doctors's visits: not a fan

I have a bump and pinprick of blood on my arm! Leftover from getting blood drawn... apparently I'm not as good at tolerating that as I thought I was. It was the dreaded but mandatory health check in Seoul that five of us new foreign teachers went to this morning before school started. We had to go through multiple stations like a hearing test, eye test (20/20 vision!), chest X-rays, etc. to make sure we were healthy enough to live in the country, I guess. It was pretty intense.

I think the sight of blood isn't a big deal for me, but seeing and feeling a needle being jabbed into my delicate skin doesn't go down so well. Hahaha. I didn’t even know I was going to have to get my blood drawn, and then I saw the needle and said "Oh, you're going to poke that into my..." and JAB! She just thrust it in with no hesitation and NO warning! >:( It was even worse than the peeing in a cup, which I loathed because I found it repulsive to have to carry a cup of pee from the bathroom back to the reception desk... it seemed completely unsanitary. I mean, what if I had tripped?!?

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I could not be happier right now: that spaghetti was sooooo good! I’ve been craving rich, creamy, fattening American food, and this is as close as I’ve gotten to it. I could always go buy fast food, but Western food is more expensive and I’m trying to be frugal until I get my first pay check.

I’m seeing that when you have less, you really do learn to appreciate more, and I only have a couple frivolous decorations, which I love. They are just a three-dollar tea pot with two matching cups and a thick round bamboo plant in a square vase. They look so good together, and they’re sitting on my counter. I’ve been making tea almost every night. :) :) :)

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