About THREE weeks left!

I can't believe it! we actually only have 3 weeks left (starting tomorrow)!

the past couple of weeks have flown by and been pretty fun. the last week of april i just showed a movie in every class (cuz i told them at the beginning of the year they would get two movies days with me before i left.) so that week was SUPER easy! not so fun was when i went to the dentist about mid-week to get my teeth cleaned and checked up. it went pretty well but i hate scaling! they use this supersonic vibrating scraper to clean your teeth! :o( it wasn't bad the first time i had it done last year but for some reason it was worse this time. it kind of hurt and the woman was doing it by herself so she just had to rest the "vacuum" hose in my mouth that is supposed to suck up extra water. well that didn't work so well and i kept choking lol sigh...i made it through though.

friday night was girls night and we watched antm which was fun :o) that show's crazy but it's a guilty pleasure. sat. our replacements came to visit. they're an english couple who have lived in a small town near suncheon for the past year and they have friends in mokpo. they came into town to see friends, their future apt. and the area they'd be living in come april 24th. they were nice and friendly and it was fun showing them around. we had gamchatang for dinner which is probably the last time we'll go out for it (due to time). it was yummy :o) that night we went out and met them and some other friends at moe's to have a drink. sunday we just relaxed and it was a good weekend!

this past week i called in sick monday cuz i had a bad cold and couldn't breath well or sleep much all night. it was a short cold though. i felt better later in the day and i've only had mild symptoms since then. i'm wondering if when i go back home i'm gonna catch all the bad colds there since i won't be used to them lol :oP

wednesday i got two things done i've been wanting to do for a long time! i went to the eye doctor and ordered contacts and i'll be picking those up friday as well as picking out new glasses. my prescription hasn't changed but my glasses have pretty much had it. the color is coming off the frames and the lenses are scratched up. so i'll be happy to get new ones. i also went to the dentist and got two teeth restored. one of them had been chipped and restored a long time ago but the old restoration was discolored and coming off. so the dentist fixed that and then there was some major confusion. i had planned on getting a second tooth restored that had had a bad cavity in it a long time ago and about 1/4 or 1/3 of the tooth had to be replaced. well that restoration was separating and discolored so i wanted to get it fixed but the dentist seemed to think i would need a shot of anesthesia for it.

well if you know me you know i have a huge phobia of needles and i would totally freak out if she had to give me a shot. the confusion came in when she thought i wanted her to only do one tooth today and the other one next week. on top of that i was crying just from the thought of having to get a shot and trying to figure out what i should do- should i risk starting the restoration with no anesthesia and then possibly HAVING to get a shot in order to finish it? should i just go ahead and get the shot and get it done? or should i just not get it done at all and leave? lol she said there might be a cavity under the restoration so i was worried about just not doing anything.

it took me so long to decide and explain that she had to leave and go to another appt. i explained with the help of jens to another lady that worked there that i really just wanted to get everything done today and not wait til next week. i was thinking that if i left that dentist's office i'd probably never come back because of the anxiety i'd have over the possible shot i would need to get the work done. so the dentist came back in and i said ok let's just try it without anesthesia and see how it goes. if i need it i'll get it. so she started and it just felt REALLY cold! freezing cold water sprays out of this drill thing while she scraps off the old restoration and that's what really hurts sometimes. it was fine for the most part but at one point it really hurt for a second and she stopped. when she continued it was better and i got through the whole thing with no anesthesia! and i'm glad i did it because there was, in fact, a small cavity underneath! so she fixed my tooth and i'm done! whew!

when i get home i'm gonna buy an electric toothbrush because who knows when i'll get to the dentist next lol last time i waited 3 years to go and i had two small cavities. so here's hoping good dental care will do the trick.

this weekend we have a birthday party friday night and then sat. we're going out to an island where some of our friends live for an easter meal and to hang out with all of them. we haven't seen them in a while and it might actually be the last time we see them before we leave.

then i'll just have 3 weeks of school left! crazy! we're going to the pension office next week to do the paperwork to have my korean pension money sent to my u.s. account. and we've GOT to start packing boxes. we have tons of stuff i don't think will fit in our suitcases: books, shoes, purses, clothes, instruments, artwork, etc. we really settled in here! it'll be so nice that when we get back home we won't have to think - should we buy this since we're not living in this country forever? we will most likely be living in the u.s. forever or at least in north america lol so we can buy things that we'll use for years and years.

the second weekend in april we'll be making our last trip to seoul! we're hoping to see the dmz but we stupidly did not book a tour yet and the u.s.o. is full. we're gonna look into other tours and hopefully we'll get in one. it's our last chance to go and we've never been! the dmz isn't THAT amazing but since i've lived in korea for 3 years i really wanna go see it. here's hoping we can!

our last weekend in korea we're going to have a small pic-nic on yudal mountain with a few friends :o) the weather has been getting warmer and the cherry blossoms look like they're about to burst open!!! :o) i can't wait- they're so pretty! it'll be a nice time to leave korea- it'll give me some positive feelings about the place :o)

well it's lunchtime so i'd better go! cheers to 3 weeks! :oD