My health is holding me back...but not for long

I know it's been a while since my last update and I believe I owe an explanation as to why it's taken so long. The main reason has been my health, which hasn't been the greatest for some time. Two weekends ago I experienced quite a strong bout of sickness. I spent basically the whole weekend sleeping which doesn't make for interesting blogging material. I was able to power through the work week and again spent most of this past weekend resting. I've also developed quite a nasty cough, and I'm spitting up a lot a green mucous. A friend here suggested I had Bronchitis which may be the case, but I have yet to see a doctor for a diagnosis. I did however go to the local pharmacist for some over-the-counter medication. At first I wondered how I would explain my predicament, but the pharmacist only had to hear my cough and gave me two different kinds of pills. Those helped a bit I suppose but I think something a bit stronger is needed now. For those feeling concerned for me I have decided to visit the doctor and hopefully he'll have something to finally cure me. I was thinking that I could take a picture of my green mucous to post on my blog, but that brings me to the second reason I haven't updated recently: my camera is broken. It's a very old digital camera and has seen many adventures and I guess it was just it's time to go. I don't feel bad at all since I'll pick up another one out here after my next paycheck, but it means that the month of November holds no pictures. These are the things that happen during ones travels and I've decided just to roll with it. I mean after managing a classroom of twelve sugar-high Korean kindergarden students I feel I can handle almost anything. Now when I say managing I really mean maintaining the thin line between chaos and disaster, but you get the idea. I have to say the teaching aspect has been the most challenging part of my time in Korea so far. There is always so much to do and a lot of school politics to dance around. My afternoon classes of elementary and middle-school students are pretty easy, but my kindergarden class in the morning is a lot of work and sometimes I'm at wits end trying to figure out what to do next with them. I'm so fortunate to have Ann, my Korean co-teacher to help me with the students. I'm doing all I can think of to be the best teacher I can and yet I feel that I fall short of being the good teacher I want to be. However the students do have fun with me and seem to like me a lot so I can't be doing that poor a job. And I do have another ten months to gain more experience. So that's the update for late November. Come the middle of December I should have more stories and pictures to share once my health returns.