Littlecase

Yall. I am so in love with these little Korean babies...they are too much. Oddly enough, what amuses me the most is when they have their shoes on the wrong feet. Every morning when they get to school, they take off their "outside" shoes and put on "inside" shoes. And there is always one that puts them on the wrong feet and it cracks me up every time. I know, it's weird...but they're such goobers. I love it. I have been trying to teach them to use uppercase and lowercase instead of big and little for letters. One kid keeps splicing the two and when I ask what kind of letter it is, he yells out: "LITTLECASE!" Precious. These kids are either silent, whispering or yelling. There are no other options.

Also, today, our little trouble maker gave me a hug out of the blue and it just made me so happy. He is so dang cute! He is the worst child!! He never listens, is always touching people, can't sit still, is always talking (in Korean) and when I ask him his name, he yells out: "I AM LAY!" Which is supposed to be Ray. Makes me smile every time. Also, he is terrible at lunch...he ends up with rice all in his hair and the hair of the child next to him. But I sit behind him and every now and then he just turns around and grins at me. With his whole face, if that makes any sense. It's too precious. I'm pretty sure he has ADD, but he's giving out hugs so I don't care. I pretty much love them all, but he cracks me up the most. I also yell at him the most so I hope I'm not sending mixed signals.

I also got observed today. Didn't get really find out anything helpful, but didn't get any negative feedback either so whatever. My principal just thinks I should play more fun games with them, but the kids are never into the games I try to play with them. I guess I need more fun games. Every teacher I've asked has suggested Duck, Duck, Goose. Which seems odd to me since it's not educational. Also, we are in the tiniest classroom and there is no way we could play in the room. Let me know if you have other suggestions! We are singing lots of fun songs, but she missed all that. That's too bad.

Bedtime for me! But, here are a few pics of the cuties and one of Mr. Lay. I tried to get some singing, but the video turned out crappy. Trying again tomorrow. And no, I did not tell them to throw up the peace sign. They do it all on their own. It's the Asian way.

Oh, and my class is Cherry class and today I made a "Cherry Family Tree" with pictures of the kids family for the hallway. I don't think I've ever been prouder of anything. Seriously. I think it's so awesome. It's a work in progress. Behold:

Dream big people!

Thank you for the food

Only not really. I am getting more and more disillusioned with the Korean lunch food. Again, I try to sample most of it, but sometimes it's just really sketch/unappetizing looking and I can't do it. Yesterday, for example, we had stir fried baby octopus:

And it looked straight up disgusting and I didn't want to try it. I've had octopus before...it didn't look like that, it was cut up in much smaller pieces and was in spaghetti. That was in Greece and I didn't really like it then either. It's too chewy. Anyway, definitely wasn't trying this...especially since I'm pretty sure you can see it's brain in that first picture. No thank you. However, we did have some sort of yummy rice cake thing with jelly today. Wednesday we had cream puffs for snack and they were fabulous. I ate like, 10. And then I stole 4 and took them home. I don't feel bad taking from the school because they are the ones not paying me until April. Also, yesterday we had doughnuts that tasted like hushpuppies with sugar on top, so I only ate one. And Tuesday we literally just had a plain baked potato. For snack, at 9:30 in the morning. No salt, butter, sour cream, nothing. I didn't eat that at all, so I think it all balances out.

I also had "real" Korean BBQ last night and it was, sadly, not as delicious as the Korean BBQ in LA. It was also more expensive and there was less of it. Also, people were smoking in the actual restaurant and that was not pleasant at all. Especially since there is already a ton of smoke from the grill. Oh, at Korean BBQ, you cook the meat yourself at the table, btw. That's why there's a grill. This place was a little different from LA though, in that they give you lettuce to make wraps with the meat. So those were pretty tasty...but really messy and kind of hard to eat.

Oh yeah, and the other weird thing this week. So we have to do a fire drill sometime in the near future with the kids and they are making us evacuate to the roof. The ROOF! What the hell?! Makes zero sense to me...and the rest of the foreign teachers. We all made a big stink about it at our meeting and then we got a memo giving the following reasons as to why we have to go to the roof and not downstairs:

"1. Smoke is the worst damage from the fire especially in the building so it's the best to get fresh air for everyone asap. (Roof is the nearest place that we get fresh air).
2. Going to the 1st floor is a very long way especially for the kids.
3. This building is built out of concrete not out of wood, so there's no possibility for this building collapsed by fire so it will be fine to move to the roof and wait there until they put out the fire."

