Quick Update

Sorry for the almost week gap in blogging. It's out of sheer laziness and a great site to watch TV on. Sorry, Desperate Housewives, Brother and Sisters and Growing Pains were calling me this weekend. Anyway, it's the eve of Wednesday and my week does seem to fly by faster and faster, but still it drags on. Wednesday is my longest day, no breaks and a rambunctious group of kids. The past few days I've been so tired because I stayed up way too late over the weekend and over compensated by sleeping in. I haven't caught up yet.

I didn't do anything over the 3 day weekend. I feel a bit guilty about it, but I did have a pleasant weekend of TV watching, writing and green tea drinking. It was gorgeous this weekend so I took advantage of that by sitting on the roof and walking around the neighborhood. I could have explored some palaces and stuff, but I am waiting until my brother comes to do a whole lot more in Seoul. I kind of want to have the first hand experience along with him. However, I am planning to go to Jinju this weekend for a Lantern Festival. It should be pretty fun. It's about 4 hours from Seoul in the south eastern part of Korea.

On another note, my dad totally hooked me and my students up! I have been in the process of preparing pen pals for five of my classes and it is a lot of fun. The kids seem to be excited about the idea, but I'm not sure they quite understand the concept. Though I'm betting they will once they get their first letters. I'm putting the first batch of letters in the mail tomorrow. I feel pretty confident using the Korean post office now, after having to buy and send a box within Korea and I completed the entire transaction in Korean! Anyway, this means that people should start looking out for surprises from Korea. It saddens me that I have yet to find adequate post cards, but I'm on the look out and maybe this weekend I'll find some.

Also, I am hoping to go on a day trip to seem some autumn foliage, explore a cave and take a ferry ride toward the end of the month. It's a good deal and I will need to see some colorful trees or I might go crazy. The leaves that Seoul has to offer are slowly changing and if they hadn't pruned all the trees on the street by my apartment, I would be able to see the gorgeous colors from my window. However, Seoul does have it's fair share of parks, including Olympic Park. I have been meaning to go there for quite some time and I think this month might be good.