It has been a busy first week. I started teaching on Tuesday. My start times vary from day to day - Tuesday and Thursday I start at 10AM, Wednesday and Friday at 1PM and on Monday I don't start until 3PM. Our days are 8 hours at most, so I finish at nine MWF and six Tuesday Thursday. On my early start days, I spend more time with my kindergarten class. These days will be my favorite, I think. My class is small - only five kids. This is their second year at school, so their English is pretty strong. I will take some pictures soon and tell you more about them.
I moved into my apartment on Tuesday night. It wasn't what I was hoping for - the bathroom is pretty dingy, the internet and phone didn't work and there is a lot of crap left behind from people who lived here before. It made for a tough day of adjustment. I had been so excited to move out of my motel and I was about to ask to move back into it. On Wednesday, I bought some cleaning supplies and started tackling the mess. I have a closet on my balcony, so I am putting a lot of the extra stuff in there. I unpacked some of my clothes and got the school to start sorting out the phone and internet. I am feeling a little better every day. I am going to tackle the big cleaning jobs this weekend and do some shopping. Hopefully, this place will start to feel like home.
I went out with two of the teachers from my school last night and some of their friends. We went to see New Moon, which just opened in Korea on Wednesday. It was a good night. They brought me to Rock and Roll, an English bar, for dinner and drinks. It was nice to be able to read an entire menu without needing pictures. The food and the drinks are cheap, they play good music, and they speak English. It was just what I needed to remind me that being away from home is not that bad.
Today, I am going to the hospital for my physical. The girls warned me I would be poked, prodded, x-rayed and asked to pee in a cup. Should be an interesting morning.
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