I am Finally settled....

AHH...a huge sigh of relief. I have been in Korea for 7 days now...one full week. It is a crazy and amazing feeling to be back all the way across the world and feel so at home somehow. The first two days were a little rough because I was so tired and without a telephone or the internet. It sucked not to be able to talk to my family, but thankfully I knew where Emart was so I could use the public telephone.

I find now that I am sleeping a little better but the time change is still difficult. So some nights I wake up at 3am and cannot fall back to sleep. But that will change in time.

My school is fantastic. My co-teacher and the health teacher met me at the airport and this last week I have hung out with them. No Su Kyung is my co teacher and we get along great. She has helped me with so many things. She has really made the transition much easier for me.

I have met up with some old friends and I am about to meet up with some new ones. This time I am trying to get involved in different activities to keep myself busy. Tonight I am starting Tae Kwon Do, I have signed up again at my old Fitness club, Yoga is three nights a week and I will also have Korean classes a few times a week. I am so excited to be back here. I have already had Heim Pizza. ( which is the best pizza I have ever had....I think Mathew is jealous) I have had gimbap, and have eaten at the log house, which is a fantastic vegetarian restaurant here in Mokpo.
I miss all of my friends and especially my family but this journey that I am on will hopefully lead to awesome adventures and more insight to who I am as a person and what my purpose here is.

I know that we all struggle with the question of " what are we suppose to do with this one life?"
some more than others...i hope that I will find those answers but I am willing to be patient.
I can honestly say that my last experience in Korea was not as good as I would have hoped...but after a year and coming back to Canada..it made me realize how good my life here really was. I love Canada. I love the people, the beauty that exists, with the mountains and the lakes, I love my family and friends...but the lifestyle I had succumbed to was not something I could do for the rest of my life. When I left B.C. I had interviewed for a job that would have taken care of me for the rest of my life. Good Pay, Good benefits, nice vacation, room for advancement....but all I could see was...the end of my road. Once you take a job like that it is very difficult to walk away from it. Your life becomes a pattern of events. You get up, go to the gym, go to work, come home, hang out for a few hours, go to bed....then do it all over again...at least 5 days a week. I would go insane.

So here in Korea my life is more relaxed. I get up, go to the gym, teach from 9-12, then have the afternoons off. I stay at school and study Korean or other courses that I am taking, then go home and do whatever I want..Tae Kwon Do, Yoga..etc. with 2 months vacation....its an awesome life..I get to travel and meet others and have experiences I would not have if I stayed in one place...in Canada.

I truly miss you all. Thank you for your love and support.