I love that third one the best. It was claimed that the fire department was contacted about this matter, but I'm not so sure. I am no expert, but going somewhere you can essentially be trapped does not seem like a good idea. Again, not an expert, but I'm just saying...if there is ever an actual fire, I am grabbing as many kids as possible and heading downstairs.

That's it for Korean strangeness this week. Going on a bus tour Sunday...can't wait to see what that brings!

For now, enjoy this fantastic video of my kids singing their "thank you" song. I guess it's kind of like a prayer before eating. See if you can spot the goober that NEVER seems to get the memo about uniform day, and the crazy child that always seems to be off in his own world. Hint: he's waving a fork around. And FYI, Kate teacher is the assistant that gives out the food. I wish I could video them all day, every day. They are too funny and cute. I am going to try to get some dancing soon. Enjoy!

Dream big people!

A Little Tenderness

Latest music obsession: Otis Redding. Why has it taken me to get on board the Redding train? I mean, I've been a fan of 'Dock of the Bay,' duh and his version of White Christmas is my fave, but there are SO many other good ones. He does a version of 'Stand By Me' and 'The Glory of Love.' Love them both. Wish I had like, a million dollars so I could buy it all on iTunes. Come onnnn April 7! I need money! I have a whole list of things I want to buy and I'm probably going to be able to buy all of one of those items when I get paid finally. Apparently a lot comes out of the first paycheck, which blows but whatever. Better than nothing. Debating if my first item (besides food) is going to be a book bag or new tennis shoes. I've seen badass ones of both and both would be useful. But maybe a book bag because I don't have one of those here and I do have tennis shoes. Decisions, decisions. I also need a phone.

Today was a good day! Felt good at work, no longer feel like the walking dead and am getting a grasp on how things work. I haven't blown my nose in like, 2 days! Lunch wasn't terrible. Not great, but it wasn't broiled squid, so a definite plus. I also did a little Zumba in my room which always makes me feel awesome. I mean, I also felt pretty stupid since my computer is tiny and I'm having a one woman dance party in my teeny apartment, but this is me making-do. :) I also figured out how to make my Korean frozen dumplings more crispy and therefore, more tasty. I also flossed. Things are looking up.

Also, real quick, wanted to share with everyone how awesome I am. I wrote this life plan as a note for myself on my ipod touch last summer:

Now:  study/take GRE, look into Australia.
Fall: move back home, find temp job
Dec: ham store?
Feb: Switzerland
Mar: Korea
2012: apply to grad school/be awesome in Korea
2013: travel? Grad school in fall


Car, save money, GRE, 15 lbs


Get on it, you can do this. Dream big :)


Cool part is, most of it came true. I didn't take the GRE, but I did do a little studying for it. I also looked into Australia and that is an option for the future. Then I moved home, did some temporary work, worked at the ham store in December. In February "Switzerland" came to me instead of me going there. I got to Korea a little earlier than March, but so far I'm being awesome in Korea so dreams are coming true. This is what happens when you dream big and then write it down. I also got a car, and saved money. That last 15 pounds is still tripping me up, but I haven't lost all hope. Joining a fitness club here so it's definitely a possibility. Especially if I keep up with apartment, one-woman Zumba classes. 


I have some travel goals, so I'm gonna write those down and see if I can make those happen as well. Top of list: Great Wall of China, Terra Cotta Warriors, and Japan. A lot to fit in two weeks vacay. But....


Dream big people!

Rainbow Mullet

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Korea!!! My St. Patrick's Day is actually over, but for people in the US, the drinking is probably still going on. Crazy.

I didn't do a lot of hardcore drinking yesterday...just wasn't feeling it. Also, I didn't want to feel like death this week so I've decided to skip drinking for a while. I know, I am soooo boring. Don't care. I woke up today at 7, went back to sleep until 12, had a snack and went back to sleep until 2:30. It was awesome. Except I was having a very weird, disturbing dream and I didn't like that. I have really strange dreams here. They are seriously so bizarre. Last nights involved me and a family (not my real family, but mine in the dream) running away from a killer and lots of people getting shot. Didn't enjoy that at all.

