Better Late Than Never!

Better 8 months late than never, right? Yes, blogging has quite gotten away from me this past year, but I've been reading some good ones lately that inspired me to get back on the bandwagon.

I have no idea who even follows this anymore, but if there's someone I haven't emailed and told you all about life here so far already, I'll write about what an average week in Korea is like.

I magically ended up being placed at a school not only in the same tiny area as Ryan, but in the same apartment building as well! So everyday Ryan drops me off at school on the scooter we bought on his way to his work across the river. I work at a public elementary school, so my hours are roughly 9-5 everyday. Last semester Ryan and I each taught an after school class that required planning 10-15 lessons a week (which is a lot!) and being at the school about 10 hours a day. Honestly, between learning the art of teaching, planning a lot, and adjusting to both grown-up life AND a new culture, I was exhausted the majority of the time. However, simply by eliminating that after school class, my life has become a lot more relaxed and basically awesome this semester. After school now, we have time to make dinner or meet up with friends or pursue interests like studying Korean, reading for pleasure, or playing music. Most weekends include some excitement. We have two other sets of couple friends who have identical scooters as ours, so we've ventured to the beautiful beaches of Busan, to the ancient and mysterious empire capital of Gyeongju, to the Yeongnam Alps that border my small town, and by bullet train to the cities of Daegu and Seoul. The weekends in town usually consist of going out for or making dinner with friends, visiting an occasional strange festival, or just wandering around. That's a rough outline of what living in Korea is like, schedule-wise. Hopefully in subsequent posts I'll write about more interesting topics such as the culture, food, and hilarious things that happen to foreigners in Korea everyday.

Thanks for joining me again!