If anything, this post-Halloween-party week will be harder than last. We have some month-end tests. We have student comments. I have several new one-on-one students for special tutoring projects (a one-on-one student-hour takes just as much work to prepare as a class of 10 – so it's not the most efficient use of my time, but I understand the need for these – it's part of the Karma "brand" I guess). So my work load is steep right now. It should ramp down a bit next week when the 내신 starts.
And the week started a bit bitterly: we all went to a funeral Monday night, after work (yes, Koreans go to funerals at 11 PM – it's entirely normal, as they are on-going affairs with people coming and going, rather than something like a church service with a specific start and stop time – maybe more like a "wake" than a funeral). My coworker's sister finally died of her cancer, which I've perhaps mentioned a few times. This is especially dark and hard for me – "there but for the grace of god go I" and all that.
[daily log: walking, 7km]