i woke up this morning and it was saturday. glorious, beautiful, cloudy saturday where i can wake up at noon and not feel guilty that ive slept half my day away. saturday, where i can see the weekend stretch out before me like a billowing cloud of lazyness and...who am i kidding? i dont need a saturday to feel this way. it comes with the territory.
actually, this tuesday is chusok, the korean thanksgiving. korean families make the pilgrimage to the home of the eldest family member and give thanks for the "harvest". these days they just hang out with family. many of my students seem pretty underwhelmed about it, but this may be because the middle schoolers face intense exams from their public schools right when they return. regardless, the streets are packed with honking frustrated fathers with backseats full of kids who need to go to the bathroom. likewise, the markets are packed with the traditional gifts of chusok. and when i say "traditional gifts of chusok" what i really mean is spam gift sets. honest to god, there exists such a thing, and there are people waiting right now at my local homever food store to gift-wrap it for me. i almost bought one to mail to my parents, but then i realized something: SPAM IS DISGUSTING. so i didnt.
at my work we only get two holidays off during the year, and this just so happens to be one of them. by some small miracle my bosses gave us monday off as well, most likely because they knew no students were going to come to school. unfortunately, this decision was made a bit late, and there are no planes, trains, or buses to anywhere. seriously. daejeon it is.
it would have been nice to travel, but, as it stands, a delicate case of korean whooping cough or perhaps consumption has taken residence in my chest. so rather than do anything exciting, im snuggled up in my bed for the afternoon (have a pillowcase now!) with a steaming bowl of spicy ramen noodles, some tea from my new tea set (the bosses know that spam is gross), and an edward norton movie. and yes mom, im taking my vitamins.
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Haha I love you and glad that you've kept the distance from unidentified, canned meat products. Enjoy the long weekend and beat that consumption like it's your job. Neither Geri or I want to think about you being sick and so far away. Off to church in a few minutes but hope to catch you on skyperoo soon. All my heart.
Hi honey! So happy to read you are taking your vitamins. Amazing that a comment to your mother can be refreshing to this mother as well. Angie is right - beat that consumption like it's your job!! I've been enjoying your wonderful writing and experiences. Take care and relax these 4 days! Get better! Rae's in flight as I type, so i'm awake, waiting for her to arrive safely 'home'. Meg (and Chris) are also traveling - but by car - back to the east coast, a 14 hour trip ... they should arrive around midnight tonight. love ya!
okay, so i think i did that wrong - i'm not anonymous! tee hee hee .....
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