Needless to say I think my blog has felt a little neglected
the past so many days -----
Things have been going well here in Korea. I am happy to say
that it is beginning to look a lot like Christmas here. In front of Lotte
Hotel/Department Store there are lights and snow flakes and an even a huge
CHRISTMAS TREE !!!! I love it! I
have never been somewhere (big city) that really decorates. I told Zack the
other night while walking I felt like I was in New York or something and he
laughed at me… One, because I have never been there and two, because I sounded
like a real country Alabamian. LOL
I have been having meetings out the wahhhzooo at work –
learning new dances etc. One meeting I found out some parents did not think I
was so great and another meeting where I found out I was doing great and my
director was very pleased with me. She said everything she asks I just say,
“YES” and do it (serving)!!!! Personally, I would say things are going well. My
“little ones” class that ranged from 4-8 kids depending on the day has now
grown to between 12-15 depending on the day of the week. My 6PM class has also
grown from 2-4 students to 8-10! Today the director told me that when I came
enrollment was at 33 and it is now at 70 and she is hoping to reach 90 by the
beginning of December!
The other night Zack and I went to an “all you can eat” kind
of place --- with tons and tons of (meat) --- it was very yummy, but I got sick
from eating way too much! I told him we could not go back there for at least 6
months … I think it might take me that long to recover.
I have been on bus patrol a little more and usually the
rides last about an hour or longer now since we have so many new students... It
takes a little longer getting them all home.
Interesting things since my last blog
- I
tried to cook Mac N’ Cheese one afternoon and caught the noodles on FIRE… not a
little flame, I am talking real FIRE here. Zack has limited my cooking to
getting tangerines out of the frig and calling McDonalds to deliver. LOL
- My
photo shoot went really well and it was a lot of fun. I already got my pictures
back. The students in their class all had to shoot the same pictures and they
were the only group with a foreign model (me) and the pictures were of a blonde
BCBG model… so hopefully they will get a good grade on the group project!!!
- I
am partly Korean… I knock people out to get a seat on the bus/subway…. I fall
asleep on every bus ride…. I am NOT ashamed to RUN to catch the bus….And I do
not know how to walk in a straight line.
FUNNY FACTS
The other night I was planning on going to HOMEPLUS (kind of
like a Target) and I got off at the WRONG stop… so I started walking and then 5
blocks later I get on a bus to head to Zacks and as we rode past the next block
we passed HOMEPLUS – LOL (I was ticked) --- then after arriving at my stop I
get off the bus and go down to cross under the street and I’m really hungry so
the Krispy Kreme Donuts were not helping --- and the HOOOTTTTTTT SIGN was ON…
so I could NOT resist!!! I went in and got 4 --- why not 6 I dunno??? I was so
hungry I decided to eat one going home and I get one out and it was COLD ---
then I get in the elevator to go up to get Zack and look at myself in the
elevator mirror and I realize I DID NOT PUT MY MASCARA ON --- and it is now 8PM….
I went all day without it. HAHAHA
Also – Zack and I have been under the weather. Keep us in
your prayers…. Not like we can just run to Primed to get a Shot and a Z-pack.
Lol
Love and Miss Everyone Like CRAZY!!!!
SHOUT OUTS
: To my
Montgomery AG gang who just had FNO this past weekend. I know it went great and
I pray it is the best one yet and that you make history with the amount of
money you raised for STL to help change lives across the world. Make me proud -
this is the first one I have missed ever!!!!
: To my Crystal/ Krystal(s)
On bus drop off last week Udene looks at me and asks,
“What’s your name” and I told her and said you know my name, what is your
name…. and she said CRYSTAL/KRYSTAL…. I wanted to knock that 5 year old out. I
was thinking you have had that name the entire time and I had to learn your
Korean name. I said you have an ENGLISH NAME??? She said yes and laughed and
said YES, CRYSTAL/KRYSTAL!!!! LOL
KIDS….. hahaha
This Week: You
guessed it, Bus Patrol again!!!
Before leaving my director looks at me and said that one was
sick – she was coughing with a runny nose…. The whole nine yards, I mean all
the kids were really.
We are riding right a long and she is coughing and crying
for her mom – I’m trying to calm her down while sitting by her. Normally I
would have picked the child up and held them but this time I just didn’t.
Moments later the child PUKES all over herself and me. I am not talking a
little bit. It went all into the seat we were sitting in and into the floor in
front of us. I don’t know how that much came out of her little body. I am
trying to yell at the bus driving and he does not understand a lick of English.
Luckily “Crystal’s” mother was riding with us. I turn around and explain what
has happened. She helps me take the little girls jacket off etc…. while I try
and take my own jacket and scarf off that are covered. HAHA ---- all the while
the bus driver just keeps on driving and all the kids are holding their noses
and screaming. It was an adventure to say the least.
I tried to go home and change because once we got to the
next stop and I got out my jeans were covered…. I had been sitting in it the
entire time. LOL – the bus driver helped us clean out the seat etc and we
finally got that little girl to her mother. The driver couldn’t take me home,
he said he was too busy. HAHA --- back at the school I had to hand wash my
clothes in a shower area with conditioner. Zack took my jacket to be dry
cleaned to following day – thank the Lord!!!
