Melanie's Mostly Writing

There are big changes going on at the academy. The other three foreign teachers are all leaving this weekend! I have enjoyed working with them all so much and am sad to see them go. But, I wish them well in what they do next. The new teachers arrived yesterday and seem very nice. It’s…

My fiance, very nicely, made a reservation in a pension for us for this weekend, on the West coast of South Korea. It was a little surprise so that I could paddle in the sea and we could try fishing again. We came to a place near Taean and, since we couldn’t check in until…

I didn’t know it, but it seems like I’m a control freak! Perhaps it’s because, like so many women, I’ve been in positions in the past where I’ve had no control over events, and that was immensely frustrating and damaging. I have discovered I hate getting massages. I just can’t surrender to it and relax,…