Shannon is here! :)

My friend, Shannon, arrived in South Korea today around 4pm. She will be teaching at a hagwon not far from me. She and I live six subway stops away from each other, so we are pretty close! It will only take about 20 minutes :) I just got home from work and was able to message her on Skype. We were going to talk face-to-face, but she was exhausted from all her traveling. That's understandable! We are planning on meeting up tomorrow night after work and spending the whole weekend together! I'm not quite sure what's in store yet, but I'm most excited just to see her face :)

Beth is leaving at the end of September, so she went through all her clothes and decided what she wanted to keep and what she wanted to get rid of. She called me up this afternoon and asked if I wanted to look through any of the clothes she didn't want anymore. I obviously said yes and headed over to her place. There was a huge pile clothes and shoes in the middle of her floor. I sorted through what I wanted and basically took the whole pile. I came out with a whole new Fall/Winter wardrobe and 3 pairs of boots for when it snows!! I'm all set! :)

Part of my job is supplement time where I help write curriculum for the upcoming semesters. We keep the same format for the books, but update the information. It's easy and fun. :) When I first arrived in Korea, we were on the Songs portion of the curriculum. (That's when my kids were singing "Party in the USA" and "Livin' On a Prayer.") Well, I just got to that portion of the curriculum in my supplement time and got to update it for next semester! I was very disappointed when I did the lesson last month because there were no country songs on the list...Have no fear! I added country songs to next semester's curriculum! I feel like we are depriving our students by not introducing them to such an incredible genre. And for those who doubt, I urge you to Google "top 100 songs in 2011." You may be surprised to find that in the first 50, there are TWELVE country songs. Just sayin... ;)