Anyway, St. Pats was not as crazy as I thought it would be here. Probably because actual Koreans don't celebrate, it's only the crazy foreigners. There was a festival with Irish dancing and music. It was actually kind of nice out, so it was a lot of fun to sit and watch the bands. One was all Korean, and I thought it was pretty fantastic they were playing an Irish jig. It was also fantastic watching all the drunks people trying to do an Irish dance. I mean, I guess they thought it was just jumping up and down, so that is what was happening. Maybe it, I don't really know a lot about Irish dancing but Riverdance seems a little more complicated than that.

After the festival, I got dinner with friends and took the bus home. All in all, a fun day. I can't wait for the Cinco de Mayo festival!!! Latin music blasting in a Korean park somewhere sounds like a blast!!! I have some pictures from the festival, but I'm too lazy to upload them right now. You'd think with all the sleep I'd be more energetic, but not really. There was a guy in a pretty awesome rainbow mullet running around. He was actually a friend of a friend and it was hilarious until he got suuuuper drunk and started spilling things on people. And then he took his shirt off and it wasn't cute anymore.

Afterschool classes start this week. Wish me luck! Still haven't gotten my actual classes down yet...should be interesting teaching things I have no idea about. I mean, I know my letters and numbers. But science fun? Uh oh. I'll let you know how it goes.

Dream big people!

Whipped Butter

I am beginning to wonder if Koreans know how real cake tastes. We keep having cake at school and it looks so delicious and I'm all, yummm, caaaakkkkeeeeee. The cake is all eeeeaaaatttt me and I agree and then the cake just tastes like bread and whipped butter, even though it looks like mocha sugary yumminess. It is SUCH a disappointment. Really, it's so very sad. And I keep trying it because I'm like, maybe this time the baker remembered to put in the sugar, but they never do. Such a shame. Arent' there any bakers in Korea that have been to America or another country with sugar and tasted how fantastic cake and frosting can be? The cookies are the same...very flat and sad tasting. I think they're all just confused though, because today my Korean co-teacher was describing a banana to the class and kept calling it sweet. Bananas are delicious and nutritious, but sweet? No. This is coming from a candy addict, so I know what's up.

Speaking of candy, feel free to buy a bunch of Easter candy when it goes on sale next month and send it this way. Specifically jelly beans. Specifically Starburst jelly beans. And JellyBelly..specifically Very Cherry, Watermelon, and Top Banana flavored JellyBelly jellybeans. If you're feeling generous and nice and want me to love you forever, ship em on over. Oh, and those sourpatch watermelon things. Please, don't send Peeps, Cadbury Creme eggs, or malt eggs. Those are gross. And if you're feeling especially generous, throw a box of Crispix in there. I would LOVE me some Crispix right now. I would probably eat it every meal. I am already over my Iron Chef Korea phase...it got old pretty quick and eating out is expensive. Crispix is the perfect solution. Who really loves me? :) Email me for the address.

For those of you don't really love me, but read anyway and are mildly concerned about my well-being, I am feeling MUCH better these days. The fever is gone and I actually had some energy today. It was  a lovely change. However, I am still astounded at the amount of mucus that is coming out of me. It is insane. Where is it all coming from?No idea. And,  I am still having sleeping problems, but hope to get that remedied when I can finally go to the doctor next week. I will finally get my alien resident card next week so I can hopefully go to the doctor and get a phone. But maybe not since I still won't have money until April. So we'll see.

Speaking of money, I can't wait until get some. Mainly so I can buy more food and start bringing my own food for lunch. Like I said, I am usually down for trying things at school but I might also be getting over that phase as well. Especially when I'm feeling under the weather. I mean, if I'm feeling miserable, I'm really sorry, but I just cannot handle eating broiled squid, kimchi, quail eggs and bean sprout salad for lunch. I know, I know. I'm inflexible, non adventurous, picky, whiny, whatever. Don't care. Even on a good day, I don't know that I would put a quail egg in my mouth. It does amuse me, however, to watch the kids eat because they eat all of that. Please, people of America, try to get your 4 year old to eat quail eggs for lunch. Let me know how that goes.

Oh yeah, I found out that all my kids are 4 in "American" age. Crazy! Such babies! But I'm impressed with them. We had no crying today, everyone uses the toilet by themselves and everyone can write their name. I have no idea what age kids starting doing that stuff in the US but either way, I'm amazed such a tiny person can really, do anything by themselves. And today I found out that tiny people really like to shake their sillies out. It was sooo funny!! The kids lost their minds! It was awesome. I only wish I had Raffi to sing for them. There is not a lot of Raffi music on YouTube over here (no idea why not) so I had to use the Wiggles. They are not as great but it was still pretty fun.

