Reliving July with the Perfect Man

The school year is officially over tomorrow. Today the new second grade students are taking the day to meet their new homeroom teachers (I guess they get quite acquainted here), so yesterday was our last "real day" of school. We went back to the restaurant we visited in my first week. I think that lunch was to welcome me to Korea. And here we are, nearly 8 months later, saying goodbye to a school year. Sweet, non? Here's the crew, now split up and moved into departments (I'm pretty sure I'm still in the Research and Development Department, though I have no idea why I'm here or what that means. Maybe I'll never know).

The difference in their attitudes towards me was like night and day: they are warm and welcoming now, uninhibited when it comes to speaking what little English they know, and quick to ask me questions and tell me their own news. It's great. We still all work in the same (huge) office, so we'll see each other, but we certainly won't be as physically close as we were. Le sigh...maybe I'm getting a bit nostalgic for my first few weeks in Korea? Now that would be funny.

When I got home from school, ready to run, I was greeted by this package placed carefully atop my mailbox. FINALLY my wedding invite to Jamie and Mike's wedding has arrived! I thought I wasn't ever going to get one! The invite is BEAUTIFUL and I would so love to whisk myself away to the Bahamas for a weekend to celebrate with them on St. Paddy's Day. Alas, I am married to my work ;) and must stay in SK.

She also sent me a perfect man. "He's sweet and rich. Just how a man ought to be." Oh Jamie, you are a funny lady. THANK YOU for thinking of me! Much love!