monday and tuesday!

I think I have a case of the Mondays today.....I woke up really late and barely made it to school by 830. (I woke up at 8 am and it takes about 15 minutes to walk to school) I had a nice but exhausting weekend! Friday night started by going to boxing and then to dinner with the girls in Masan. When I say girls I mean my 2 close friends Rebecca (Bex) and Kelly. They are both from England and I have gotten very close with them. We are like a family and we meet every Tuesday night for drinks and dinner just to make sure we socialize during the week and can see each other! :-) I find that it has really been something I look forward to and enjoy having the quality time with some really great girls! Anyway, we went out for a nice meal on Friday night and then we ended up staying up really late just laughing and talking...but Kelly and I had to get up really early on Saturday because she had an eye appointment (she had Lasik about 3 weeks ago so she had to have a check up) and I wanted to go to H&M because they now have one in Busan!! EXCITING!!! So we got up a 8 am (we went to sleep at 4 am) and got our selves on a bus to Busan. The bus took FOREVER because the traffic was really terrible! I also had to be back in Changwon at 1 pm for my dance practice (yes I had dance practice on Saturday). So Kelly went to her eye appointment while I went to starbucks to buy us some fuel for the day and then we went to the big department store and to H&M. I have to say I am so excited they are there! I can actually buy clothes and SHOES there! This is very exciting to me! I had adopted an orphan to buy Christmas presents for and so I went to H&M because they have a lot of low priced and nice looking scarf and glove sets. I bought her a hot pink scarf and some matching gloves. I think she will really like it! I also bought her a few little cosmetic things that all the little girls like over here so she can feel pretty and special! :-) After running around in Busan, Kelly and I took the bus back and made it to my dance practice only 40 minutes late! I practiced for about 4 hours and then Kelly and I went to have something to eat since we hadn’t eaten anything really that day! So we ate some hot stone bibimbap and then went to my house to get some shoe because we had to hurry to her house to get ready for our night out. Bex was in a Choir performance with some other artist hat she works within the Art district. So Kelly and I went to watch the performance and then take her to dinner to celebrate! We went to Mexico (the Mexican restaurant in Masan) and had Sangria and chips. I had  a Mexican Salad that was really nice! It was a great evening We then went to my friends Café and had some drinks before heading to a foreign bar near Bex’s house to meet a few people and play some pool. After that we were all really tired so we decided to call it a night! I was so exhausted because I hadn’t slept much the night before and I ended up sleeping till 11:45 on Sunday! Haha! I never do that!! I was so happy but it took me awhile to wake up and actually get out of bed! But after getting out of bed I cleaned up my apartment and got stuff ready because Joanna and Lecia were going to come over to bake and eat dinner! We had decided to make those Vegan adventure cookies but ended up making, vegan adventure cookies, vegan oatmeal bars, vegan zucchini muffins, vegan mac &cheese and I made chicken breast with veggies and white wine in the crock pot. I had invited Bex and Kelly to eat with us and so I wanted to cook some meat for them and Lecia! It was so fun! We had everything cooking at the same time and we were sipping white and Lecia made some mulled wine! It was fabulous! It felt like Christmas time! I am so excited for next weekend too because I will be prepping for Christmas dinner! 

 

This week is going to be pretty great...I have a day off on Wednesday and Thursday is the school festival.  I will teach only 8 classes this week! That is EXCITING! I have dance practice on my day off which makes me unhappy but at least I don’t have to go to school! Today I am teaching 3 classes and we are watching The Grinch still so it should be good!

 

 

Since I haven’t posted this yet I will continue on and tell you about my Tuesday as well! Since we have off school tomorrow I probably won’t be updating my blog! So last night I didn’t make it to boxing because I had planned to meet Gerrard at 7:30 and our dance practice ended at 7:30 I had no time in between! Our dance practice went amazing! I remember all of the dance and actually the costumes are inappropriate but not as bad as I thought! Also, I actually felt like I had a workout because we did the dance full out like 7 times and I did it in high heels (man that was hard!). So I am kind of looking forward to the dance practice tonight and to get even better at the dance! After dance, I went to meet Gerrard and we talked for awhile and I had forgotten my Korean book so we couldn’t study! I learned a lot about him though! He was a Prison guard as his military service! I think that is so cool! What a way better job than a lot I hear about for these guys! He was picked to do that and he worked there. I also heard him play guitar and he is really good! It was nice to get to know him better and he is a very nice guy! I am glad to have a new friend! After I left him my friend Jessi (Korean name jongbae) and I asked if he wanted to come to my house for dinner. I was going to be making quinoa and kale salad with persimmon and a citrus dressing and stir fried veggies. I also heated up some chicken I had made for the girls on Sunday. He came over and we chatted for a long time! I even tried to make pudding with chia seeds and soy milk but it never set…I need to find a better recipe I think! After he left I was so tired so I went up to bed after washing my face (it took a lot of effort for me to do that and brush my teeth). I set my alarm but I could tell I would sleep really well. Which was the problem today! I over slept my alarm. I woke up at 8:40 and I am supposed to be at school at 8:30. I freaked out and I couldn’t figure if I should take a shower or not, but finally decided in my half sleepy mind that taking a shower would be worth the extra 5 minutes I would be late because I would be clean for today! It was a good thing I did because I finally got to school at 9 am…which I have to say waking up at 8:40, taking a shower and having to walk about ½ mile to school is pretty good! Today I didn’t really walk….it was more like running! I get to school and my co teacher was very sweet to me and was like “Jessi, please stop worrying its ok, take your time, calm down you are not in trouble!” on the phone because I was in tears bc I felt irresponsible! Anyway, I get to school and I take a moment to collect myself. My co-teacher put her hand on my shoulder and gave me a little pat and said “today is your lucky day. We are doing Friday’s schedule and since you don’t come to this school on Fridays you don’t have any classes today!!” I was so happy I almost cried again! J So here I sit at my desk and I can gain my composure and get ready for a night out with Kelly tonight! We are going to eat mussels at this fantastic place in Masan and have a little red wine because we don’t have to be at school tomorrow!! J Anyway, I am going to practice my dance now so that I can be even more ready for Thursday!

 

XOXOX