Today we found out what we have to do for our after school programs and that stuff is going to be such a bitch!!!! It sucks because it's an hour and a half and there is no book to use so I have to make up everything. Luckily, I have 3 classes and each one is only once a week. Unluckily, one of the classes is science. Not that I hate science, but I haven't done anything science-y in a looong time. Also, I was finding videos and materials to use today for the life cycle of a butterfly and science is gross. Watching a caterpillar make a cocoon is disgusting. So are the words pupa and larva. So far, science is grossing me out. I couldn't bring myself to watch anything actually being born so we are just going to skip over all that. Sorry kids, someone else will have to teach you the miracle of life.

My other class is speech, which should be pretty easy..it actually does have a book. But the last one is "Speech with Fairy Tales" which is as vague and stupid as it sounds. I have no idea how I'm going to fill an hour and a half AND apparently at the end of the 6 weeks, we have to have a script and make a video. Oh, and there are two kids in the class. Anyone know of any two character fairy tales? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is out, obviously. My favorite part was my supervisor, who is the most vague, ridiculous person ever (this seems to be common in Korea) was all, oh I'm sure you can come up with good ideas since you have experience. Mmmm, not sure where she got her information from but I do not have any experience in science, speech or fairy tale teaching. Also, every time I talk to her, she adds more to the list of things I am supposed to do. So I'm going to stop talking to her.

Anyway, things are good. Still waiting on it to get warmer. Learned my lesson last weekend and will not be venturing outside again for more than 15-20 minutes at a time until it gets at least in the 60s. Not even kidding.

Dream big people! Send candy and cereal!

Soft Kitty

I need someone to sing that to me asap. Preferably Sheldon (from Big Bang Theory). Ohhh my, I had such a fun weekend but I feel like death right now. For real, I feel terrible. And I'm so hot but so cold at the same time. What is going on?! Someone fix me please!!! It's mainly my face. I guess I have a fever? My face is burning up. I'm freezing from the neck down but have a cold rag on my face. Whine whine whine.

Ok, done. Let's talk about positive things. For instance, how I had a super delicious meal on Friday night. Lamb, Korean BBQ style. Yummmmmy. We cooked it ourselves and it was so very tasty. We also drank an entire bottle of soju, which is like super cheap Korean vodka. It was a little intense. Then we went out to a bar and danced the night away. They served drinks out of buckets and had free popcorn, so it was my kind of place. Other than some of the creepsters there, I had a really good time. Saturday I was really tired so I went to dinner with some other teachers (On the Border...random...and expensive) and then had to call it a night while everyone else went out. Maybe I made myself sick from the drinking, who knows but life sucks right now. And it has started getting colder instead of warmer and that does not make me happy at all. I really need to invest in a ski mask. I think that's the only way I'm going to be able to handle walking outside.

Anyway, Sunday I went to Costco with some people and that was the craziest shitshow I've ever seen. There were SO many people there! I guess I didn't really ever go to Costco at home, so I don't know if it's the same but it's basically just packed with people and their carts and they are all running over each other. And sadly, I still don't have any money so I couldn't really buy much besides Coke Light (Diet Coke) and shrimp...I know, random, but my head was kind of in a fog. And I really wanted the Diet Coke. They don't serve it anywhere here! And I've only seen one store that sells it, so I had to snatch it up while I could. Sadly, restaurants sometimes have "Diet Coke" on the menu but it's really Coke Zero! Lies! It's not the same! And I don't like the taste of regular Coke, that is why I don't want Coke Zero. It's a travesty, really. I am contacting the embassy as soon as my brain starts working again and I don't feel like I'm melting.

Ok, time to attempt sleeping. The sleeping pills have failed me in the past, but I've got high hopes for tonight. Cross your fingers for me, please.

Dream big, people!

Jacky Teacher

That is my new name and I kind of love it. We've had 3 days of class now and things are not terrible. It is still a little chaotic and I don't really ever know what is going on, but the kids are SUPER cute. Well, most of them. We have one that is just too cool for school and she gets on my nerves. We have another that is terrible, but he is really cute and a total goober, so I like him.

