Happy Hump day!

So it is Wednesday afternoon and I am finished with my classes! Today was a relatively easy day with only 4 classes. I am not looking forward to tomorrow when I have to work with crazy....but I am going to make little presents for my students because they have exams next week. It will make me have a better day doing something positive for my students! Also, my 3rd graders are going to play pictionary and scattegories so that should be fun! Also, Friday is PAY DAY! YES! I am excited about that. I am going on a trip to Seoul in 2 weeks so I will be spending a little money at H and M! Exciting! I can't believe how cold it has been here. It is actually warm compared to Seoul and places further north but I still think it's cold! ha! I am a little sad I will not get to be eating Thanksgiving food tomorrow! I also miss the family time! On a different note....I am excited because I get to see Breaking Dawn on the 2nd of December....Which I am really looking forward too. A group of foreigners are going and YES it will be in English. Just sucks for the people who only speak Korean because they have to read the whole movie! Speaking of Korean....I had my 2nd Korean lesson the other night. It is going pretty well. In a few weeks I will be learning how to say actual phrases....right now I am just working on my pronunciation of each letter. It is pretty difficult. A lot of the sounds are a like and I have a hard time losing my Texas accent when I speak....hahaha!  There isn't much else going on right now. I just have a few more weeks of the middle school to teach and then after Christmas will be teaching my adult classes.  Which I think I will really enjoy! I can't believe I have been here for almost 3 months! Pretty crazy. I am starting to get the hang of life here.....I enjoy sleeping now :-) Last night I slept on the floor because in my apartment (like most Korean apartments) there is no air heater just a floor heater.  So I slept on the floor the first night after I sprained my ankle and it was actually really nice. So last night I did it again. I slept really well. It was warm and felt good on my back! HA! I have an hour left of school to just sit here.  My life is so rough! hahaha! I was thinking today how I wish I could have this life just live it closer to my family and friends. It would make it perfect. OK well I am going to read my book I think. I will write again soon!

nightmare

OK so I had this nightmare last night. It all started when I went to City 7 to go shopping. I was riding the escalator and I saw one of my students. This student was notorious for being bad and so I said hello to him. He stopped and turned around to flip me off. I said you shouldn't do that because it is not nice. He said "I don't care" and showed me the razor blade in his hand. (all students carry razor blades in their pencil cases instead of scissors) I said "please be careful." Then he made the motion like  he was going to slit his throat at me.  I got a little afraid. I started to walk away from him.  He then began to run towards me.  I luckily was faster than him and out ran him to the nearest store. This lasted all night. Him chasing me trying to kill me. All of the people around me were just walking past. Even when I tried to stop people they just kept walking and pretended not to see me. I woke up this morning feeling like I had run a marathon I was so tired from my dream. 

Anyway, now I am exhausted. Today is my long day with 6 classes. I have all 2nd grade boys classes. I have taught 4 and i have 2 of the worst classes in the school last today. I was going to go to Korean class tonight but I am so tired I am just going to go home and sleep. I need a good nights rest.  Tomorrow I have orientation in Masan. I am excited because I get to learn Ti Kwon Do and to make a Korean dish. It's like a field trip! :-) I have to get up very early tomorrow to catch the bus into Masan.  It will be wednesday and thursday (which means I dont have to see my crazy co teacher yet again!). Last week we didn't have school thursday because the high schools were taking their SATs.  I also took a mental health day last tuesdays because I needed to sleep!! I get 11 sick days here! SWEET! Good news...only 6 more weeks until winter vacation!! I am excited. I will be teaching for 4 weeks of it but thats ok because I will be teaching teachers. I also will make lots of $$$$$!!! :-)
I am currently taking a "felt art" class at my friend Gayeon's (English name: Summer) house.  We started our key chain project last night. We are making the character "Totoro."  It is really cute. I also purchased my own needles, felt and scissors so I can create more than one "Totoro" key chains to give to people at home! I know you want one!! :-) It is so fun even though I am not good at it. Hopefully I will get better!!
Oh and I am currently learning Korean. My friend Jeong is teaching me Korean. I have a Textbook and everything!! She said my pronounciation is very good! YES!! I will be speaking Korean in no time....hahaha!

What else is new....hmmmm......
Not really sure....But if I think of something I will write another entry! :-) Love from Korea

Two months down....ten to go.....

So I have been feeling rather homesick lately....My emotions have been all out of control and I am feeling a little down.  I am thinking maybe a lot of it is to do with the fact I am not sleeping well at night. I am going to have to go today to see if I can get my hands on some melatonin or some kind of natural sleep aid.  I had a crazy dream the other night that I was walking through the woods and I had accidentally walked into North Korea. Then when I tried to catch a bus back to South Korea I took the wrong bus...then to make matters worse they wouldn't let me leave North Korea. They stuck me in a room with other foreigners and told me I was never going home....Needless to say I was not in a very cheerful mood when I woke  up! Luckily I was able to skype with mom and dad as soon as I woke up.  They always make me feel better! As I am typing this I am starting to cry...for no reason...Uhhhh! This is so annoying....I hate feeling like this. I am actually not that unhappy about my life here and so I am not sure why it feels like I am. I have made a lot of good new friends and keep myself rather busy.  Oh well this will go away soon....I HOPE!!

On a different note, I am teaching classes over the winter break (going to be making some great extra money!) to Korean English teachers. I had a meeting on saturday about the courses I will be teaching. I get to teach a club activity...so I am going to teach how to cook breakfast burritos and home made salsa. Should be really fun! Also, I ordered a book yesterday and I will begin my Korean classes soon! I hope I can start to finally learn some Korea. I know a few words but I really want to be able to have a conversation.  Ok well it's time for me to teach now...Hopefully my next post wont be a depressing as this one is! haha!