Good-bye Korea!

Blog...it's been on my to do list for the past, oh...12 months. Exactly the amount of time I've been in Korea. Now faced with the tasks of packing, banking and Hepatitis A shots - starting a blog seems to be the most enticing of to-do's on the list.

This year has been full of ups and downs. When I came to Korea I was a little bit lost, a little bit homesick (okay - a lot - I cried like a baby) and thought that anyone who wanted to teach a room full of screaming, nose picking children must have something seriously wrong with them. I would come home from school some days and punch my pillow until I felt better. Slowly, my kindy kids grew on me and I fell in love with them.

I've come a long way from the girl who broke down in tears because my sheets wouldn't fit on my bed. I've made fabulous meals in my one frying pan, waged war against the dreaded drain flies that just don't go away and managed to keep my room clean all year (haha yeah right).

The time has flown by and now I break down in tears for different reasons. My year in Korea has come to an end and I have to say good-bye. Good-bye to the kids, to my wonderful friends and coworkers who have made this year absolutely amazing and to Korea - which at first seemed foreign and scary and now just seems like home.

But I'm setting off on a new adventure and that's what this is about. Flying to Bangkok bright and early tomorrow morning. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a wee bit nervous - but after a year of similtaneously serving lunch to 9 hungry Korean kids and an angry Russian boy, wiping noses, playing mediator, giving hugs and catering to their every whim (they are cute afterall) - I'm hoping I'm well prepared to travel. I'll keep you posted!