last day

wow. well, that was fast. mighty easier to clean when the apts cleaned out.
today was easy at work, played games and chatted with the kids. i'm going to miss working there. the people were great--even if they had to have a lunch for me and then the only english words spoken (amongst english teachers) were cida (cider, k equilvelant to sprite) and cola. and we went to a pork place. yeah--it was all about me. eungyung told me on the way over that if she would have known it was a pork place she would have changed it. oh well. she ordered a plate of duck too but it was super fatty and i could barely eat it. i dont know if i have ever had duck before...i don't think i'll order it again. the soup and noodles were really good. and annie even ordered a bottle of beer (perhaps it really was for me).
side note--i really want to rinse off right now b/c i was sweating cleaning but the frog is on the faucet and i dont like to surprise him. today he came out of his "home" and kept hopping around during my shower. i dont know why but every time he jumped i jumped. im not afraid of him--hes about the size of my thumb, must be the sudden movement. and i dont want him to jump on me. id probably shit myself.
ill finish typing this up and then see where he is.
i really cant believe it's my last day. where did the year go? it really seems like we just got here. a lot of other foreigners are leaving now too. it's going ot be a totally different scene when we get back--many others leave while we're gone.
some students gave me presents--2 picture frames, a picture book, a pencil, a note book, a notebook and pen, a thing of flower paper soap (nothing i have ever seen before) and lots of little letters. some i really really really want to tell im coming back but i promised i wouldnt and would feel bad if they left the school to go to the new one.
i got a bit choked up while walking out--just thinking of starting over again next year, getting used to a new routine, leaving teachers and children ive become attached to. it's hard. and it's going to be weird not seeing eungyung everyday. she asked me how i felt as we were walking down the stairs and i couldnt answer for fear of crying. so sentimental. but then i got it out that i was sad and hoped i made the right decision. she said she was really sad that we wouldnt be working together anymore. she's trying to find a new apt by my apt next year though so that's something.
and right now im feeling strange (y). i had to leave my phone at the school and we dont have a home phone and the internet's been shut off. no contact to the outside english speaking world unless i walk somewhere. weird. not sure when beard will be getting home. supposed to be meeting people around 10 for dinner but i really dont know if thats really going to happen b/c i havent talked to anyone in almost 2 hrs and things change all the time...
but at least the apts clean and packed. only things left are what was here when we got here and our bags to go home.
beards selling his motorcycle. he got the price he was asking and is dropping it off tonight after work. he said hes kinda sad to see it go but he wants a bigger one so hes not that sad. a bigger one would be more comfy for us both to ride on. we'll see about that.
ok. time to check on ernesto and make him sccoch so i can shower.


we have internet somehow!!! amazing. i stil copied and pasted. and ernesto was NOT happy when i turned on the faucet and quickly retreated behind the scrubby.