Vacations

As much as I have been loving having a 2-month break from teaching, in some ways it is starting to get to me. I fear that I am getting used to doing nothing all day, and I will have a hard time adjusting to working again. I haven't had a full two-months off to do nothing (except maybe travel of course) since probably my 6th grade summer due to summer camps, jobs, and one summer I chose to take summer school to get ahead.

January was supposed to be a work at home time, and I did get many lesson plans and games thought out, and finish some flash cards and game cards, but really I've only worked...maybe 12 hours all month. Even though February is officially my vacation, I might work a bit more, but probably less than 12 hours because I will be traveling out of the country and such.

It doesn't really help that throughout last month and currently, I have always had a stack of money, but I can't spend it because the money has been devoted to China. I don't plan on spending the full one million won I set aside to bring to China, but I have to make sure I don't run out of money until I get back home. I have been wanting to travel a little bit more around Korea, but due to my money issue, I haven't done as much as I might have liked to.

Ah well. I have had fun on some days, been bored on others, and just relaxed on others. Even with all my spare time, I have procrastinated on many things. I have enjoyed my time off, I just want to make sure I'm ready to go back to work when it's time. If we stay another year, I am going to try and make sure that when this break comes around again, I have planned and saved better so I don't end up perpetually broke during the break again.