Life.

So I think I can divide my life into segments based on where I lived at a given time. I guess most people can do this actually, except for people who lived for an entire lifetime in one place, or for people who had really really exciting things happen to them. I am not one of those people.
This is not divided very evenly... but here goes.


The Farm Age, 0-5.5:
I lived on a farm (duh). As is naturally the case in such tender, formative years, I don't remember much. Well, that's not precisely true. I remember a great deal, but all the events that I remember seem to have to do with me hurting or embarrassing myself. Like how I chopped my toe with a hatchet when I was trying to chop down a weed. Or when I ran away from home and set up camp in the cattle pen about 500 feet from the house. Or when I fell through the ice in the pond (in Texas, we call 'em 'tanks') like Amy in Little Women, except for the lack of ice skating, and Laurie rescuing me, and the fact that I was in a shallow part, so I only got wet to my knees. But I had to walk back home! In the snow! And it was cold!

The School Age, 5.5-18:
We moved to town when I started kindergarten. (I mostly remember only embarrassing things from then, too, it's like a disease, man.) My life was not exciting. I had a variety of "best friends", was in Girl Scouts (troop 256!) for a few years, went to middle school, went to high school. I was a definite academic type with unacademic leanings. It's hard, when you go to such a small school, to stay in only one niche, unless you really force yourself to it. So I kind of did a little bit of everything.... High school was definitely the high point during this period, because I actually remember good things happening! Along with bad things. But we won't get into them.

The Lubbock Years, 18-24:
I moved to Lubbock to go to University. My requirements in the University that I chose weren't too stringent. In fact, they mostly depended on which school would give me the best scholarship, and since all the ones I applied to offered pretty good ones... it came down to which school I knew how to get to. Lubbock it was! All told, it wasn't such a bad decision, but in my next life, I'll probably be a little more exacting in my standards. College was all right. I was terrible at going to class and awesome at picking bad boyfriends. Once I graduated, I stayed around and worked for awhile, but it was more stressful than anything. I didn't know what to do with my degree, I didn't want to go to grad school then, and I didn't know how to make any plans for the future. So that leads to...

Korea Time, 24-27:
 Moving to Seoul was probably one of the best decisions of my life. I got to experience life as I'd never known it. Museums, theatres, ballets, nightclubs, street food vendors, mountains, rivers, beaches, coffee shops, aquariums, parks, restaurants, soju and samgyupsal, oh I get nostalgic just thinking of it. Even now, it's hard to not just pick up and go back. Not to say that my life there was perfect... there were definite rough spots, but there was so much to look forward to each week. I guess I miss that lifestyle even more, because my current era is...

The Unknown, 27-?:
This point in my life seems mostly to revolve around watching TV, washing dishes and reading books. I may be moving in the next two weeks or maybe not. I may be buying a car, renting a house, getting furniture, cooking my own meals, grocery shopping for just myself.... or maybe not. It all depends on the results of the exam I took three weeks ago, which I will receive in one more week. One more week! And if I don't pass the exam... maybe I'll return to the previous era. Or maybe not.