I START WHEN??????

My two day long awaited email just came!!!

I START AUGUST 21ST AT YEOSU JONGGO MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!!!!!

I don't think I could be more excited.

It really hasn't hit me yet that in less than 1 month I will be living outside the US for a whole year. Unreal. I don't have my visa number yet but I'm not worried about that. All I have to do once I get it is make an appointment at the Korean Consulate in Boston. At least I know what and where I'm teaching.

I went to the Yeosu Education website to find information about my school. The only part in English was the location on a map. pretty much smack dab in the middle of Yeosu. Can't complain there. I like being centrally located. There is also an email address, but I'll save that for tomorrow or something. Baby steps.

Mr. Sammarco the middle school teacher. Has a certain ring to it. I'm definitely OK with teaching middle school. Hopefully the kids have at least a little background of English so I'm not teaching them from scratch. I was able to find an English teacher list through the Yeosu Wayguk facebook group. On it I found the name of the teacher that was at Yeosu Jonggo Middle School this past year. I facebook messaged him asking what he thought of the school and if he had any tips...etc.

More great news, my flight situation is going to be WAY easier than I anticipated. Instead of flying from Boston or New York to LAX to Incheon, then taking a bus or train or something to Kimpo Airport and flying from there to Yeosu all on my own dime until I get reimbursed, I just found out that the school takes care of everything once I land in Incheon. They bring me from Incheon to Kimpo in a car and buy my ticket from Kimpo to Yeosu. All I have to do is buy my ticket from the US to Incheon, which I get reimbursed for. That cuts down the cost a bit. About $100 on the Kimpo-Yeosu flight and a few bucks and all the stress of finding a way to Kimpo from Incheon.

So much to do in so little time!