"Did Alicia call him her daddy?"--Michele to Joanna

Well, I've had an interesting last few days. Friday was kind of crappy, even though it was a "holiday." Friday was Pepero Day (a candy consisting of cookie stick thing covered in chocolate...they're okay) and I got tons of the stuff. But the stupidness of the Koreans I work with is finally getting to me.

Me: "So I can play any game I want to in THIS room, but I can't play games in THAT room?"
My supervisor: "Yes."

Um... How does that make ANY sense at all? And then she's all like, "Well the Korean staff has meetings and I can give you some tips if you want them." And I'm thinking The only people here with ANY background in education are the foreigners. You have a job because you can KIND OF speak English. That's it. Um, no I don't want your tips, especially because you are STUPID. I'm talking, the principal gave two of my kids a sucker, because they were in her office for fighting. Um...YOU ARE AN IDIOT. Don't frigin' tell me how to teach when you don't have a CLUE about kids, let ALONE how to teach them anything. Seriously, I work with idiots, which I can normally deal with, but Friday I just couldn't. But I'm over it now.

Clearly...

Friday night was pretty nice. I went to a co-workers house because he was having people over for his birthday. I just think it's nice to be with my co-workers and NOT be at school. Steve, the British guy, told me he totally thought I was cute (clearly, he's in love with me, it's fine) and not to date army guys, and Rodney and I had an accent contest--I did his and he did mine. I won, I'm JUST sayin'... Don't mess with THIS. :)

Saturday class started up again (no cute boy... balls), and after that I went mad Christmas shopping with Joanna. I spent a lot of money (well, not TONS but a lot) but I got most of it done. Yay!! I only bought myself two presents, an earring and my first Korean pop CD (I resisted the $400 Tiffany bracelet...) and I'm excited about the stuff I got for everyone else. I even found wrapping paper at Costco, so I can wrap it all up and send it off before too long. I would think this is too soon, but since I already got my Christmas package, I figure the bar's been set. Shopping sprees are KEY to life.

Saturday night I fell in love. Joanna and I went to a bar with JohnandLindsay where they put on this show, like bottle flipping and fire and stuff, and one of the bartenders there was MY DADDY. He like, had this bottle on fire that he was twirling around and he, like, lifts up his shirt and runs the fire across his belt and it was just... enjoyable. I'll say that. So clearly I am going back as often as possible to beocme his BFF. Note to self: I need to learn how to say "Do that trick with the fire" in Korean. It was a nice, relaxing evening out with good people and I enjoyed it.

Today was cleaning, Starbucks, and church, and I think I found the church I'm gonna stick with. I haven't been in a month or so (okay, like two months) but I really liked this place and I met a new friend and I signed up for a Thanksgiving dinner next Sunday and that is AWESOME. I'm so excited about it I could cry.

I'm not even lying.

Much love.