I move to my new apartment on Saturday, which I'm sure I've mentioned like 600 times.
Tomorrow is my last day to come to Shinheung Girls Middle School. Next week I have an English camp at another nearby middle school.
Today I have to move a bunch of my boxes and stuff from my office.
Yesterday I had my last dinner with two of my co-teachers (the two I am by far the closest to)
We went to the same place where we had our first teacher dinner, mostly just by coincidence.
It was fun and talk-filled, but seriously, it was so so so so sad. Seriously. I cried like a baby. We took some polaroids and ate and chatted, and we all cried. And they gave me this beautiful pair of earrings from J.Estina and I just can't tell you how thankful I am to them.
They have helped me when I didn't know enough Korean, or when I didn't know where to look for something, or when I needed to sneak out early to go to the post office or bank, or when I just wanted help with anything. They have so much stress as homeroom teachers and with paperwork and discipline and extra classes I never could understand how they managed it, but they always did everything they possible could to make my life that much easier.
It's not like I'll never see them again, but I won't see them in the same capacity, and it's just so crazy.
A huge chapter of my life is closing. And a new chapter is opening. It's exciting, but bittersweet.
I'm no longer in the beginning of my Korean life.
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