My Last day of school

Wow, I can't believe I have been in Korea for an entire year. I never thought I was going to be away from my parents for that long. But I did it. I completed an entire year on my own. I lived by myself, made new friends and took care of myself. Some would say maybe I even turned into an adult. Normally I would say that I am not an adult, but after I completed this year, I realized that I am. I set finacial goals for myself (which I met every month), I lived on my own, I paid all of my own bills, I cooked my own meals (or bought them), I held a job, I paid for my own medical care, I bought my own groceries and I cleaned my own apartment. I have transformed from a kid to an adult, but I do still act like a kid. I am really proud of myself for this past year, I never would have thought I would have become so responsible. I am looking forward to seeing my family in friends back in Arizona. In only two days I will be back home, and I just can't believe its finally happening.

My last two weeks in Korea have been horrible. I have been so sick and I haven't had the energy to go out, even for goodbye dinners. I feel horrible that I am leaving without saying goodbye to some of my very good friends, but their was just nothing I could do about it. I am going to the hospital today to get a chest x-ray, and then I fly home tomorrow.

Unfortunately I left my school with a bad taste in my mouth. The second to last day my manager informed me I had to complete some paper work. This was not my job to do this work and since she told me this on my second to last day, with only twenty minutes left of class, I told her it would be impossible for me to complete it before I left. She told me I would have to do it at home. Due to some other obligations and the fact that I was coughing up a lung, I wasn't going to be able to do it at home. I told her I would try to do it on my last day. SHe yelled at me and told me, I couldn't do it tomorrow because I had to teach and the school wasn't going to pay me my money. This is a lot of money they were threatening not to pay me. So not only was I sick, but now I was super stressed they weren't going to give me the money. I caved and said I would do the paper work, but I was coughing so bad at home that night, I couldn't get anything done. I was freaking out on Friday, my last day of school. Now I was sick, stressed, sleepless, and emotional because I was saying goodbye to my cute little kids, who I love more sooo much. The morning was really hard for me I love my kindies and they were really sad I was leaving. They kept saying "please don't go to America," I told them I have to go because I miss my mommy and daddy. They said" ok then go next month, please teacher one more month, go next month." All I could do was cry, I really didn't want to leave them. One of my students refused to leave the classroom, and said he didn't want to go home and he wanted to stay with me. I told him, he has to go home to his mommy and daddy, and that I would always remember him. The rest of the day was difficult, but it was nothing compared to saying goodbye to my kindies.

The school ended up paying me the money they owed me. But I am still angry that they even put me through the stress. I almost resigned with this school, and now I am so glad I didn't. I am so nervous about the plane ride, I am going to be coughing the whole time, but atleast I will be with my friends and family at the end of it.^^