Back amongst the living!

It's been awhile since i've been able to write and so much has happened! It seems like my life has done a complete 180! When I was in China I had bad abdominal pains and went through a series of tests both there and back in Korea. We thought everything was figured out, but the same thing happened again last month and this time I had to be hospitalized...again. Since arriving in Korea, I had already had my appendix removed, and was now going through so much pain again. I was in the hospital for three days this time, with a specialist running several tests, including a CAT scan and a PET scan. I was finally diagnosed with endometriosis, which isn't very uncommon, and they found a mass on my ovary, a little bigger than a golf ball. There was a cancer scare for awhile, but after seeing the tests results, the doctor seems to think there is no immediate danger. He says I will have to have it removed eventually, but not right away. When I returned to work, things just continued to go downhill. I found out that they were replacing me at my job because of my hospital stay and missing those three days of work. In Korea, there is a completely different mindset about work, and I am learning a lot more about that! I went through some things with the new director at our school, who doesn't seem to think the contract I signed is worth anything. It's hard to understand why things are happening as they are, when I haven't breached the contract in any way, but I'm willing to accept it and move on. Jobs are very easy to come by here, and teachers are needed everywhere!

As for now, I am at my current job until the end of November, and I have another appointment with the doctor to make sure nothing has changed, but as of now I want to get another teaching job and stay in Korea. I have loved every second of teaching, and the kids are wonderful. I will let everyone know what happens as soon as I learn something. Miss you and am thinking of you all!