The real problem with the class is that everyone is just all over the place and on different levels. We have one or two kids that can write their name, know their ABCs, colors, shapes...one child counted to 50 for me! And then we have some that can't hold the pencil properly. There's one or two that I don't think actually know their English name and another couple that have a hard time even doing repeat after me things. So it's a challenge to keep everyone focused...or just get them focused in the first place.

But, again, they are SO cute, so it's hard to love them. Yesterday was P.E. day so they all had to wear their matching gym uniforms. Adorable. And today was Uniform Day so everyone was wearing their fancy matching uniforms...except one kid, I don't think he got the memo. Poor Andy, not only was he not matching with the rest of the students, but he has the worst haircut I've ever seen in my life. Apparently my principal thinks otherwise because she was in the room with me today and she's like, "Oh, that Andy has a really cute haircut, don't you think?" I just smiled and nodded.

I feel like my day is pretty much like teaching first grade, only with some odd Korean things mixed in. Mainly the food, I guess. We have to eat in the classrooms because there is no cafeteria and rice gets everywhere. They gave us the menu for the month and there are some interesting things to look forward to in the next few months. Just to name a few: Shepards Purse Pie, Fried Lotus Root, Anchovy Panbroiling, Quail Eggs in Soy Sauce, Broiled Fish Sausage, Walleye Polluk Soup. Yummmy. I'll let you know how those turn out. In addition to rice and soup, they have kimchi every single day. Usually it's just regular kimchi, but there are some variations including, radish cube, white, radish, cucumber, and broiled. I never eat the kimchi, it's too spicy but it's pretty popular here. Apparently they eat it for breakfast sometimes. Delish! We also have a snack every morning. Yesterday was a sweet potato, today was sweet pumpkin porridge and tomorrow is a cream puff. Snack always has a juice to go along with it, and there are some interest variations of that as well....black soybean, mango, plum, aloe and corn. Corn juice sounds pretty disgusting but I'm going to try it because I've decided to try everything.

They also brush their teeth after lunch. I personally think this is a huge waste of time, but whatever. Gives me a little extra time to take a breather, so I'm not complaining. A friend told me their toothpaste doesn't have fluoride in it, so it makes it even more of waste. Oh well. Everyone also has to change into "inside" shoes for the day, so everyone has a set of inside shoes at the school that they put on each morning. I have a pair as well...they just look like pink adidas sandals. It's kind of nice though, I don't have to worry about my shoes matching my outfit. I also don't have to wear my winter boots all day, which is great. They are great for keeping my feet warm outside but they get a little too toasty indoors.

I really only ever eat Korean food at lunch. The area I live in is very wealthy and is known for it's "Cafe Street" which is a lot of really good non-Korean food. Last night I had some yummy Italian and had dessert at Coldstone. I want to try more good Korean (not cooked in mass quantities) but I am going to have to venture outside of my city for that.

Anyway, here are some pictures of the kids. See if you can find the bad haircut. Enjoy!

Dream big people!

Iron Chef Korea

Ok, not quite as adventurous as Iron Chef, but I had a pretty adventurous day in terms of jacky cooking yesterday. I don't know what came over me, but after school I decided to go to the grocery store. I was only going to get milk but then went crazy and got some pork (I'm assuming that is what it was...it had a pig on the front), mushrooms and some soy sauce, as well a few random other things. I went home and cooked all that up in my new pan and it turned out pretty tasty!  I'm not much into cooking but I think I'm going to have to start here. I personally would rather go out to eat all the time, but I live in an expensive area so I don't think that is the best idea. Plus yesterday was kind of fun so maybe I'll keep it up.

Anyway, the kids and their mommies came yesterday for a little mini-orientation. It wasn't that bad, except my head was in a fog. I couldn't even really hear myself so who knows what was coming out of my mouth. Also, it was a little uncomfortable because we had helpers in our room (other teachers) plus the moms and kids, so it was pretty much just everyone staring at me. Since the kids and most of the moms don't speak any English, I was getting a lot of blank stares. Plus, the kids were a little shell shocked. They are so young...there was a lot of crying going on. We also have a crazy kid that we can already tell is going to be a handful. But, for the most part, they were super cute and it was a successful day, for the most part. I think. Again, I didn't get a lot of feedback from the moms since most of them don't speak English. Oh, and this cracks me up...the moms choose an English name for their kids and we have one kid named "Churl." Ahh, what the hell?! Everytime I see it, it makes me chuckle. Such a ridiculous word. Some of them choose names that sound kind of like their Korean name, so that is what she wanted, even though it's not even a real word and/or name. Sometimes they choose names based on books or cartoons they like, so we also have an Eloise, which I think is cute. Last year the school had a MacQueen, which I think is awesome. I put some pictures of the classroom below. I'll try to get some of the students next week. Also, sadly, my Korean co-teacher is not really into making things cute like the other teachers are...and since I haven't really had time to make things cute (plus she is really in charge of the decor), our room is pretty sad and ugly compared to the other rooms. Very sad. Oh well, I'll try to work on it throughout the year. The first pic is my desk.

