As of last night, I was ready to quit this whole thing.  Seriously.  It's not that Korea isn't a great country, or that I don't enjoy the city and how beautiful everything is on the island.  It's the fact that I've been sick more often in the past 2 weeks than I have been in the past 10 years.  I get the occasional minor cold which I usually fight off pretty well with vitamin-c and zinc, but that's about it.  In the 20 days I've been here, I've had Sinusitis, Upper Respiratory Infection, and food poisoning.  They've all been pretty nasty; with the constant runny nose or congestion and the rough couch.  The food poisoning was the worst though.  Constant trips to the bathroom, running out of TP and switching to aloe Kleenex (thank God) I had them, nasty stomach cramps, vomiting, severe body aches, you name it.  And guess where I got it from...  Not school.  Not the delicious street-meat corndogs that I indulge in quite frequently.  It was the chicken nuggets at 'Hite Beer Plus'.  A seemingly westernized bar/restuarant that is super clean and pretty nice.  Yes it was those chicken nuggets that came with polynesian dipping sauce and honey mustard that are the apparent culprit for my immense pain that lasted from about 4am Tuesday till about 6am Wednesday.  I went to bed early last night to hopefully recover and put an end to all this nastiness.  I slept pretty well (slightly medicated), but unfortunately missed an extended Skype call that would have been a great surprise.  It was nice to get the call one way or another, and at least I got a few minutes to talk. 

My classes today went pretty well.  No problems, and I had my favorite class consisting of Ellen, Sarah, Emily and Gloria.  They are the cutest little Korean girls.  They are fairly well behaved, but they do like to joke with me.  And they're so funny giggling all the time, Ellen with her little dimples.  I ask them questions in English like 'do you like seaweed', and if they don't know what the word is, I always hear 'Mugga Teacher, what is that' or 'Mugga teacher, what is seaweeda'?  (They aren't very good at ending words with consonants here.  And they often get letters mixed up.  L's and R's are big ones, G's and C's, too.  Today one girl said 'I like cum', instead of 'I like gum'...  It's always an adventure, and a challenge keeping a straight face.  I'm sure my Korean would be even worse than their English though.  So anyway, after today, I don't want to leave Korea.  I'm happy, I feel fine.  We're finally back to the normal temperature for this time of year (40's and 50's).  It was nice and sunny today and Halla-san looked gorgeous.  I can't wait till spring!

PS  Please leave comments!  It makes me feel like I'm not writing this in vain!