frustration

I guess it's high time I hit some kind of wall here in Korea, and I think I've hit it pretty hard...I'm changing my homestay. The location was too rural, and the family was too traditional and religious, despite having spent a lot of time in the US. Anyway. Parting was a little bittersweet, but I think it was for the best. I just hope my next homestay works out well! For the weekend I'm staying with another English teacher in Daegu, where she has a really nice apartment! I kind of wish I could just stay with her, but the hour-long commute is just too much.

Anyway, teaching is still going well. All my students are in love with my brother from the pictures I've shown them of my family, and all but 3 classes have asked the all-important question: "Teacher, do you have boyfriend?" So I told them, and 2 classes have already asked if we plan to get married. These kids are crazy!

Anyway, I have to get back to reading papers. Hopefully I will eventually settle down in my new homestay and have time to photoblog again, but for now I'm just blogging from work, where I don't have my camera. It's hard being passed around like this, but I think I'm in good hands. The teachers seem to really like me and genuinely want to take care of me (which sometimes means overfeeding the American = bad), so I trust that everything will work itself out.

Tomorrow I'm going to Busan with the head of the board of directors of the school, his wife, and Matthew, the other ETA in Gyeongju. That should be a fun trip and I plan to take lots of pictures! 사진을 찍얼 거예요. Well, I think that was right. Once I settle in, things will be better....I keep telling myself that...