Le sigh

Work's been crazy intense the past two weeks as we're inching closer to the opening of the school. It hasn't gotten much more organized, so that just makes things way more difficult. For instance, not all of the books for the upcoming semester have gotten in, so we can't really plan a syllabus for certain classes. And the lesson flows for my co-teaching on Friday still aren't in, so I have no idea what levels I'm teaching and what material I'm teaching. This is very much making my OCD tendencies come out, as I panic a little more each day. It's supposedly a good thing for a teacher to be a little OCD, so that they over-prepare for classes, but it's hella draining when everything is such a mess.

I'm also supposed to be giving demos every day until we open, fun stuff. I guess it's good practice, and it gives me something to do, which is always a plus. Today, I just basically sat around for about 2 hours messing around, because I finished all my work. And I couldn't go home until the boss said so. Normally it's ok, but today I didn't bring my computer to work because Daegu was hit with the edge of a typhoon, so it was majorly storming today.

But yea, same old, same old. Work, maybe go out with co-workers, and then back to the apartment to start it all over again. The lack of money and time (since I work Saturdays for now) is definitely a deterrence for traveling and exploring. BUT I think I'm going to hit up downtown Daegu this Saturday if I get out of work early enough. There's a rally to build a memorial for comfort women (we're just basically walking around). Not exactly sure how it'll go, but hopefully I can drag someone to work with me (pref. Diana). I'm not sure if any of you know this, but my major interest in Korean history is the study of comfort women. I spent the last two years at Loyola researching them. If and when I go to grad school, I'm planning on focusing on the comfort system and sexual slavery in Japan (I know, depressing, but it's really interesting!). So this is something that I really feel strongly about. I'm really glad that I can somehow participate in it! And in Korea! Things like this makes me glad about my decision to live here for a year.

Decided against going out with the co-workers today b/c a) I need to save money, b) I need to do laundry before it stacks up on me, and c) my room is completely messy, so I desperately need to clean it. Also, I'm kind of tired. I've been so mooching off the free internet at home, since I have no idea if it'll suddenly disappear like last time.

So yea, right now, I'm doing laundry, and I just figured out how to work my gas range (it turns out the gas line wasn't open >_<). I'm going to make myself a late dinner, watch some Degrassi or Dexter, and then probably head off to bed (maybe some Skype for a bit if anyone signs on).

Love! I'll try to live a bit more exciting life, so there'll be more posts ^_^