Soooooo... here's a first. I literally had a dream where I went to Wal-Mart and Target and... just enjoyed being able to find all the treats that I've been missing here. Things like being able to find socks that fit my big feet, Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, Kraft buttermilk ranch dressing (it's the best, fight me), sandwich meat, etc. The funny thing is, in the dream, I left the store and was back in Korea. So my take away from this is that even though I miss some of the creature comforts of being home, I still am not done being here. In my dream, I did ended up at Costco and bought like... 3 big ass pumpkin pies - which I know they have in Nov and which I WILL be purchasing when they are there. J really loved them and frankly, well, it's a nice slice of home (see what I did there).
We are working overtime this week, which means that I'm working from 10am - 8pm, with an additional 3 hours of actually teaching the kids. The first couple of days were rough, but today I got a class with about 5 kids that I've either had before or currently have and that was WONDERFUL. These kids already know me and are comfortable with me and that makes all the difference in the world. We were able to have a good time. In order to kill some time we ended up playing pictionary and they found out just how BAD of an artist I am. I was going for 'concert' and some thought I was drawing 'shower' - blue was a bad choice for the color of the spotlights I guess. Either way, even though it feels like it should be Friday, OT is only for 2 weeks and I will survive. The bad news is that my usual phone calls home will have to be either cancelled or rescheduled because I usually in my AM, home PM, and that's shot when I have to be to work so early. That's right, I'm complaining about going to work at 10 am... my old supervisor should get a kick out of that since I once used a study to show that work shouldn't start until 10 anyway. She laughed and said 'see you at 8 tomorrow.' Long shot, but I had to try.
Anyway, I want to thank everyone back home for the love and support they have given me while I've been away. Also, I'd like to thank the wonderful people that I have in Korea who have been so amazing as we all go through this journey together. It's been a wild ride, and I'm learning more and more that the people you surround yourself are SO important. I don't want to brag too much about what wonderful people I have in my world... but I will... YOU ARE ALL SO FRIGGIN AWESOME AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE ARE BACK TOGETHER!!! I am going to hug all of you so friggin' hard and if I have to wear a Haz-Mat suit to do it, then so be it. Love to all, no matter how near or far, MUAH! :*
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