Oh, and I finally got internet in my apartment! It is just a cable connected to the wall, but whatever. It's not lighting fast, like I was expecting but I think that my actually be my stupid ass computers fault, and not the actual internet. Oh well. After my cooking adventure yesterday I was sooo tired, so I didn't get to play on it much. I did get to Skype some, which made me very happy. Today I have just been hanging out and blowing my nose, really. So much nose blowing. It's crazy. My Smile Day trashcan is pretty much full. Oh well, I am feeling a little better though.

Ok, well I am going to try and take more pictures soon. It is just such a pain to upload things on here. I need to rest up for the next week!

Dream big people!

Holiday

Today is the Korean Independence Day, so we have the day off from school. I slept until noon and it was fantastic. There is nothing I love more than sleeping and when you're sick, it's really the best thing you can do. I did venture out last night, though, and went to a "foreigners" bar with another teacher and met some of her friends. A lot of them are pretty hardcore into running, cycling, other sorts of extreme exercise sorts of things so I was feeling a little lazy. I mean, I don't really consider myself a lazy person, but compared to these people and their hikes and rides and blah blah blah, I am a couch potato. Guess what, don't care! I got pretty tired of hearing about it, actually. Whatever, most of them were nice and I ate a very delicious hamburger so no complaints here. Oh, well one complaint actually. Ok, so apparently Korean cab drivers don't like to give rides to people that are not going very far, aka won't have a high fare. So, when we left the bar, there are literally, 20 cabs in the street and none of them will give us a ride because we're only like, 5-10 minutes away. It was so bizarre. One, it pissed me off and two, it makes no sense to me that a driver would rather sit and wait on a bigger fare than take what is ready to go. It seems to me that they would just charge more for the short rides and/or drive really slow and make the drive longer. OR, they could just take the ride and come back. Apparently they are waiting on riders that are going back to Seoul, which is like 30 minutes. But that also seems strange to me because if you live in Seoul, I don't know why you would come here to go to a bar. We finally convinced someone to take us, but it was after a good 20 minutes of standing in the cold. So that sucked. Whatever.
I did venture out a little today and went back to the Korean won store. I managed to control myself, somewhat. I think I would have bought more stuff if it hadn't been a million degrees inside the store. I was dying! I dont' see how the people that work there stand it! You know me, I would rather be hot than cold anytime, any day but it was seriously uncomfortable. But, I did get some super cute stuff! I got a little trash can that says "Smile Day!. Please show me your bright smile all the time." Ok, trash can, I will! And, there precious little notebooks...there's four and each one says something different. "A giraffe has a long neck. A lion has a magnificent mane. A elephant has a long trunk." And my favorite, "A ostrich has a beautiful double eyelid." I have never seen an ostrich in person, but a double eyelid does not sound beautiful at all. My bigger notebook also has random sayings and cute animals. Everything here is so cute and positive, it's fantastic.

It was actually somewhat nice outside today (not freezing!) so I went and sat down by the river, which is right across the street from me. Then I came home, cleaned up, put away my new purchases and made spaghetti for dinner. It wasn't great...edible, but I've definitely had better. Some olive oil might have helped things...as well as a bigger pot. I also did some lesson planning. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the lesson planning but I think I am just going to have to see how things go the first weeks.

Anyway, the kids are coming with their parents tomorrow so I have to be happy and friendly tomorrow. Which should be no problem for me, hahaha. I had a genius moment today when I figured out I could mix my cappuccino mix with hot milk instead of hot water and it was so tasty....so I have that to look forward to tomorrow morning so hopefully things will get off to a good start. Should be an interesting day. I also get internet installed tomorrow afternoon and I'm super excited! Who wants to Skypppeeee?? And I'll put up some more pictures then.

Dream big people!