No gloves when you draw blood....WTF.

So I was completely wrong about my schedule in my previous post. As of now, I don't work until 12:20pm which is insanely odd for me. Back home I typically worked 8am-6pm (give or take 30 minutes) - no complaints here though. It's actually kind of nice. I can check email, watch movies, clean, basically get things done that I've held off doing. Today I emailed and took a shower - great accomplishments.

I had my typical everyday class Thumbalinas first. They are so cute, adorable and smart!! I already know they will be my favorite class even though we are not suppose to have favorites, but whatever I can't help it. Today I actually went into work a little early to figure out my schedule, which wasn't too bad. It's figured out now so I'm good. There were only two classes that gave me trouble today and it wasn't necessarily the whole class, but just specific students from the class. These students obviously have no idea I don't play. When I say do it, I mean do it. When I say say it, I mean say it. Do what I say when I say. Okay, fine no I'm not this mean, but I definitely hate when kids think they can just walk all over you because you're new...that won’t fly with me. I'm sure I'll ease up as soon as the kids start to realize if they're good than I won’t turn into a green blood sucking demon from hell. If they are good, they'll realize I am actually a true Angel.

After my morning class I went with my co-teacher to complete my health exam. It was interesting. We were in a huge rush the whole time. I did have to teach at 3pm, which someone covered. Yeah, sorry about that. Everything was fine until I had to get my blood drawn. I'm not really scared of needles, but I don't necessarily love them. I get a little anxious when I have to get blood drawn; plus I've given blood twice in my life. The first time I fainted and the second time I actually became pretty ill and did not feel well the rest of the day. I haven't donated since. I am being a little dramatic about getting blood drawn today--I did not have any type of reaction or faint, but just so you know I am somewhat of a germaphobe. Well, I would actually say I'm just cautious of germs. Any who, to my horror as the nurse is explaining what she will do, I notice she isn’t wearing gloves. She continues to talk and as she is talking she pokes around my arm looking for that juicy vein; still no gloves. She swabs my arm with an alcohol swab…still no gloves. AND THEN she reaches for the needle and pokes my arm glove free. I honestly had an internal panic attack. Our hands carry a large amount of germs!! So many illnesses can actually be prevented by simply washing our hands and being cautious about spreading germs via hands! And to top it off, when I went to the bathroom after collecting a urine sample/pissing on my hand, the community bathroom only had bar soap. I’ve realized bar soap in community bathrooms are pretty popular here, which is another thing I do not like. Also, Korean people do not cover their mouth when they cough and when you go out to a restuarant and an appetizer is brought to the table there are no plates. Everyone just eats from the same dish, even if its salad. You just go ahead and dip your chopsticks in.

Luckily my arm hasn't turned black and fallen off yet, but it may. You never know.