Insomnia...meh

So insomnia has been kicking me in the ass lately. I remember a time where I could actually sleep before 4-5am and wake up around 9am to get things done...that time is apparently over. I actually tried to go to sleep around 1am last night...next thing I knew it was 3:30am so I decided to just text my boyfriend, Leon, who then called me. Something about his voice always relaxes me and then I can fall asleep, which is what ended up happening. Tried to wake up this morning around 10am which didn't happen. But I did manage to get up by 11:30am so that is a start. Small battles to win the war.

Other than lack of sleeping things are good. Planning on cooking a lovely feast of curry on Thursday since I actually have the day off. Also planning on going shopping for some fall/winter clothes. I think I might venture out to COEX for the second time ever. I usually go to Dongdaemon for some shopping but it is so far and I'm so lazy, lol.

It is a beautiful day but have I been outside? NO. Why? Too busy prepping for the rest of the week and trying to wake up. But I think today I will actually walk to work. Walking takes about 35-40mins but it is so nice a day and since I have a full schedule I won't get to see it when I get off work. In other work news my kids have started drawing me pictures on the board. They are so cute and funny so I told them I would take pictures of them everytime. Here are a few:

My students sometimes drive me crazy but I love those rugrats. They make teaching for 6hours straight not so bad.

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Back in the action of life...

So I have been gone for a bit straightening things out on my side. No I didn't discover the meaning of life or anything. But I did find a small measure of peace. As weird as it is for me to say at least my love life is back on track. Work is no where near as crazy as it could be. In that regard I send best wishes to you Joy. I hope things will go at least a small bit more smoothly than they have been. The middle-schoolers have exams so I have a bit of a breather this week and only half of the classes as before. It'll be a bit of a pay cut but at least I get a small vacation and time to destress. I got hit with a migraine last week when I still had an hour of class left. And I had my two loudest classes to deal with. Needless to say my head was pounding and I was going to strangle someone's child. But I didn't and went home to pass out.

I've been making some friends while I was gone to help me pass the time. I was talking to one of my friends about Korean guys. Being a Korean man himself he gave me some interesting information about what's going on in their minds. I haven't made many Korean girl friends except for one or two at my school. I have made friends with some cab drivers, lol. They like to tell me how different I am.

The weather has changed. It is no longer unbearably hot and humid. We had a good rain and just like that the weather turned cool...boredering on cold really. It is an interesting change. In TN we have a really gradual shift into fall. Here it seems like winter will be here in the next week. It will be interesting to see a real winter and snow. I look forward to it. But for now I should stop rambling and find some dinner. Hope everyone has had a good weekend!
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Abscence

Sorry I've been taking a bit of a leave of abscence from everything. I've got some sucky tough decisions to make about life and I need to take a step back to really think about everything. In my family there's a saying that bad things come in 3's and it has held true even up until now. Life, Work, Love. All areas I'm having to really look at and decide what it is I'm going for and if I'm truly putting my all into any of them. It hurts to have to look back at your life and determine if you are really living or if everything you have done up to now is just a half-assed attempt at getting by. But that is what I'm having to figure out in these next few days. I'll return in the next week or so, hopefully with more energy, a quiet mind and my heart intact...

The Sickness...

Sorry for the lack of pics and posting. I've been really sick with the flu and spend most of my time passed out in bed with my dog beside me. I'll have a big post this weekend for Chuseok with all my friends though so be ready=^^=

Quick update...

So I have been feeling a bit under the weather lately as well as a bit anti-social. I'm actually a very anti-social person by nature and enjoy being alone. But on the other hand I am also a human being who enjoys being with certain other human beings. But the last few days I have reverted back somewhat to my loner nature. This I must rectify to an extent.

Other than being a bit anti-social life has been ok. I went to Itaewon last weekend with a friend and some coworkers and met some really awesome people. The night is mostly a blur of dancing and laughing but somehow by the end of the night I think I found myself on hooker hill...I'm not really sure where I was so I grabbed the first taxi I saw and jetted back to good ol' Pyeongchon. Such a crazy night. I'm going to start taking pictures of these nights. My branch is having it's Hweshik tomorrow night which should be a doozy of a time. i am definitely bringing my camera with me then. Coworkers BEWARE!!!

Other than that not much is going on. I got my bed finally and have been enjoying it very much. Though I need to buy bedsheets next week when I get paid. I can't believe I have been in Korea for almost 2months now. It is crazy to go back and read the beginnings of this blog. I can't believe that this not-so-shy, anti-social, loud-mouth girl actually got her butt on a plane and jetsetted halfway across the world.

Amazing...