8 months

Eight months have passed since I first arrived in Korea, and sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday I was getting off the plain at Incheon airport. Talks of renewal has started, and word on the street is that we have about 10 days to confirm if we will stay or leave. I have an open class this coming Tuesday, I'm not sure if my school was aware of the renewal timeframe when they scheduled it, or if it's just a coincidence, but knowing that my performance during the open class will be fresh in my supervisors minds whenever they fill out the renewal paperwork puts extra pressure on me. I'm still 50/50 on wether I want to really stay or not, but I at least want to have the option of staying rather than being told  I'm an awful teacher and be given the boot.

Life in Korea is going on as normal, I know for a while the foreign media had a field day reporting the possibility of a North Korean attack on the South, and to be honest, there were times when I was scared and questioned if maybe I should be taking things a bit more seriously, but when it came down to it, the stress I experienced during those weeks were not because I was scared about a possible attack, but because my mum kept herself glued to CNN and would constantly message or call me to check if I was okay or try to convince me to flee and return home, every time she did that I had to calm her down and explain to her that everything was okay. I'm not sure if North Korea is still talking about launching their missiles, or if the media has found something else to talk about, but for the time being the panicked calls and messages from friends and family abroad have stopped.

It's early Saturday morning in Seoul now, last night I was too exhausted so I laid down for a short rest at about 8 p.m. before meeting some friends, but oops, I ended up sleeping straight through the night and didn't wake up until 7 a.m. this morning. I had planned to go to a soccer match today, but It's raining, so I'll probably find an indoor activity to partake in instead.

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