The End of this Chapter

I will not be returning from my vacation. My time in Korea is finished. I've come to this conclusion based on many things. I know that many of think that I should stick this out. It is just one more month, but for what benefit.

As many of you know, Kelly got in the habit very early of being very mean. Kelly has never been able to say one nice thing to me. She is an extremely degrading whenever she talks to me. Within the last few weeks she has taken to name calling and blaming me for things, that I'm certain are not my fault. She lies to everyone. She has lied to me and the parents of the school. I have been hiding at work, so as not to come across Kelly.

As a result of being treated this way, I noticed something about myself. It's effecting my health. I'm having trouble sleeping at night and when I do sleep it isn't restful. It's horrible and toss and turn. I wake feeling sore. My hip hurts terrible. (I'll give you this is probably from the rainy weather, but when my back hurts to my hip hurts more.) I wake up must morning with a sore back. My stomach is also upset every morning. I've woken up many morning with it hurting. I've also had the dry heaves many mornings. I can't brush my teeth without gagging. Living like this isn't good. This started about mid June and has gotten progressively worse each week.

I know there is only one month left. However, Kelly is blaming me for students leaving the school. I have a feeling that if I were to come back and stick it out. Kelly wouldn't give my pay or my plane ticket. It says in the contract that if parents and students are unhappy they can release me from the contract. I know that it would to much of an embarrassment for the school to lose 5 teacher since February (this includes both English and Korean teachers).

For those of you who think, I should stay please understand that I have thought about this and prayed about for weeks.