Either Korea or Fall is Breaking Me

So yesterday we had a training for all the teachers in our province.  We had to be to work at 7:40 in order to get the bus that took us to the training site.  For some reason, I woke up at 5:40 that morning, and then my alarm went off at 6:40.  I met up with J at 7am and we walked in to work.  A showed up with coffee for us, which was great, and I also got 2 for 1 cold brew at the local CU.  The training started at 9 am and I was told that it would be done by 1 pm.  We powered thru with no breaks and it actually ended at about 11:40, which was AMAZING! 

So on the way to the bus, I had to stop and take a pic of the pretty trees. 

The best part of the training was the cultural show before it got started.  First off, I'd rock this outfit.  Second, the music that they were dancing and playing the drums to was great!  Last, the dancing was super fun to watch.

The next part of the training was all about immigration laws.  The second presentation was about Korean culture and history.  It reminded me of how much Koreans love Korea.  The presenter also reminded us that Korea is one of the only countries that has never actually invaded another.  It was also kind of funny how many digs they got in against Japan.  Korea is REALLY still not happy with Japan (for good reason, don't get me wrong, but DAAAAMN).  Then we had a presentation on living in Korea which was kind of funny since most of us had been here for over 6 months at this point.  We kind of already knew a lot of what the presenter was talking about.  The last presentation I'm not totally sure what it was about because I had to go to the bathroom at that point and missed the start of it. 

After the training, I went with T and S from training and walked to the train station.  I had decided to treat myself to a day in Itaewon.  I took myself out for a late lunch at Vatos.  Then I went to Holly's Coffee and spent much of the day sitting in the sun and reading The Stand.  I then decided to have dinner and drinks at BrewDog.  The buffalo chicken sandwich I had wasn't bad, but it just wasn't as good without ranch to dip it in.  The porters I had were GREAT!  Then I decided to go home.  Spent the rest of the night curled up in bed reading.  So all in all it was a good (if long) day.

Today I'm being a lazy bum.  It's raining and I'm staying in.  I'm trying to decide if I want to read or watch movies.  I'm also going to have snacks and drink tea.  Hehehe.

So now you're updated on what I've been doing.  As for the rest... I'm tired.  Like, soul tired.  I miss my family, I miss my oven, I miss baking and cleaning and driving when I'm stressed out.  I also really wish I could be at Grandma and Grandpa's for Thanksgiving.  I kind of want to hang out with people, but I also want to be alone.  I want to get whiskey drunk because I'm sad, but I know that's not good, so I seem to be wanting to binge-eat instead.  It's about to get cold tomorrow and Tues, according to the weather on my phone it's going to snow.  Then by the weekend it's going to get warm again.  I have no real plans for the week - get thru it as best as I can is as good as I've gotten.  And yes, my body is a dumpster fire of hormones right now which is not helping the situation.  I want someone to come over to give me a shoulder massage, bring me pizza and ice cream, snuggle, and watch movies.  Sigh... guess I'll watch movies alone, snuggle with my cat pillow, make myself food, allow myself 2 glasses of wine, and eventually switch to reading more of The Stand. 

I do still like living and working in Korea, don't get me wrong.  I'm just sad and hormonal and lonely.  Anyway, much love to all those who stuck through this post to the end.  As usual, this too shall pass.  Hope all is well in all of your worlds.  MUAH! :*