solitude

i apologize for the lag in posts, but internet on the island isn't great and is expensive. this may be the last post before i get back to bangkok.

i'm not sure about this travelling alone thing. i have only travelled with friends in the past and this is a bit lonely. i am used to being the host of gatherings with friends back in sokcho and when friends weren't over, teddy was. i know alone time is good but i finished work hours before anyone else back in sokcho so i had every afternoon to myself. i always felt like i had alone time. but this is most difficult week. once i get through being really homesick for sokcho and meet up with friends in bangkok in a few days, it'll be better. then it's off to teaching. having a routine will make things not seem so lonely.

so i'm staying in the same bungalows that friends and i stayed at 2 christmases ago. oddly enough i'm in the same room jenn and greg had! weird! it's more expensive than i'd hoped but bug free and clean-(ish). i'm moving to the bunglows nextdoor tomorrow morning for a cheaper place that's as nice or nicer. actually i have faced two big bugs and not freaked out. being alone with bugs was one of my biggest fears but so far not so bad. (and greg......for your interest i didn't kill either of them---left one and shooed the other one out the door!) thanks to jenn i have a bug net draped over my bed so i can sleep in peace. thanks jenn!

best get out of this place before i have no money to pay for the new bungalow in the morning. not sure when the next post will be but don't worry. things here are safe.