Breakfast: same as yesterday :)

Lunch: soup with mushrooms and some kind of fishy flavor, kim chi, some kind of clear gooey stuff that was supposedly made from a bean (soy? idk) with carrots slivers and sesame seeds, dekalb (Chuncheon's famous spicy chicken rib dish) with those things that look like potatoes but definately are not, rice, and that same tea/water mystery drink

Dinner: Pasta with red sauce and all kinds of sea creatures, pickled vegetables, green tea, different kinds of bread with olive oil

Wow- what a wonderful day. I was not doing well this morning at all. I was sad and homesick and literally feeling sick also. I just totally didn't want to be here. I was cold. I was tired. You get the picture...

Even during my first few classes, I was really feeling discouraged and like I just wanted to burst into tears. Then, the 4th class of the day was SOOO GOOOOOOD!!! It was just like a huge boost and for the first time I really felt love for my students. After that, everything seemed to change... probably because I was seeing things in a different light.

The rest of the afternoon was much better, and I was so thrilled when a couple groups of girls came into the library (my current office) just to try having a conversation in English. Truly my happiest moment here so far... I love working one on one with students.

Also, I really felt honored that the other teachers took such an interest in making me feel welcome at the school...

They were talking for half of their lunch break about things they wanted to show me here in Chuncheon (I didn't understand any of it, so Yoon Jin was translating the gist of the convo for me). Maybe tomorrow we will all go see the mountains and have dinner? "It's not sure yet, just plan. It's not sure".

Tonight Yoon Jin took me to the hospital, where I had every kind of medical test known to me...

They took like 5 viles of blood (I thought I was going to pass out... why has my fear of needles intensified so much in the past few years?), a pee sample (HA- it was a paper cup that was not made for this type of thing, and I just had to laught when they handed me this cup that said "taste the difference... so and so brand dinnerwear"... eew), an eye test (my vision is apparently perfect), an x-ray (the technician, bless his heart, was painfully awkward trying to explain to me in his limited English that I could keep all my clothes on but needed to take off my underwear for the xray), and also blood pressure, weight, height, etc...

The scale made me laugh. It said in big letters on the front "Fatness Indicator". Oh my...

After that, Yoon Jin took me out to eat at this charming, yummy and very impressive Italian restaurant overlooking the entire city and suburbs of Chuncheon!!! Wow- I can truly say I was in complete awe. Never seen anything like it. I appreciate this city SO MUCH after seeing it from that angle. Amazing. Truly a gem of a place, with all the lakes and mountains and beauty all around... things I couldn't see until I had that angle. I also loved just driving around the city and seeing it that way. I can't wait to get out and explore all those fun places I saw today...

Tomorrow is a test day, so I think we are just planning all day. And maybe leaving school early to hike/have dinner/whatever the other women teachers have in mind (But it's "just plan. Not sure" so we'll see!).

:) I thought of everyone I love and miss back home tonight. I would have loved for you guys to be there and see what I was seeing. Maybe someday we can take in that view together! Wish I'd brought a camera!