I love surprises.

On Monday, I gave my laptop to Teddy to take into the Apple store to have it fixed. The voltage in Korea is double that of the U.S., so it fried the back of my computer. Apparently this is a problem with all Macs sold within the past two years or so...If the computer heats up, the back will fall off. Luckily for me, I contacted Apple, and they sent me a new back for free! Unfortunately for me, it was sent to the States where I couldn't get it...I thought my laptop would last for a little while longer, but I was definitely wrong about that one! Teddy took it in on Monday, and got it back today, Thursday. When I asked him how much money I owed him, he said they fixed it for free! He said their computer system showed that I had already been mailed the "free backing" so technically I couldn't get another free one. But Teddy told them that I'm an English teacher from the States, and they offered to replace it for free! Yay!

So...I've been gone from the computer for awhile. I've been able to check email once a day at work between classes, but have been cut off from the rest of the world as far as Facebook and my blog go...pity... :) But, I'm back!!

Last night, the director of the school took all the teachers out to celebrate Beth's year of teaching here. After work, we all rode together to the restaurant. We had galbi and drinks and just chatted with one another. It was a really relaxing night, and I actually got to know two of my Korean co-teachers much better. It's difficult at work to sit down and have a conversation with each other, so last night was the perfect opportunity to do that. After we were at the restaurant for a few hours, we walked down the block a bit to a seafood restaurant. I tried raw tuna for my first time, and found out that I don't really prefer that....But at least I tried it! :) It was about 3:30am when we decided to call it a night. I took a taxi home and crashed right away. Luckily for us, we don't work until 2:15pm every day, so I was able to sleep in and get a decent amount of rest.

Tonight, a group of us are going back to the linedancing bar after work!! We're going to celebrate my birthday (Woohoo!!) and just relax after this week. On Saturday, we're going to a soccer game here, so I'm really looking forward to that. Sunday is church and small groups again. Sunday night, a group of us are going out to a restaurant to celebrate my birthday AGAIN! :) I do love birthdays.

I had an interesting Tuesday morning...I had just gotten to work and this huge delivery came into the lobby. There was a ginormous mattress pad that was rolled up, a HUGE cardboard box, and a smaller box beside it. Darren came over to my desk and told me that the delivery was for me. I told him I hadn't ordered anything and that it was a mistake. I asked him who ordered all the stuff, and he looked at the tag and said, "you." I told him that I promised I hadn't bought anything, and I didn't want to take someone else's stuff if they accidentally delivered it to the wrong place or something...He opened the big cardboard box and saw the shipping paper inside. It read, "Denise Traster," and "Jena Myers." My mom and my sister!! Turns out, my parents, sister and bro-in-law, grandma, AND stepmom had all ordered new bedding and towels for me from a store here in Korea!! What a wonderful surprise! Apparently it came a week early, but I don't mind. I have a wonderful bed (that's really comfy now!) and brand-new towels. So exciting! That pretty much made my whole week. I love surprises.

And you know what's even better? Darren offered to put it all in his car so I wouldn't have to walk home with all of it. (I couldn't have carried that box if my life depended on it anyway...) He called me when he was leaving work, and drove it to my house AND carried it up all three flights of stairs, right to my doorstep. What a wonderful boss :)