After a long hiatus in America, I'm back "at home" in Korea again! I'm working at the school I worked at when I first came back in February of 2011. It's a lot of work but ultimately it's a great place to be and I am really grateful that the school director thought to offer me a job again.
I left my house a little before 4 a.m. on Monday morning to catch the 6:20 a.m. flight to Chicago, then boarded a huge plane bound for Incheon Airport, South Korea. It was due to depart at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, but there were all kinds of problems. The O'Hare airport was clogged with planes because of snow, and by the time it was our turn to leave we had to stop and do the whole de-icing process all over again. Then we finally made it out to the runway (which happened to be the farthest from our gate) only to find that there was something amiss with the plane's communication equipment. So we went all the way back to the gate again and waited while they fixed it. (Nothing like knowing your plane has been malfunctioning to give you ease about your flight over the arctic!) Finally that problem was fixed, but the airport was incredibly backed up, so we still had to wait and wait. I think they even did the de-icing process again.
We finally left, three and a half hours late, and didn't really have any problems during the flight, but a lot of people missed their flights (to Vietnam, China, etc.), which was a shame. As for me, I still caught the bus down to my city, but not until 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night, which meant I got in around 1:00 a.m. this morning.
One of the desk teachers at my school came and picked me up. She's always really nice, and I felt bad that she had to come and get me at 1 a.m. She brought me to my temporary apartment (since I'm here early and can't move in to the apartment of the teacher I'm replacing yet), which happens to be right nextdoor to my friend's apartment.
The bedding the school supplied was super soft and warm and fluffy and I slept really well. I got up and got ready for work and was thinking about leaving early to see if I could find breakfast when my friend knocked on my door to offer me some oatmeal that he'd made. How nice! I'm about to eat it now - as of yet it's still too hot for me.
I feel pretty well rested. (I slept a lot during every leg of my long trip.) I'm excited about work today. I hope I can get back into the swing of things quickly.
Time to eat my oatmeal now!
