Korea here I come!

Good news world, I am now moving to KOREA in early July! I have landed a teaching job in Daegu South Korea and I am soooo excited! This whole journey of just applying for the job started a week before last Christmas (2009) and five months later I finally have a contract! as I stated, I will be teaching/living in Daegu (Taegu) South Korea in the Shiji district. It's in the eastern part of the city where many of the expats (*expatriates) reside.

It's not glamorous aka not amazing money but it's better than the $8 an hour I'm making at the Doubletree Hotel here in Jefferson City MO. I'll be paid 2,200,000 won/month with free rent, my employer will pay half my medical insurance, pay for my flights, and I only work 30 hours a week. Did I mention that I will be paid a couple million a month? A COUPLE MILLION!!! I don't care that it's not in dollars, I feel like a big deal right now :)

I have been in a funk because I never thought I would escape this place and now I am. Yes, I am sad to leave my family and friends behind but I'll be okay. A year is a long time but yet short. Before you know it, I'll be back in the USA grumbling about the lack of adventure in my life. This is the one time that I am thankful I am single, no children, or large debts of any kind. My family is healthy, my friends know I love them, and the loan companies will like my $$$ to pay off the student loans.

I am branching out, done staring at the fork in the road. I have settled for the path of adventure and cultural understanding, one that may force me to rethink the possibility of children. Man I hope teaching English is going to be more enjoyable than working in a call center.

This is my real face, not my poker face.

*An expatriate (in abbreviated form, expat) is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing or legal residence.