All Good Things Must Come To An End

I've been home now for about 2.5 weeks and, really, not much has happened.  I've been relaxing, spending time with some friends (the few who are still in the area) and lots of time with my family.  Mostly, I've been sitting on my deck, enjoying the fabulous summer weather, reading or going for walks-one in the morning with my mom and grandmother and another at night with just my mom.  As boring as this may sound, it's been really nice.  I've seen pictures of vacation people have uploaded onto facebook (Mychaela, Steph, Amy and Emily) and it looks fabulous and I wish I could have done more, but it would have been too much money wise and being at home chilling has been really nice after surviving a year in Korea ;-)

When I first got home I spent several days trying to get over jet-lag.  I was consistently waking up at 3 or 4 in the morning wide-awake.  Got over that. I'm still getting up early, 6 or 7, but its better.  Around the end of the first/beginning of the 2nd week was when I started freaking about finding a job.  That makes relaxing a lot harder.  But, there was no need to worry, I've got my previous job back! I'll begin training (again) starting September 12 and I'm very happy to be going back there, its a great place to work. Knowing I have a job that's going to start soon, meaning I'll have money again soon too, is allowing me to really enjoy the time I have now.  I'm sitting on my front deck writing this where the only annoyance are the mosquitoes (damn bloodsuckers!) that have taken too much of a liking to me over the last couple of weeks :-/

I've also been able to set up some volunteer activities.  Starting on the 12th I'll be teaching an ESL class to Spanish speakers at a church in the city.  This is great as it will help me keep up what teaching skills I acquired last year, learn new ones, and practice some Spanish.  It also helps me with Peace Corps.

Have I mentioned how amazing my neighbors are?  They are seriously 2 of the most thoughtful people I've ever met.  They invited me to dinner last week at their house with the director of the Delaware division of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).  The director, Kathleen, has offered me a volunteer/internship opportunity there, which would be AMAZING!  This would get me around lawyers and actually allow me to get experience working in law myself.  I'm über excited!


Anyway, things are really coming together for me here.  I've been medically cleared (!) by Peace Corps, been contacted by placement for my resume (which has been sent) and am waiting for more news there, which should be a couple more weeks coming :-/  


There are definitely things I miss about Korea.  Kimchi jjige, the ease of public transportation, my students, my social life, my paycheck, and my friends, to name a few.  It was a good experience and I don't regret any of it.  I'm happy I did it, but I'm also happy to be home, at least for a little while.


It's time for me to move on to the next chapter of my life (that's so cliche, I know) and end this one.  So, this is The End.  Goodbye and good luck to those of you in Korea now.