My apartment.

So hey this is my apartment.  Yeah oh i need to take the view.  hold on be back in a minute.  can you smell that i'm making some rice. ok. 
I am hanging out my window a little. not really it doesn't open that far.  

here is just the street i see below.this is how big my window is.  Its one whole wall. pretty big.  can't sleep in that late. once the sun is up the light is shinning through even with the blinds down.  

my first day at school

I woke up at 6 am (4 pm CST) to get ready for School today. I am waiting on my body to adjust to Seoul. Im also waiting on my bag to get here from the airport. You should have seen me this morning getting dressed in clothes that didn't match.  Anna says, "don't worry they think it American style." 

Funny thing you all thought I would fit in with everyone here. A lot of my students are taller than I am.  I have more than 25 students in a class, sometimes I have as many as 36.  I have 23 different classes a week.  Each class meets once. The good thing is they all have their names sewn into their shirts. The bad part is it's in Han'gul. Han'gul is the Korean alphabet. I am in the process of learning Han'gul so that I will be able to read their names as well as the streets. 

My body is sore. My eyes are tiered and this morning they were swollen. my feet are still swollen almost twice their normal size. 

Sara, the girl who lived and worked here before had left me little notes in my apt and at school in MY classroom.  I am excited about the students and we are getting to know each other. 

When I got home from work I decided to take a quick nap.  I had to go to Emart to get an alarm clock. Everything that had an alarm on it has died.  anyhow my nap ended up being almost 5 hours long.  I woke up made some rice and went to Emart.  With in two hours of being back from the store I fell asleep.  

Well, what is there to say but I MADE IT! the trip was long and a little discombobulating.  One of my bags missed the plane but I have it now.  I started class the very next morning.  that was a little daunting.  Anna, the Korean teacher helping me, is an English teacher at Nokcheon Middle School too.  She is Korean and has picked an American name.  This is a practice that seems to be quite normal.  She has been very helpful in making sure that I am comfortable.  

I am in the process of nesting and when I am finished I will take pictures for you all to see my very own studio apt. till then.

Here

I'm here! I'm in my new apartment! I'm tired. I'm going to bed.

7days18hours40minutes and some seconds

I am currently looking at leaving this country that I have lived in for just over 26years. A journey, the journey begins long before you leave for your travels. I have been thinking about this for as long as I can remember. Venture around the world and see the Human Condition in different languages and cultures. This particular journey started about a year ago with a Craigslist ad. The ad talked of dreams and far away places where you could get paid to speak "your language". The place that interested me the most was Italy. Until I found out, that if I were to break even, I would be lucky. So I have ventured over to the Idea of going to Asia. A place I find interesting; I never really had an interest in going to, till now. The travels to Seoul South Korea begin 7days18hours40minutes and some seconds. the days are counting down and the time is here where I must not only have my plan but put it into action and pack. Oh shit! What do you take to a country for a year?
One more question I leave at 1pm from Chicago I will arrive at my destination, Seoul Korea, at about 4:50 pm. the flight is about 14 hours long. I fly west. My question is will I fly through the night at all or just fallow the sun into the next day? cool huh. I will keep you posted during my trip back to the future.