Emotional Sobriety in an Intoxicated Korea

So my life from Korea has been less than eventful. I wish that I could
write about some grandeous adventure that I have been on and great
tales about the wonderful places that I have traveled, but I have done
none of that. I have either been working, working, planning for work
or going to Seoul. I have hung out with people more often recently and
have deviated from my hermit lifestyle, but it has been at the expense
of my waistline. I am always in this changing limbo, that I do not
enjoy.

I have joined Costco. They have a few in Seoul and a couple others
sporadically spread about Korea. I go there to buy my foreign goods.
It is so difficult to find good cheese and the stuff that I get there
is the 2lb blocks that I would not touch at home. It is nice to see
some familiar goods. I bought oatmeal, granola bars, sharp cheddar,
unsalted almonds, fiber drinks and some Crown Royal. The Koreans
around me must have thought that I was nuts because I was jumping for
joy when I saw it and skipped to show my friend. The sad part is that
the bottle is almost gone. It was not me though, I maybe drank 1/5 of
the bottle but the majority of it was consumed by Korean friends who
are intrigued by foreign alcohols.

So my workload has grown exponentially because I do not know how to
say no. I keep taking on more things because people keep asking me and
I cannot say no to kids. I am starting to get to the point that I
cannot take on anymore. The planning is the most stressful because
when I get there it is ok. Planning and preparation just takes so much
time and effort. I wanted a part-time job that had benefits and got a
full-time workload instead. It is good money to do all of these extra
jobs on the side though because I am getting paid over time or better
for it all.

I sometimes fear that work will consume me and I do not want to be one
of those people whose life revolves around work. Love the kids, like
most of the teachers, some of the administration is less than desirable
and private lessons are all over the place.

Receiving a dose of reality in the form of a love one being on the
brink. No amount of preparation can get you to be okay with
such a lose. Even though, everyone was prepared for it to happen it
still elicits so many emotions. I hope that the family will pull
together and over come such devastating circumstances and be able to
celebrate the life of such a beautiful woman. My heart goes out to the extended family, the Miller family.