i am afraid i might be getting my first cold in korea. i woke up on sunday feeling sort of achy, a little bit of a sore throat, and just all around tired. i felt extremely tired all day, but forced myself to go out and do a small hike with stephanie and then a hour bike ride. after that, i was exhausted.
side note: not riding a bike for close to 2 years and then going riding for a hour is probably not the best idea... my butt hurts.
i am refusing to get sick, mostly because my immune system is total crap and when i get sick, i stay sick for what seems like FOREVER. granted i do have health insurance over here, so if i do get sick, i will be able to go to the doctor and hopefully get something. but i really don't want to take my chances. so i will be hopefully going to bed at a decent hour, attempt to get plenty of rest, fluids, eat right and take my theraflu and hopefully that will be enough to overcome this cold by this weekend. me getting sick also means i don't have an appetite. which i guess might be seen as a good thing and might not. it does mean my co-teachers are going to give me even more crap at lunch for not eating. today i threw half of what i took away because i just couldn't eat anymore.
this weekend is the last long weekend we have. we have next monday off. it's national foundations day, whatever that is. this marks the last holiday we have off until winter vacation in january. yep that's right, no days off in november or december this year for me. i will be working on thanksgiving this year and no days off for christmas your new years. christmas falls on a sunday this year and i will be starting my first day of winter camp the following day.
it's going to be really weird not having the holidays off while everyone at home does. thanksgiving will also mark only 3 more months that i have left in korea, so i know that when that time comes, i am not only going to be freeeeeeeezing, but i will be missing home and not wanting to be in korea. i already talked to stephanie about this yesterday, but we are going to have to go out and do things, even if it's cold. because i refuse to stay cooped up in my apartment by myself and be mopey. that will just not end well for anyone.
okay back to this weekend... stephanie, clara and i are going to be going to andong for the international mask festival. after that we will be going to jinju for the lantern festival. it should be fun. thus why i must get better and not be sick.
it's fall. i love fall. i love that it's not disgustingly hot and humid. i love that it isn't pouring down rain for days, even weeks, on end. it's nice and crisp in the morning and then relatively warm in the afternoons. this also means i get to start wearing scarves. i love scarves. :) plus tv shows are back now too. so i have something to do when i have to desk warm.
what i am not looking forward to... winter. i am going to freeze. last winter was apparently the coldest winter korea has had in 30 years. with this year to probably be the same. i. am. going. to. freeze. to. death. seriously. i am slowly starting to gather winter clothes, which means i am going to have to do a little more shopping. i might be purchasing a warmer peacoat. plus about a million long sleeve shirts. i am going to hate winter even more than i already do.
this weekend i also ordered and picked up some burritos. there are two "waygooks" or foreigners who make homemade burritos in the area and sell them. i'm pretty excited, because these are going to be the most legit burritos that i have had since being in korea and till i get home.
i'm thinking it's a burrito and salsa kind of night for dinner. let's just hope i have an appetite.
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