My sister mailed me 3 giant bottles of barbeque sauce all the way from Tennessee. I was all set for yet another stir-fry for dinner, but luckily I got to instead make the best meal I've eaten since leaving the US. Fried bbq tofu sandwich (covered in about 50 million oz. of bbq sauce) and made from scratch, skin still on, garlic and chive mashed potatoes. It took me about 45 minutes to make dinner, and all but 10 minutes to consume it. I don't think I breathed the whole time. Just for you, Greg- I'm feeling fat & sassy. Mmmmm, if I weren't out of bread, I'd make another sandwich.
Just.... wow.
Today at school I ripped up a paper airplane, then as I was striding confidently back to the front of them room, I tripped on a chair.
Yesterday I had to calm down 2 sobbing 8 year olds because one got an extra piece of candy over the other.
I routinely have to physically sit students as close to me as possible so I can keep an eye on them, and so I can yank out of their hands whatever distraction they're playing with that day.
I have discovered though that the 4 year old loves chocolate covered sunflower seeds. And he LOVES to cover my palms with as many layers of oil crayons as he can before it all cakes up and flakes off. So, naturally I let him do it. Otherwise he cries and punches me. School has now become very routine, with me relishing in my very infrequent breaks, taking to the couch in the corner to read a book and sip coffee like I'm not surrounded by 30 screaming children. But I'm learning how to cope, even though I spend most days counting down the minutes until the final bell rings so I'm free!
Last Saturday I went on my first organized group bus trip to a city called Cheongdo. There was about 150 foreigners piled onto 4 buses. We went to a wine tunnel (wine tasting in an old train tunnel- where we sampled some persimmon wine). Though I typically steer clear of group travel arrangements, I had a really great time. After the wine tunnel, we all hopped back onto the buses and went to a Korean bull fight (bull on bull). It felt somewhat surreal to be in a bullfighting arena surrounding by Koreans cheering and yelling at what looked to me like 2 very tired, very lethargic bulls! We didn't know what was going on for the most part, but we cheered right along with everyone else. I'll admit it though, due to the lethargy of the bulls, it was a little boring, but exciting nonetheless. After the fight we boarded the buses to head back to Daegu. To my happy surprise, the bus we were on was fully outfitted for karaoke! Flatscreen in front, songbook, and microphone! So everyone took turns singing songs from the very limited selection of English songs that a Korean tour bus has on hand! All in all, it was a great day. I may just decide to do another group event in the future!
And the following pictures are from Suseong Lake that Kathryn and I went to on Sunday (this is in Daegu)
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