Halloween, Visit from Mom and a Gym membership...

Whew...has it really been a month since I last updated my blog? I have recently remembered why I have never and will never again keep a blog after this journey...I enjoy the fellowship of real people over writing to the masses. Now don't get me wrong, I love keeping those who want to be kept up to date in the loop, but I find myself getting more and more busy and running out of time to update my blog.

We had a Halloween celebration at school and I was, to say the least, not too excited about it. I miss having a huge Halloween party on a college campus, and I really didn't feel like putting in any effort this year. Well, we "had" to dress up for school so I threw together a zombie costume out of some old clothes I found with some influence from the new Resident Evil movie I had just watched. It actually turned out to be a pretty fun costume, it was more of a success than I had imagined. I was mainly put in charge of the haunted house, of which I was quite apathetic towards, once again. It also turned out to be a fun job and a great way to spend my Halloween. I say this only because I got to scare the piss out of a bunch of little kids and then listen to them the next day talk about how "not scared" they were...it was very entertaining. I lost count but we had to have made at least 40 kids leave in tears. I don't really take pleasure in frightening little kids, but I do enjoy putting on a "good" Halloween experience for the students...lets be honest, the haunted houses that suck are the ones that the kids leaving talking about how lame it was. They like the haunted house because it frightens them. Anyway, it was also a great break from the norm of teaching. That was it for Halloween, no cool parties or late nights out. but it was a lot of fun.

So my mom came to visit two weeks ago and it was so good to see her. I dropped the ball and didn't have a lot planned, but we went into Seoul and she got to see how my daily life was like here in Korea. The first night she got here we were having a work dinner so she got to meet everyone from work and enjoy traditional Korean bar-b-q on the expense of my school. On Saturday we had the chance to go over into Seoul and head into a market and do some shopping, so she got to see how the mass transit system works here and all that jazz. She also brought me some amazing snacks that I have partaken in quite eagerly the past couple weeks. On Sunday she was able to come visit church and see me "in action" stumbling around trying to do my best to lead worship. Then, as quickly as she arrived, she was on a plane back to the States. It felt good to see her and share part of my life with her over here in SK.

I also joined a gym over here last week. It was much overdue, but hopefully I can get back on track to gaining some good weight over the next few months. It is a small and humble gym, but it is close and it has everything you could need in a gym. The trainers are also really cool. They have a couple trainers on staff that watch over the gym as a whole and help people if they have questions. Fortunately for us, one of the guys is an ex-body builder who wants to practice English so he has quickly become our personal trainer. He has put us on a program, shows us how to do all of the lifts properly, and even helped us order supplements online. It is yet another cool and somewhat random experience to add to the many that I have had here. He actually yelled at me for only eating four eggs with breakfast yesterday and calls us women if we lift too light or with improper form...haha kinda reminds me of how Chris Stevens would be if he was my trainer :)

Well, that is about it. I am becoming more and more accustomed to life here with every week that passes and the time is flying by...I can't believe that I have been here for almost three months. I don't think I have any other news...um...oh yeah I just bought a plane ticket to Thailand for 10 days for over our Christmas break...I am assuming Christmas on the beach in Thailand will be somewhat different than what I am accustomed to. Needless to say, I am quite excited...

Until next time,
Dittoe