So, where in blazes did fall disappear to? Here I was, heading to the east coast of Korea for a nice weekend to see the coast, spend some quality time with good friends, and right before the weekend, it gets so stinkin' cold that I need to pack like a woman, and bring extra layers and crap. Not my style; I prefer to be cold... (My conscience told me that I was packing for my friends...at least that's what justified my sudden sissyness) Regardless, this fall has disappeared quickly, and left me with one month left to go before I head back home, wishing that I had had the weather from two weeks ago.
As I'm typing this, my toe is still smarting from when I stubbed it for about the umpteenth time this evening; its partially full of all odd's and sods of stuff that I don't want to pack when I actually get closer to packing seriously about heading home. I've still got so much stuff to do, that actually leaving scares the ship out of me. Its not that I don't want to get home; don't get me wrong. Its more so the fact of actually having to pack up all of the stuff and more stuff that I've accumulated since i've been here. I remember how much stuff I left at home before I came here, thinking I'd only be gone for one year. Even the most serious of minimalists picks up stuff here and there. And while one finds uses for most stuff, its hard to throw stuff away here, because there's always someone else who will take it. That's what strange with the ex-pat community here; they'll take nearly anything, and even if they don't use it, they'll hold onto it. If not just for sentimental reasons.
My free-time has just become mine again after my institutes final speech contest was conducted this past weekend. I had four of my students competing from one of my classes, and our institute only sent seven students to the all of Korea competition. I figured that four students from a student-body of over 900 students was pretty good; I was proud of them. In th end, my students mopped up, technically. Two of my students received bronze prizes, and two of my students received silver prizes. I think I was just as relieved as their parents for not having to do speech practices anymore.
Other than that, not much is new with me. I still do not know the exact date as to when I'm heading home; its been thrown into the air by one of my best friends telling me that she's getting married on the 16th of December...I still don't know what will happen with that. While I really want to head home, I really want to be there for her wedding as she's a special friend of mine.
After that, what will become of this blog? Good question. I still don't know what I'm doing after I've taken a short break at home, and searched out the market at home. It has been fun for me to check all of the different "people" who read my blog consistently. Thanks to stats available on the internet, I can tell you all sorts of stats about how many visits, how much time, where you're from exactly; all sorts of fun stuff. And, in a slightly sentimental thought; thanks. Its been fun for me to write and ramble on. Knowing people read this garbage of poor grammar for an english teacher actually makes it feel worthwhile. Why you read it is beyond me; I'm sure that there are much better ones out there. You just got stuck on mine. Maybe your computer froze on my screen; I don't know. But know that all the way over here, I appreciate it. So thanks!
Take care, and God bless,
me