Finally off and running!

I finally got my butt in gear and started writing.  Here we go.
So Ive lived in South Korea for a solid 8 months now.  wow.  where did all the time go? but now that i think about it i have definitely changed quite a bit in 8 months.  thinking back now on who i was when i first arrived here, i can tell i am absolutely a different person.  not bad or good, just different.  living in a foreign country will do that to you i guess, who woulda thought.
Korea is an interesting place, as you could assume anything thats not familiar to your home would be.  when i first stepped off the plane i felt like i was star struck.  everything was so new.  all i was worried about was that i got to my apartment i was promised safely and without any hassle.  and that is exactly how it went.  Koreans are very compassionate and helpful to foreigners (my first impression).  got to my apartment and everything was just how i expected it, unbelievably small.  On the plus side it was fully furnished, just a bit dirty from the last teacher who lived there.
From the horror stories i have heard about what happens to teachers when they first arrive, my experience was cake.  everything panned out as it should have.  got settled in nicely to small place that had everything i needed and some.  besides a pretty serious jet lag, i was golden.  so my first night in korea is here.  The taxi driver and I were looking at my humongous suitcase, trying to figure out how we were going to fit in in this tiny cab and take it across town to my appartment.  Lucky we found a solution and crammed it in the front seat.  the cabbie was a bit anxious during the drive but with only a few scratches on the dashboard everything was fine.  
In safely. And relieved.

Two days later.  Monday.  My first day of teaching.  I walked in with my co-worker, whos from Vegas, got about a 30 min run down of what I need to do and was handed a book and was told to go teach.  Boom.  thats it.  here are your books, now go be a teacher.
First day was actually fun.  I had no idea what the kids were learning and its seemed like neither did they.  So I just sort of rolled with it, got to know them, and they got to know me.  I was a brand new teacher so all of the students were kind of taken back by me because they didnt expect to see me.  The teacher I replaced i found out he was fired, and I heard none of the students liked him either. By the end of the week i was on track with the students, most of them knew where they were in the book so that was helpful.  the books i was teaching from were pretty out dated but what can i do about that.

  Teaching was easier than I thought! I had fun with my kids!  they loved my goofy jokes and games.  I thought i could really get the hang of this.
its when you run out of those jokes and games, thats when the fun stops.
Fast forward 3 months later, i felt like I was in hell....to be continued.