One year in Korea!!!!

Hello everyone! I left Washington on September 6 of last year and arrived in Korea on the 8th. This being the 7th, I believe it makes the 365th day I've been in Korea!

Or at least close to that. We all know I can't math. Yes, math is a verb now.

Korean boy and I had a great plan to celebrate my 1-year anniversary with Korea.

I was going to take the subway after work, meet him in Seoul, and we would then drive down to Jinju to see our friends.


On Saturday and Sunday, we were going to explore ALL of Gyeongju, the number one historical site in Korea! I went there briefly once and saw some old temples and a large Buddah, but there is so much more to see!

I was very excited, and we were going to go rain or shine.

I even made a to-do list.


Sadly, it is not happening.


One hour ago I arrived home with a list of things in my mind: clean litterbox, fill cat food, take out garbage, buy snacks at mini mart, take taxi to subway.


When I opened the door, Gilbert let out a yowl and ran over to me. I thought it was adorable. He was so happy to see me!

Then I heard another yowl. Coming from the bathroom.

Darcy had locked himself in the shower. Again. I laughed at him and opened the door.

He staggered out. Literally staggered. Like a drunken sailor.

I panicked and called Korean boy, who called the vet for me and told him I was coming.


I then carried my 20lb cat (exaggerating?) three blocks to the vet, where a nice old man confirmed that his leg was sprained.

He then pumped Darcy full of pain killers, gave me a prescription for pills to give him, and I went home.


The pain killers then made Darcy foam at the mouth, and I spent the next 20 minutes following him around with a towel, cleaning his trail of spit.

I called Korean boy and we debated on whether we still had time to make it. Unfortunately I hadn't cleaned the litter box, eaten or anything, so we decided Gyeongju would have to wait. :(



I wrote many of you postcards!!! In some of them I mentioned how I was going to be traveling. Sorry, that is not happening anytime soon. >.<



And speaking of postcards, THANK YOU MOTHER AND FATHER AND ANIA AND GAIL! Those are perfect! My students (and co-teachers) are amazed to see pictures of mountains...they can't believe I actually live there! They think all of America is like New York city, so it's really interesting for them.


Anyway, I just wrote this blog in an attempt to distract myself from the fact that Darcy is sitting on my pillow, dripping his saliva everywhere.


Happy one year in Korea to me!!!!!!!!!