My Tuesday's and Thursday's have come to feel alot like and blending together of scenes from Apocalypse Now, Kindergaten Cop, and Peanuts. First off, when I arrived in Daejeon, the guy I replaced told me that there would be nights where I couldn't sleep. Boy was he right. For the past three weeks now I have not slept more than four hours a night (that is no embellishment!). So lately I feel like Martin Sheen in the opening scenes of Apocalypse Now when he is going crazy in his hotel room. So most days I am approaching my classes with a pretty horrid disposition. Tuesday's and Thursday's just so happen to be the days when I teach all young children. I swear to you, I just don't get them. I don't understand their disregard for volume control, or their inability to sit still. It is foreign to me why any human being, young or old enjoys screaming. So it is in this sense that I feel like Arnold Schwarzzeneger(?) from Kindergarten Cop. You know, when he can't control the class of kids and just screams, "SHUT UPPPPP!" And finally, I can sympathize with how I can only assume Charlie Brown's mother felt. I feel that I may as well be speaking in muffled trombone to these kids--wah wah wahwahwah wah wah! Because anything I say or gesture towards them is completely disregarded. I find myself today totally drained and in desperate need of sleep. I say this not for pity, but to be honest about the situation--The Good, The Bad & The Ugly so to speak. Especially as a heads up to some of those on their way over who could be reading. I write this blog not to rain on your parade if you are one of those people but to let you know that it's not just a one-year vacation.
KICKS ASS: Tomorrow is Friday.
SUCKS ASS: I haven't had a normal day in a long time. I was running on the treadmill today at 14km per hour and it just stopped for no reason, and I ate it--big time! It was pretty sweet.
**I have lost my zeal for grammar and syntax. I save that energy now solely for my work hours. This is the last disclaimer.
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