All of life is a foreign country.

Last week began with a high and ended very very low for me. It's been a really hard few days and I can only hope that things get easier from here.

Korea in general has been amazing. I've met so many fabulous South Korean's and learned so many things about myself and life in only 1 months time. I've openely accepted the tough times as mini trials and opportunities to grow (such as getting lost on the Subway or not knowing how to turn the hot water on).

I'll start with the high:
Last week I went to a GEPIK orientation. GEPIK stands for Gyeonggi English Program In Korea and is the organization that I am contracted under. My school uses GEPIK and so that is why I work there! It employs 1/3 of all Native English speakers in South Korea and is really a fantastic org. I highly suggest going through GEPIK if you plan to teach in South Korea.

Anyway, I was able to meet people from all over the world (literally). I had 2 roommates, one from South Africa and the other from Australia. It was interesting to hear all the world perspectives on the US of A! In fact, I wrote an article about it, which you can find at Wake Up Nap Town (WUNT).

I also made some friends that I hope will last a lifetime! The people I met this week understand a lot of what I'm going through and because of that it was easy to relate to them. I'm eager to see where else this year takes me! :)

The low (and it's very low):
As I said in the last post, David and I got 2 bunnies last week . We were very excited about them because they were so adorable, so sweet, so loving and cuddly and innocent. We gave them lots and lots of love, made sure they had food and even gave them acceptable treats. They adorned us with kisses and did their little bunny hop all over the apartment.

When I got back from orientation last week David and I noticed that one of the bunnies had diarrhea. We cleaned it up and petted it and gave it lots of kisses and then went to bed. In the morning we woke up and the bunny was dead.

We were so upset - I couldn't stop crying. I checked the other bunny and noticed that she, too had diarrhea like the other one had. We took it straigt to the vet (only 5 minutes away walking) and it got 2 shots and some medicine.

Because we were afraid it was the food, we bought new food, new woodchips for the cage and new hay. We gave the bunny the medicine as prescribed and made sure it got a lot of water by using an oral syringe.

The next morning the bunny fainted and started to have seizures but recovered. She did this a few times and then we thought she was starting to feel better. We literally did not take our eyes off her the whole day - I even got out of the shower inbetween shampoo/conditioner to check.

Anyway, the bunny began to defecate a clear jelly like substance (i'm sorry if this is TMI) and so we did some research and read that this is not uncommon in young bunnies and usually results in death.

We gave her so much love and kisses and let her sit with us all day long. She just nestled against us and looked very sick.

She passed out again at 11:30 and this time I just knew she was about to pass. So David and I laid there with her and talked her through it, telling her we loved her so much and gave her all the kisses you could ever imagine. She fainted again and this time it was much more violent and honestly it was scary and traumatizing to watch. She passed away shortly after and David and I cried our eyes out (as I'm doing now). We just held her for a little longer - it was so hard to say goodbye.

I know that it sounds silly to be so in love with a little bunny after only 1 week, but there is something about the innocence of these little bunnies that is just heartbreaking. Needless to say, we loved them dearly and I hope we provided them with lots of love. Here are a few pictures to commemorate them:

^That's the bunny that passed away after she got the medicine.

To close, I'm sure you can see that this has been a rough weekend for me. I hope the next update is happier.

Love, Wendy City