What a GREAT day!

I love it here :)

I just explored the main streets near my apartment today... I got some groceries, and a few things for the apartment. It was pretty wierd spending bills that said 50,000 on them ha...

I was afraid to leave my apartment this morning, because I stick out like a sore thumb here and have no idea where anything is or what the heck I am doing... but God is so GOOD. As soon as I walked down to the main street, a young girl stopped and said "Busol School? You Teacher". She was one of the students I had taught on Friday- now I had a friend to walk with! After we went our separate ways, I felt infinately more confident in my surroundings, and went to tackle the grocery store.

Fast forward to grocery store: I am minding my own business in the tea isle when an old Korean man comes up to me... he grabs the basket I'm holding and starts asking me something repeatedly. I am freaked out a little, until two Korean women come up to him and point to the front of the store. Apparently, the man was just trying to ask me where to get a basket :) haha.

I've found people in general to be kind, respectful and approachable. I feel extremely safe here, although I will not go out at night by myself yet...

My dinner was some kind of fried dough thing this lady was cooking up across the street... it was interesting! Also, there is a pet store by my apartment that I passed by like 10 times today, and I really wanted to go in and check it out so I just now made a random trip in there... I played with the little puppies for a while, and it made my heart so happy :)

I love being able to walk everywhere and not worry about a car! I was unable to get a phone today, because no one in any of the phone stores spoke English. However, there is a Korean professor who lives nearby and offered to help me out! The phone stores are closed on Sunday, but we will shoot for next week sometime!

I know without a doubt that I am ruined... I NEEEEEEEEED adventure in my life. I NEEEEEED challenge. I NEEEEEEED to be taken out of safe, comfortable, traditional environments... they suffocate me. Here, my spirit is already soaring. There's no turning back.