The Many Happenings: February 2009

So a lot has happened in the last few months I've been M.I.A. from the blog. One person has disappeared out of my life and one has temporarily left. THANK GOD! However, many more important things have happened.

Christmas

Carly and I went to Seoul for the holiday and we treated ourselves to a wonderful two days at the Seoul Lotte World Hotel. It was absolutely fabulous! It really felt like Christmas there with all the fancy lights and decorations. The hotel was connected to the Lotte Department Store and Lotte World and a theater that was showing Cats. Carly and I went to Lotte World on Christmas Eve like all the other couples in Korea and had a romantic evening - except for the part when she made me sit in the front on the log ride and I got my beautiful coat wet. Still, Lotte World was wonderful. The roller coasters gave us a thrill and the Christmas Parade made us feel sentimental, warm, and fuzzy.

Carly really enjoyed making me look like a fool and making me pose for dumb photos.

This is me being Japanese

This is my tights falling down and Carly laughing her head off calling me a grandma.

When we were at Namsan Tower, she made me climb a million stairs by myself and sit in some stupid pagoda thing so she could take a photo.

Anyway, the whole month of January, Carly and I worked at the Jinju National University of Education doing Death Camp. I really almost died. I had to go to the hospital several times a week and I even had to get IVs.

At the end of Death Camp, Carly went to Japan with Rhys, her boyfriend, and I went to Muju Ski Resort with some friends, Min, David, and Dorothy. Min's from Dallas, Texas and David was my T.A. for Death Camp (he's very...girly) and Dorothy is my Korean university partner's best friend. Skiing was really fun and our room was amazing. Two bedrooms, two baths, a living room, a large kitchen, a fireplace, and a great view.

Back in Jinju, I finally met Rhys.