I think I've finally got my blog up and running again, commenting abilities and all. Yay!

When I left Korea 6 weeks ago, I felt like I needed to get Korea out of my system. Life had gotten intense and I had become incredibly focused on my life in my little corner of the world. I needed to take a breath and look at the rest of the world for a while.

I did. I went to Japan, Portland and Salt Lake City. And now I'm glad to be back home. I was really surprised to find myself missing things about my life here: the view from my apartment, the drive to work through the rice paddies, Korean food, my cat (can you believe it? I actually missed my crazy cat!) and my job. Even though my life here gets lonely and I feel isolated from the world, I love the work that I do. I feel needed and useful and I think I do a good job. All that together makes me feel fulfilled.

I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I should do next year. I looked at a bunch of grad schools online and collected information while I was in the States. I've come to the conclusion that becoming a teacher is a royal pain in the butt. The amount of hoops I have to jump through to get into a grad level teaching program is insane!! It's like they want to discourage as many people as possible from being teachers. Then they go and complain about teacher shortages. HA! If I didn't already know that I want to be a teacher I would give up right now. But I can't. This is what I want to do. Since that's the case I have no choice but to start jumping. It's rather discouraging. It is going to take me so much time and effort to even begin. But I have to do it.