I'm a bit independent. That's the first thing my friends will tell you. They might word it more along the lines of, "independent to a fault" but they're just upset I left them for four years and went to teach English in Japan. It's hard to believe but I lived in a very small town there. It was so small there wasn't a train station. The closest foreigner to me was about a 35 minute drive away. I enjoyed my time there, I still think of my kids over there a lot. They all thought I was completely insane because their teachers weren't so exuberant (or loud). We had some really fun times in class and when I'd see them around town.
But I missed my family and friends. I also missed central heating lol. I'm planning on staying in the US for the foreseeable future, but I don't like to speak in absolutes. I would still like to travel, I have quite a few trips I'm planning. New places are exciting, but I love the second trip to a location even more. You know a bit about what you want to focus on and you get to see the things you missed the first time. There are a lot of places in the US I haven't visited. I was supposed to take a Napa Valley trip with my mom before I went to Japan, but managed to fall off a retaining wall in my back yard while helping weed the garden and tore my acl. Happy Mother's Day Mom! Haha. She wasn't too happy to be taking me to the ER but was relieved I wasn't overly injured.
This accident was right before I was scheduled to go to Japan, and I needed to arrive before the school year started or I would lose my job. The doctors said I wouldn't be able to go. I guess now is the time to say I'm a bit stubborn as well. Because I refused to give up, and worked with my program to delay my arrival by three weeks and my doctor to move the surgery up by a month. I might have had to walk the stairs one step at a time at my schools in Japan, but I made it there.
Hmmm, the kind of person I'm looking for, this is a bit difficult isn't it? Obviously I haven't met him, or I wouldn't be here. A very important thing for me is to find a guy who can let the bad things in life go. I'm not always the best at it either, but it's important. If you carry all of your bad experiences around with you it's just depressing. And everyone has times where life is difficult. I want someone who can leave those bad things behind. It's ok to vent, but no need to be upset about something that happened days ago.
I also want someone who is active, who will try new things with me. I usually split my time between going out or staying in. I'm fairly low-key but I like going out with friends, going to a jazz club, or on a bike ride. I'm not a marathon runner, but I do like to get out.
I'd also like someone who enjoys games. I like all kinds of games, however not trivial pursuit. There's a story behind that feel free to ask me about it sometime. I like table top games. My parents love 500 (also called trump) and you need four people to play. So as long as I can remember my parents my brother and I would play this card game. I also like board games such as settlers, or rpgs such as d&d, pathfinder, or wheel of time. Because I didn't have access to a table top group in Japan I also started playing WoW with a friend, and I've always like console rpgs as well.
Well, that's a little about me and what I'm looking for. Tell me something about yourself.
