It has come to this.

Notice I don’t mean this is my actual PLAN, but I am currently investigating UAE as my next location after this contract. While I love my students and, excepting that idiot teacher Yuna, my school, the pollution here is taking its toll. We know my diet is maniacally restricted. But I probably haven’t mentioned that it is NORMAL for women in their 20s and early 30s to post about never-before-occurring skin conditions occurring here, like acne & eczema, nor the other common complaint among the same group, of women LOSING THEIR HAIR. That’s what the pollution does here. While I have to continue making more than enough money to live, it'd be SUPER GREAT to not be in a place where the above complaints aren't a constant stream while I'm battling my own health complaints here. Given the lack of alcohol & recognition of about half the world's population as actual humans, nevertheless, if I don't have to fight my skin while fighting other forms of insanity, that'd be GREEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

Here's my skin on one bottle of grapefruit soju:

My skin doesn't react this way to other liquors. & I can't help but wonder if my skin would react this way to everything it does now minus the solids in the air here. It'd be worth it to have a less restrictive diet. Though one year in a country back in Medieval times? I'm wondering if the health vs. mental isn't about even.