Hey all, things are going good at school still. I think we have the apt problem taken care of. It sounds like they are gonna let us have the $300/month, and we will stay in our current apt. They are also gonna give us a small portable stove that uses the little propane tanks, similar to a camping stove. This will give us a 2nd burner to cook on now. Along with what Debbie used to use as her electric tea kettle will give us 3 things to cook with. Put the veggies in the tea kettle and it is boiling in like 30 seconds, not EVEN exaggerating. Debbie can back me up on how quickly it boils. This will pay for most of our food bill each month, so that is good. Also, smaller apt=lower utilities. Save a dime, save a dollar. Then give that dollar to my student loan company. hahahahaaha. We recently a acquired a water cooler for our apt. Free, but we have to buy 2 19liter bottles of water every so often, big deal. Only $5 each, versus paying $3 for a 6pack of 2liter bottles which we then have to carry home from the store each time we go. Tap water is not good enough to drink. Koreans don't even drink it, so it isn't just the foreigners. We are only teaching in the afternoons now, 3 classes at 40 minutes each. We still have to come in at 9:00 though. Borrrrring. I "sneak" out quite a bit for 30-45 minutes at a time to watch/help out with the elementary baseball team. It can be difficult sometimes because of the language barrier, but demonstration goes a long ways. Can't believe our first 3 weeks are up. They have really flown by. I hope the rest of the year goes the same way. Smooth at school, and no problems with the apt. That would be great.
We are currently trying to decide what to do with our vacation time. Last year I didn't really travel much at all, other than around Korea. This summer we are gonna use 7 days of vacation and fly to Jeju Island, South Korea for a 3 or 4 day weekend, and then we need to decide what to do with the other 5 or 6 days of vacation for the summer. Hong Kong is a possiblity, but we are still researching it. It might be ungodly hot and humid at that time of year, so will have to check into it further. Travelling around Korea is a possibility so that we won't be spending as much money on flights and hotels. During the Chusok Holiday(Korean Thanksgiving) we will be going to China to visit the Great Wall and other things. Debbie is expected to SHOP LIKE CRAZY! hahahahaha. Get your requests in now for purses, etc Rachael and others. hahahhaa. Next winter will be Thailand, but we are not sure for how long. We will still have 5 days to use as vacation. However, if we resign with the school, they will give us an extra 2 weeks of vacation, in theory so the teacher can visit home. So if we can combine the 5 days with the 2 weeks, we might spend the Christmas season travelling Thailand, Phillipines, and the south Pacific with one of the special airpasses where you can travel to so many places whenever you want for a set price. Something like that, we have to look into it more. If you have any suggestions, let us know. That is just what we have "decided" on so far, but it could change. Have a super weekend. Cheers.
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