Climbing Mountains

Well this is only my 102nd post since arriving to Korea. I have been here for over half of my contract and still going strong.


Lets start off be telling the happenings of the day.

In the morning I needed to take a shower and went to my Honey's gym. I want to go there more. I took a long public shower in the locker room. I think my Korean friend would be surprised to hear that actually. It wasn't really anything to it ~ I havent had a decent shower in 2 days so I needed to get one. Later today my water was fixed so it should be set for tomorrow.

I went to Mcdonalds after and had a good time with Christina. I need to be better though. I mean seriously a date at Mcdonalds. I can do better. I would go just about anywhere on a whim I just have to be given the time. That's one reason why I love Sunday's.

After Mcdonalds we went to work. I think its just work and it has to do with the environment but lately work has given us some problems. *Today I disapointed Christina because of my work ethic, and maybe my feelings here. Yesterday, was a hard day and I really just as soon forget the happenings of yesterday.
Everytime something bad happens I surprisingly try to look the other way and stay positive. I am 90% certain that I will be going home in June, not anytime sooner. I feel my relationship is climbing new heights. For all of our problems we always resolve them. I hope that never changes.

Today at work is the best day for me actually~ Why? Well I have 5 classes
Class
BREAK
CLASS
CLASS
Break
CLASS
CLASS
Not a bad schedule
It allows me plenty of time to write a report and get my work done for the rest of the week. I came to the conclusion that I need to try harder. I take my work seriously especially because its dealing with kids. I truly want to make a difference in their lives and unfortunately I dont know how.
Life at the Hawgwan is to fast. It is really hard to accomplish as much as I would like. I have come to the conclusion that its just important to leave behind what happens today and move on for tomorrow. I could always do a better job but the class is over. I dont want to worry about more that I could have done.
I dont like talking about work because I think its becoming a dangerous topic. There is a lot of things that happen at work that's bad and there are some things that are good. Attitude is 90%. I didnt teach anything in mb2 today but the class was over very fast!

I am going to make a good effort to work harder and get things done correctly.

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So I wrote more in my progress report than I usually did. It looks more official than before. I want to truly leave some skills or impression with the kids. I am happy when my TD1 class laughed at my jokes. Like: The sick sailor was so weak he couldnt work. and I said "Ah, Joe ket tah. Im jealous."
I like them because they at least understand me.

Enough about work. Work is work and as long as I am here I will try to do my best.

As yet another week winds down I am trying to reach insurmountable heights and make things work. I hate fighting and I think I came to the conclusion that I am not like most guys. Unlike other guys I dont really shrug things off. I care too much and so if I upset someone it is my hope to make it better as soon as possible. Its been my experience that if I let something fester it will turn into something more complicated down the road.

I will continue to climb this mountain and deal with the things that cross my path as they come.

I dont know where the rest of the week will take me but I do know that the one place I find Solace is in the bottom of my baby's heart.


I could write more but I need to take a break for awhile. And thats how Tuesday the 22nd of January wound down.

Nick