Blogs from United States, North America - page 7027

 As I slowly get readjusted to the American way of life and start my first real job out of college, it seems like I was never even in Australia and New Zealand.  Though it seems like a year ago that I was half way across the world, I could never forget the people I met, the experiences I’ve had, and my new knowledge of the world and cultures.  I had the best opportunity to travel; just graduated from college, no real job, no boyfriend, and didn’t know what I wanted to do…so I spent 7 months traveling a.k.a. “backpacking.”  Before I left I was too organized knowing exactly what I was going to be doing when I woke up to when I went to bed, I didn’t know what countries made up the UK, I didn’t ... read more

Big Basin Hike with Pearline and gang... read more

Hi Everyone, I just got back on Saturday from a 12 day stay in Ardmore, OK doing a Staples remodel. Let me tell you, this one was very different from the Bartlesville remodel. First I'll tell you about Ardmore. Ardmore is a town of 32,000 people about a half hour from the Texas border. It is a very nice friendly town. Between the hours of 8am and 10PM traffic is as bad as Wichita, KS. People are always on the go. It has a movie theatre, several restaurants of varying caliber, a Wal-Mart, a mall, a Hastings Book Store, and a very quaint looking downtown and several other stores and things to do. I was surprised that most stores closed at 8PM. I enjoyed the town more than I did Bartlesville. Our store situation was very ... read more

This was a long and boring trip, hence the long and boring story. Enjoy my insanity. Man, what a night. Got off work at midnight, went around and did some last minute packing and laundry, and thought I’d have no problem dozing off at about 1am or so. Alas, that didn’t seem to work out. I guess I was more anxious about the trip than I thought. After tossing and turning for a while, I got out of bed and took care of a few things I was going to do in the morning. Tried to sleep again… wasn’t happening. Got up and surfed the net a bit, checked out a few sites, posted a few messages. It’s now 3am; I have to be up at 6am to be ready for the Taxi at about 7:15. ... read more

Hi all, It is 10:25 here in St. Pete and Jen is doing her final packing for the big trip. We created this web log to chronicle our upcoming adventure in Busan, South Korea, and our adventure together in life. For those who don't know is, this is Jeremy writing. I am 30 years old, a Tennessee native, and a college instructor. Jen is 25, a St. Pete girl, and just recently graduated from the University of South Florida with a Business degree. We met on November 14, 2003, started dating on December 9, 2003, exchanged "I love you's" on December 16, 2003, and got engaged on April 3, 2004! And now she is leaving me! Jen had been planning to go and teach for a year in Japan for a few years now, and I ... read more