update

hey! i'm gonna make this short. just want to give a little update.

we only have about 4 weeks left of this semester which is nice :o)

classes have been going pretty well. i've been teaching a music lesson where i show lots of american music videos and a lesson comparing high schools around the world which have both been pretty fun for the students and i.

i'm realizing my co-teacher does have some very human parts to her so we're getting along better lol

i'm getting to know the japanese teacher, akiko, better and i think we'll start hanging out outside of school soon.

jens is still liking his job and he just started to edit his second novel.

we take things pretty easy during the week but we have stuff going on almost every weekend. last weekend jens and i went to a bachelor party and bachelorette party respectively which was fun. a couple americans here are getting married in korea next month. this weekend there's a b-day party and i need to get a lot of things done for a baby shower i'm helping to host next weekend. the baby shower is for my best friend here in korea and i'm having a lot of fun planning it! :o) i love planning parties! weekend after next jens and i are hosting our annual 4th of july tex-mex fiesta which i'm really looking forward to! should be fun! then we just have that wedding to go to and we'll be on vacation!

we're planning on going to japan for 10 days and then meeting up with ben and vivienne in seoul when we get back. they'll be visiting us for two weeks. i just hope all goes to plan despite all this swine flu nonsense! i'm hoping none of us have to be quarantined in japan or korea lol

in entertainment news - jens and i are watching the series madmen which is really good! it's about men in advertising and life in general in the 1960s. it's very well-done.

two movies i watched recently that i liked - revolutionary road and the reader. i like revolutionary road more. both are sad but good.

and the book i'm reading now is called - the girls. it's fiction but it's written like an autobiography of conjoined twin sisters. very interesting and good!

in other news- our basil plant is getting really big! i should take a picture! lol also, jens finished stringing and tuning our chromaharp today! i think it took him 4 hours total lol i made the mistake of telling my co-t we have a chromaharp and that i'm gonna try to learn it and she's told me like 3 times she can't wait for me to come up to school and play the chromaharp for them...oh boy lol

anyway, that's all for now i suppose. hope you're all having a great summer so far!