2 days!

I only have to go to sleep two more times before my parents are here!!!

I'm super excited.

I wonder how much I'm going to cry at the airport. . .

Now to start cleaning. Yikes!

I Can't Believe it: Revenge of the Snow III

Yesterday we got another huge heap of snow dumped on us. Starting around 8 p.m. right before we got off work and lasting well into the night.

We had a little smattering of snow a few weeks ago, but that snow was annoying and ugly. This snow is soft, and fluffy! It stuck to the trees! It's so preeeety!

I totally remember the Korean teachers telling me when I first got here that it only snowed a few times a year.

Yeah. Right. There has been snow on the ground since December! It won't stop. I guess I like it though. We never get snow of this magnitude in Texas. One of my Korean friends called the snow (the last time) Jealous Snow, because the spring is coming.

If that was Jealous Snow then what the hell is this one? Vengeance Snow? Spring Murdering Snow? (The first day of Spring is supposed to be in two weeks!)

In honor of, surely the last, snow fall, here are some pictures!

That's a CD case.

This is the view from my desk at work. :)

Stay warm, Korea!

And next time, why don't you let your snow be joined with arctic cold temperatures so classes are cancelled again. Just a suggestion.

Is It Possible to Name-drop Yourself?

Alright, so I was thinking about blogging about this today, but someone else beat me to it!!

*Gasp*

(It's cheating, I know. Don't hate.)

Sunday Seoul: The Fam

In less than one week my family will be here! I'm beyond excited! It's been a little stressful deciding what to keep them occupied with sightseeing-wise while they're here, but that's only because I'm sad I won't get to do everything with them! Stupid job.

Here's what I have planned for them so far:

• Nanta (They'll love it!)
• Insadong
• Seoul Tower
• National Museum and the War Museum (if they have time for both)
• DMZ
• Folk Village
• Walking Tour of historic Seoul
• COEX (so they can see a movie, see the aquarium, and the Kimchi Museum hehe.)
• Eating yummy Korean foods
• Drinking a little less yummy Korean drinks
• Noraebang-ing

They'll be here for a week so I want them to see as much as possible.

Anything you think I'm missing??

A Mild Complaint (welcome to my week. . .)

Dear person next to me on the treadmill,

I'm happy you've left your home and decided to come to the gym, but walking 1 kph on the ONLY treadmill with working headphones for an hour so you can watch T.V. is rude. You look like a crazy person trying to walk that slowly! Just pay your cable bill and GO HOME!

Thanks,

The Gym

In happy news, our water heater system was completely replaced, so not only do we have hot floors, hot water, and a digital temperature system, the loud banging coming from our pipes has stopped! Win! Now it's time to sit around all weekend in a deliciously quiet apartment.

Also, to everybody who likes Glee: You're absolutely right. That show is awesome.

Day 2

So, although we had someone come and 'fix' the hot water, it's still not working. Since I was on day two of no showers and working out AND had dirty sink water splashed in my face, I HAD to shower.

The solution! Jimjilbang!

I'd done it before in Japan, but still had yet to venture out and do it here. I'll admit I'm a little self-conscious about my body, so the thought of bathing and sitting around naked with a bunch of other people, made me a little nervous. But the need to shower was much more important. So I went. I'm glad I did!

I had a little bit of a problem with the dude at the front desk (he over-charged me for some clothes I didn't actually have to have) and then tried stuffing all my jackets and purse and stuff in this tiny locker before realizing it was for shoes only and I would have a bigger locker in another room. . . luckily no one saw me. . . I think. In a country obsessed with shoe placement it could have been a little embarrassing.

Pretty much the whole bath part was the same as the place in Kyoto only much, much bigger. It's surprisingly not that weird to get naked in front of a bunch of strangers. I don't know how I would feel about going with a friend or something, but as for now I take back EVERYTHING BAD I ever said about these places. My bad. I was being stupid.

They have super-duper fast-drying blow driers that I would have stolen if nobody was watching, and Q-tips! But the best part? The scale showed a lower number than the one upstairs in the gym.

Bottom line: Our hot water needs to go out more often.