Teaching and Itching
Well, I haven’t had much to write at all of late, as I’ve been either A) ill, or B) working, or C) both at the same time. A new and irritating problem has arisen. I think it may be scabies. I itch like crazy. I was told that the blankets on my bed were new when I got here. Within a day or two I began to notice long, black Korean hairs in the bed. Shortly after that, I washed both blankets, but my leaky washer only runs on cold water (at least, it’s hooked up that way). Now, every night, I itch like fucking mad, and on top of that, I’ve just been really run down with phase nine or so of this Korean flu, or whatever the hell it is. Today, I confess, I’ve felt better than I have in ages. I had a happy hangover day. None of my Kindergarten kids cried (yesterday I had a whole room of them crying and fighting–these young ones try my limited patience!), and going out and meeting people the night before was absolutely necessary and refreshing. But tonight, this itch is consuming me. What’s worse is that the only doctor I know around here is Korean and speaks no English, so while I could go in, mime my way through to him, I doubt he could do the same as far as diagnosis and treatment go. So until I find either a Korean doctor who speaks English, or a Korean to accompany me to the doctor, I will only itch. And itch. And maybe bitch a bit about itching. And teach. Yeah, teach and itch. Sorry if I sound like a bad nursury rhyme. I spend virtually all my time talking to foreign children or to myself.
Oh, and by the way… I got some pictures developed, and some were pretty good. However, when I viewed them at fullsize on a computer, They looked like absolute garbage. My camera has never taken bad pictures, so I don’t know if it can be blamed on the development, a dud roll of film, or my recently cracked lens hood. Regardless, I uploaded one lousy picture here of the view from the window of my mite-ridden apartment. It’s embarassing. But until I get some more pictures snapped, that’s alls I gots to show, yo.
Cheers.
Tee cha su tee bun
