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so my new manager teacher is a teacher i met 2 years ago. he was the homeroom teacher for a class 2 of grade 4 at my small school.
when he walked into the office this February - I was surprised. I recognized him. he was nice then, and he's still nice now.
he's super chill. which i like. and he's not shy, which is helpful.
in my office space, there are 3 other teachers. he is one of them. the other 2 are the science teacher (who is chief of workstuffs) and the 5th grade english teacher (a newbie, fresh out of uni). they're both nice. the science teacher has major dad vibes. and i love him for it. he came in to work 2 different days when he didn't have to be there - and i think a big reason he came was so i wouldn't be there alone. and he bought me lunch. crying he is so kind.

actually. the one day he came, i had been talking to my dad about how it was annoying to have to go in to work on a day absolutely no one would be there. and then i was telling him that previous days in that building - when i thought no one was there - i caught glimpses of movement out of the corner of my eye thru the door window. yeah. i couldn't hear footsteps and didn't really see moving like coming and going, just one pass by. i was starting to think it was my imagination. but like. i really do trust the corner of my eye motion sensors. in the past when i've seen something -- i could find the movement -- like wolf spiders and even mice.
so after psyching myself out over the "there's been movement in the hallway when i thought i was alone in the building" stuff - i got to work, where it was all dark. only to hear a cough, then see the office door wide open.
the science teacher was there.
he was only in the dark because the admin office had not turned on the electric for the lights (they have the master switches). so he called up and got the lights and heat turned on for us.
i was so glad not to be alone.

my new co is easy to talk to.
he's got a cold today. but he was making playing cards. so i gave him a ricola and i was about to explain what it's for. and he goes "OH RICOLA! i know this!" and he sang the old yodel jingle from the commercial! i was so surprised!
most koreans have no idea what ricola are, let alone "cough drops". somehow he had seen the commercial years ago. and maybe even eaten some ricola?
but yeah. it was cute. Riiii -colaaa
we talked a little about the previous school. something about "you never rode the elevator at that school." and i had to think about it. i didn't usually ride it, he was right. but i did ride it sometimes with the one scary coteacher.
i had forgotten, but he reminded me of my scary old co teacher, the one who watched soccer matches on the job and swear, and would talk to his wife or mom on speaker phone.
he knew this guy did it too! LOL. and i said he was really scary, and i couldn't work there so i would go back early to my other school.
he laughed and said "i like villains." xd
i mentioned one time that co asked me to go to dinner (which i declined, cuz he's scary). and he goes "oh he asked me too!" apparently, twice. he said that guy would randomly be in a good mood and ask people to eat with him. my new co also declined. not because he was scared, but just. i mean. why eat with him?
it was reassuring to hear that, yeah, that dude was famous for those things and it was known. and also that that guy wasn't just asking me to dinner to be creepy. at least probably not.
but seeing my new co laugh about it, it made me feel like maybe the scary guy wasn't so bad.

it is nice to have officemates. it's nice to have conversations. ^^