10 Weeks Left

Denise and Dale leave in 5 weeks for India. They will travel there before I meet them in Nepal. And I only have 10 weeks left until I am finished.

I decided that I have a love-hate relationship with Korea. I love it during the weekends, when I am free to explore. Its on the bike ride to work and at work that I am most unhappy. I started walking to work instead of riding lately because I get less frustrated with the motorcycles on the sidewalk and the people getting in my way. My school is a slave driver. I actually do not have enough time during the week to get everything done. I could stay beyond my 8 hour work day to finish it all, but Koreans encouraged workaholism and I will not put myself in a position where I can get walked all over. I love my students. I love Korean food. I love my apartment. I love it when people want to talk to me because they want to practice their English.

All of this and almost being finished here makes me think a lot about the future and what I am going to do after. Also, people keep asking me what I am going to do. I have no idea. I really cannot account 100% for anything after Christmas when I come home. In a way, its nice to be free. Also, I need to figure out what I want. More travel? More work overseas? Not sure.

I miss my family and friends terribly. I saw the Sex and the City Movie last weekend and it made me miss my best friends so much. But also it made me really grateful that I have them in my life. I really miss having the companionship of a dog. I even gawk at those small purse dogs. There just something about having a dog. So I am making a list of life's to-dos. Everything is going on the list, from doing a sailing race across the pacific to working on a ranch to living in Yaletown. Extreme contrasts, but I can still do it all.