Lunar New Year is this weekend so I have a lovely 4 day weekend; my last public holiday until April or May. My weiguk friends are headed to China tomorrow (Saturday) morning but I didn't figure I could swing it with intensives, finances, etc. Instead I'm going to relax, catch up on some hobbies, organization, and spending time with my Korean girlfriends from work (I am soooo lucky to have them at my school--I love my Korean coworkers! They are the sweetest women and I have created very good and unique friendships with several of them. We are expecting 2 new teachers at school at the end of February. Harry (my boss) said today that they would be "perfect" for me since they are men around my age--I'm already taken though Harry!
Work has been a bit crazy this month, as expected. 9 hour days stretching up to 13 hour days...yucky. This was the last full week! Intensives won't really be over until the end of the first week of February. I found out I had a tiny bump in pay so that's nice; I've been working really hard for it! I'm still saving and budgeting well, to those of you that may be worried (Mom, Paul, Granddaddy).
I have started buying little things to make my apartment more homey...I figure if I'm going to be here for the next 10 months why live bare-bones when I can spend 50 or 100 bucks little by little and get some things that will make me happy...So far I have bought 2 pretty dishes, a dish drying rack, new soap container, a kettle, nice little hooks to put up around my apartment, a yoga mat, hat/scarf bin etc. They are silly but make me feel better and more organized. My next trip out I will be getting the laundry bin I've had my eye on. I found a store that's along the lines of a Korean Dollar General which has helped get more bang for my...won!
The weather was nice yesterday, around 42 degrees but dropped back down bitterly today again. It is currently 5 degrees outside and I have no idea what the wind chill is. I want the weather to get warmer again so I can go exploring!
I'm FINALLY getting a Korean cell phone in 5 days! I have been looking for a used one because I want to pay as I go so I don't have to sign a contract and pay $500 for a new phone plus deposit of $100. The area I live in is smaller so they have either been too expensive even used or in bad condition. Christine from work has a friend who is getting a new phone and I'm buying his old one. I'm glad, it's not mine until next Wednesday but I won't have to go hunting in Seoul to find a good deal on one. :)
I am having my first visitor soon; Patrick bought his plane ticket! I woke up to the message "I have a surprise for you in your email" the other morning. He will officially be here on February 20th at 9:10pm!
OH! My hair has been lopped off. Significantly. Right now I have a love-hate relationship with it and 3 weeks later am still trying to figure out exactly how to style it. It's much higher maintenance than what I'm used to. The combination of intensives and my new haircut have spurred a dropoff in pictures I have taken so I only have photos of when I first had it cut and styled. The experience of getting my hair cut was really funny, I just am not used to having hair this short--not since middle school! There are layers up to the tops of my ears and about 6-8 inches was taken off the bottom....it's more like a shag cut than layers in my mind, though. Here's of it cute and curled....something that won't ever happen to this level of professionalism again!
New hairs!
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