Recently

It's hard for me to write when I'm not feeling well about things. I've been ok physically except for today. I have headaches off and of due to the air and allergies. However, today I have had one to the right of my nose, deep in the sinuses. Then I have had one over my right eyebrow. I know it's allergies but I don't want to take medicine. I also don't want to complain, so I shall move on. 

I don't want to complain. I don't want to be negative outwardly, because I feel negative inwardly. I don't think that people should be allowed to teach unless they have done some sort of training beforehand. I believe most US public schools require certification before they allow teachers in a classroom. That's smart. How can you give a quality education otherwise? I am not trained except for this little certificate in teaching English as a foreign language. I feel this a lot of days recently. I'm not delivering a quality education because I'm not qualified. I dont care what people say. There has to be some training. I don't know how to properly form a plan for my classes. I thought I had it and then it all fizzled. 

I just wonder if they will let me go after the first evaluation or let me stay on for a full year since that is my contract. I dont know what I will do then. Maybe it's the age group and I could go back to the US to teach at upper level or even adult ed again. I don't think I could go back to respiratory therapist again. I think I would have to go through a lot of hoops to gain licensure. I just don't want to anyways. I believe those 15 years took a toll on my feet and my body. I believe that is why I developed cancer. (Praying this environment here doesn't turn my cells cancerous as they are at high risk to do.)

I agreed to this interview with the media club tomorrow. I don't want to do it. I'm afraid I will say something really bad since I've been in such a mood. 

So tired. Last night I kept hearing the cymbals of the livingroom light fixture. The shake and wake me up and keep me awake.


I have a bicycle and toaster oven. Received them today, 2 days after ordering.

Baked Alaskan Pollock with salt, pepper, and a little basal with grapeseed oil on rice cakes and corn.

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  1. MajaOctober 18, 2020 at 1:24 PM

    It is still kinda hard to believe you are in S. Korea. So excited to live vicariously through you until the day I finally make it there! I love the color of your bike.

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