Me and my new friend. 1st grader. She visits me every day.

Whoa! Two months in a foreign country? Am I still the same girl who went to college 45 minutes away from home to stay close to her parents? I'm two months into my year-long contract as a Guest English Speaker with the EPIK program in Korea. It's been amazing so far. I'm learning so much about life here. I think it's because I not only moved to a foreign country, I've up and moved out of my parent's house. I've got bills to pay, and I feel good about it. My school life is amazing. I knew that I would like being a teacher, but I didn't know just how cute the students would be. I also didn't know they would be filled with so much love. Every day, I'm amazed with just how much they impress me. One day, two of my students ran up to me before school started and did a jeol (a formal bow where one bows all the way to the ground to show the highest level of respect). I was overcome with giddiness and couldn't stop laughing. Now, everytime I go to that school my students say, "teacher~ Respect You~" and I reply,  "student~ I love you~!" *cue bursting heart*


 I think I'm doing pretty well here. I mean, I haven't gotten lost. Well...there was that one time I ended up at the bus graveyard. But other than that, I've gotten on all of the right buses. I can make my way around pretty easily. I was really lonely living so far from everyone, and I'm so tired after school that I can't casually head to the city to have dinner with people every day. But it's okay now because...

...Nicholas is here~!

selfies, of course.

a beautiful bamboo fence around a playground.