The Jen Diaries

My move to South Korea is 100% official. My visa arrived today. I am one step closer to living in the future (SK is 13 hours ahead). I don’t even know what to say at this point. I am probably still in denial, I am, however, starting to feel angst, maybe a bout of sadness, but mostly anguish, torment, anxiety, sorrow, worry and fear. I watch a lot of movies and have a vivid imagination; my dreams are borderline real and foreboding I can pretty much write M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie. It’s that bad (pun intended, he ruined The Last Airbender movie). Thankfully, you do not die in your dreams, Inception 101. The worry came on after my father’s heart attack last weekend. It scared me to think something could happen to anyone while I am away. After all, shootings and bombings seem to always be in season, unfortunately, and are uncontrollable and unpredictable. Diet and stress can be controlled so I hope this was a wakeup call for him. No Camembert, Roquefort, steak or foie g...

Got school offer. Signed contract. Waiting for visa. Boom.

I was offered a teaching position last week with the second school I interviewed with. The school looked great, had a handful of other foreign teachers who all lived in the same building. I had great hours and was to teach up to elementary school. I was set, I just had to wait on their contract to be sent and signed. So I waited...and waited...(okay just 2 days but still, it was KILLING ME!) My recruiter kept apologizing for the delay since the school was in meetings and my contract needed to be looked over by the principle. Alas, it was too good to be true, my recruiter let me know that they had pushed back the starting date from end of September to November! Back to square one. Apparently this is common and happens often but I am still frustrated and upset. I will just take this in stride and as part of the experience. I reached out to multiple other recruiters. Hopefully my inbox will be filled tonight. GGGAAAAAHHHHH!!!! I WILL be there this month!  Blog with you s...