Time flies!

I said that I was going to post a blog a week and I thought that I would have a ton of extra time, but I am finding out that my days are filling up quickly and time is flying by. It’s Friday night and I have been here for almost 7 weeks. I have no clue where the time has gone. Besides a few days of homesickness about week three I have been doing really well.

Last weekend we took 30 kids (8-13) horseback riding. For most of these kids it was there first time seeing a horse in real life and they were so excited. They were amazed to see that I had been around horses before and knew how to ride them. The kids had a great time.

My week at school was pretty mellow, they added a new class to my schedule, I’m teaching 4th grade World Hisotry, which is actually pretty fun. The three students in the class are really smart and I have a lot of fun talking with them.

I have gone to TWO Korean language classes so far….and I will tell you, I thought Spanish was hard in high school….it doesn’t get any easier as you get older.  I have learned a few phrases but reading the language is overwhleming to me. I don’t expect to be fluent in it by any means I just want to learn enough to be able to get around a little bit easier. Especially, if I end up staying longer which I can very easily see happening.

The Cherry Blossom Festival in Jinhae was going on last week and I went and checked it out twice. It is beautiful. I have been having a massive sinus attack over the last few weeks though, I don’t know if it’s allergies or if it’s a sinus infection, but the doctors have out me on something for it. Going to a doctor here is a bit of a challenge. I mean don’t get me wrong, some things are self-explanitory but other things you really need to explain and understand before hand. They sent me to an ear, nose, and throat specialist and they did things that I have never experienced in the states and would have handled better if I had known what they were going to do.

The weather is starting to get more Spring like…which is great, I just hope that it starts to warm up a little. I’m looking forward to some nice warm days. I can’t wait for sunny weekends and taking off and just going.

The busses here are great, but I’m still figuring out the whole system. This morning I was trying to come home and my 40 minute ride turned into about a 3 hour trip cause I didn’t know where I was going. Luckily I didn’t have anywhere that I had to be, so I spent the morning riding around seeing new parts of the area that I had never seen. It actually turned out to be a really good morning.

I’ve met a couple new people and so far they have turned out to be really nice. It’s nice to just have people around to talk to. I miss my friends and family from home, but it’s nice to talk to someone that isn’t 8,000 miles away, though Skype and IMing have saved me when I have felt lonely and wanted my family and friends here with me.

I love my little apartment. It’s tiny, but it’s mine and it is starting to feel more and more like home. There are certain things that I would love to have and I’m sure over the next year I will pick them up here and there.

When I left the states I was really scared, hell even going to the airport I told my dad to turn around….but I’m glad I came.