Happy!
At times it has felt like this year has been multiple, that days dragged on and weeks were painstakingly slow to pass. I was lonely and emotionally starved at times...but I'm doing great so no worries. :)
The paranoia of swine flu in Korea has changed the people as a whole in the past several months. Koreans have an obnoxious fear of all foreigners now...because we all have it apparently. Strangers freak out more when I'm near, won't get into elevators with me, are a lot less helpful, etc. The world turns colder as irrational fears spread. They've been canceling festivals left and right which is a little depressing but I'm not letting it get me down! That just means I get to explore little nooks and crannies of neat places around Seoul and surrounding areas.
Right now I'm laughing and doing silly things, loving my students, watching the trees tease about turning colors, spending time with friends, enjoying myself and taking it all in.
All of a sudden I have under 6 weeks left til I come home, a week of that spent in another country, a million things to do and...I'm just happy these days. Headaches and insomnia or no, this last month and a half here is going to be great. :D
Then after that are the holidays and I'm nearly bursting with excitement to do holiday-ish things with family and friends. You'd never guess how much you would miss the holidays until you go a year without -properly- celebrating any!
Things are good. :D
At the market...eww