

Phase 3: Then life strikes hard.  I just got a job, a real one, teaching English at a foreign language school in Shenyang China.  It took a long time to get the position, lots of steps between me and the school, but I got the job, and am getting my visa, and leaving on August 30th for over a year.  The more it sinks in, the more I realize that I need to see all of you now, before I leave.  I know that this will be impossible for most, but for others living nearby, come to portland now, or come to Maryland between the 15th and 30th.  I am going to try to make some road trips during that time as well, hopefully new york and boston and such.

     I am incredibly excited about this, but I am a bit scared to be running away from all of you for so long.  I don't want to be ronery.  Sappy, but true.  I miss you all!

    -Jake