First Post

Well, I've began blogs before and then eventually abandoned them so I hope this time will be different. I suppose I should introduce myself....

My name is Lady Wanderlust (not really, obviously, but for the purposes of this blog). I'm 26, nearly 27 years old, and I live in Charleston, SC. This past week has been rather eventful for me as I got hitched on Saturday and graduated with a Master's degree on Sunday. I married my boyfriend of four years on December 16th, so as of today I've been married four days! We don't have a honeymoon planned, at least not yet, so life is pretty much back to normal now that our friends and family have returned home. Currently, my husband (that is the first time I've referred to him as such!) is at work and I am sitting in our apartment realizing I have nothing at all to do for the next month or so.

This is a strange feeling for me because ever since I began my last semester of graduate school in August, I've been rushing around preparing for the next big thing. I had an internship that was basically a part-time job, an actual part-time job for a company in its busy season, two graduate classes with a heavy reading load, a Comprehensive Exam to pass, and a wedding to plan. Now that all that is over and I'm not quite sure what to do with myself. All the free time is nice in a way, but it's also boring. However, it won't last too long.

Sometime in February, my husband and I will go to Japan for a year to teach English at one of the many language schools there. I started this blog because I'd like to record our experiences there and hopefully entertain some people in the process. Up until now, I really haven't had much time to think about the trip, and even now it seems like some distant, unreal thing in the future. Right now our Visa paperwork is in Japan, awaiting approval from Japanese officials. After that, we find out where we'll live and our exact departure date. My husband and I are hoping for a large city, Tokyo or Osaka or something, although we won't find out where we're going until two weeks before we leave, which makes things interesting. I have no idea what to expect, but my husband and I want to have an adventure, and moving to a foreign city for a year should certainly be one.

He and I have always done things a little differently than everyone else. Most people we know have been married for a year or two, own nice homes, hold good jobs and are just beginning to start a family. We just got married, rent a small, dumpy apartment, hold insignificant part-time jobs and can't fathom having children. We also have this burning desire to travel the world and are terrified that if we don't do it now we never will. Most people seem to admire this, but a lot of them also seem to think it's a bit strange or irresponsible. They don't actually say that, but I sense it sometimes. Who knows, maybe I'm being paranoid.

Well, I guess that's it for my first entry. Although I've created this blog for myself in a way, I'd love to get feedback from whatever readers might stumble across this page.

Until next time....