me so happy......

i came home from school today and downloaded the new grey's anatomy soundtrack from season 3. OMG! it was released on sept. 11th. i have had it marked on the calendar and just have been waiting to download from itunes. woo hoo! grey's is the best and i am totally addicted. as i type i am listening to all three seasons of music in my grey's playlist on shuffle....life is good. on volume 2 there is an acoustic live version of the sno patrol song--chasing cars! so amazing!

just a plug in case you are not up on the grey's---season 4 begins on sept. 27th and then private practice (the spin off) begins sept. 26th. i am counting that down too. woo hoo......whole weekend of my favorite characters!

the morning routine....

each morning i get up around 6:30ish and the first i do is feed the kitties. otherwise they would get very upset with me. :) then i make breakfast for myself and come back to the desk to sit down in front of my computer. i check emails, read blogs, sometimes get in a phone call on skype, eat, and "check in" for the morning. usually about 7ish i get up to take a shower and get ready for school. i sometimes make a lunch, but it doesn't look it will happen today. then i am out the door for another day at school. my long 5 minute commute to my classroom is killer (just kidding!). another day at school commences.........

it's already sunday???

just where does the time go? i feel like the weekends keep getting shorter and shorter. i vote for three day weekends from now on....anyone with me?

saturday i took the day to rest. i slept in and proceeded to sleep intermittenly through out the entire day. i fed the cats at 6:45 am, went back to bed, ate breakfast at 10:30 am, then read my book and took a nap, 2:15ish i had leftover curry for lunch, then read some more and napped again, then was up at 4:30ish to make butterscotch bars and take a shower. what a day! it was good to rest. jen came over at 5:30ish to hang out and stay the night. we had frozen pizza for dinner and then went to a wine gathering at joann's at 7:30ish. came home at 10ish to play wizard (a card game) with buffie, leslie, jen, joann, and myself. then jen and i attempted to play scrabble which was not going well at all. we finally quit and went to bed about midnight. what a great day!

today jen and i got up at 10:15ish and had breakfast. we then watched some really silly TV and took showers. out and about we headed to go to seodaemun prison and independance park. it was good. a low key touristy kind of day with out lots of people or crowds. i have uploaded more pics from today and other randomness.

now i am resting at home trying to rehydrate myself. i feel like no matter how much water i drink it is never enough. gosh you gotta love the heat and humidity. :)

it's Friday....

this week has really moved slow. i am glad it's friday. it also means that i get to have indian tonight with friends. we have nicknamed ourselves the "curry crew". we go every friday to a great little place in hongdae (near the art school--hongik univ.). after dinner i get to visit the golden retriever dog that i love which has not been at the shop the last two times i have dropped by. i hope she is there tonight. :)

YEAH FOR INDIAN!!! :)

only......

169 more hours until i can hug my hubby............woo hoo!!!!

PHOTOS, PICS, PICTURES, SNAPSHOTS.....

whatever you call them I have posted some more......click on the link "My Photos" at right.......

Korean Marketing at its best.....

Leslie and I went on a mini-adventure today after school to the local grocery store, Sahruga. We had a coffee at a shop near there first, then made our way to the store for some groceries. The main purchase I had to make was cat food and litter. The cats were yelping from starvation when I got home from school. So pathetic they are sometimes. Anyhow, we were walking up and down each aisle as usual when we came upon this coffee that had this neat tall glass coffee mug attached. Leslie and I both were intrigued. We picked it up and checked it out. The mug even has measurements on the side and a cool plastic lid. What a deal. So yes, we bought it and got some coffee too. It's instant coffee so who knows if it will be good or not, but that doesn't matter. What matters is that we both now have cool glass coffee mugs to drink refreshing java from. :) I love the way they market to folks here.....so smart. Here is a photo of my purchase.....

sans hubby

on wednesday of this past week paul learned that he had to go to san francisco for work. thankfully it was a day that i had many specials and a long break time in the morning. i came home around 9:15 and at 10 it was verified that he was going. 10:15 a flight was booked and at 11:15 he walked down the hill to catch the bus to the airport to get on a 2:30 flight to san francisco. the highlight for him was that he got to fly business class at the company's expense....so fun! he thought it was great.....good food and seats. what more can i guy ask for??? although it was sad to learn that he was going to be gone for 2 weeks, it is also a good time for him to be away. the beginning of the year is always absolute chaos. while he is gone i am going to work like mad to get to a manageable point so that when he returns there will be less staying at work late. although disappointing at first, it is also a blessing. i do miss him terribly and found this weekend at the faculty retreat to be kind of lonely. i did have leslie to keep me company though which was fun! it rained all weekend though so the beach wasn't that much fun. i did some reading and resting which is always needed. so i have 11 more days of soloness before paul returns. a day which i am looking forward to..........

small joys.....

so last monday i was getting ready for school and preparing breakfast for myself. my default breakfast is a bowl of cereal with dried cherries sprinkled on top. each monday morning paul and i receive a milk delivery. we get 1.8 liters each monday morning. it is so fun to open the door and see new milk sitting on the porch waiting to come in. such a nice morning to get fresh milk for the week. one of the loves i have for korea.........milk delivery.

photos...

i just uploaded lots of pics from last year, this summer, and since returning to korea....check them out by clicking on the link to the right---"my photos"



hope you enjoy...........new post coming soon!