As usual, I apologize for not posting in such a long time. It's been a little hectic. I finished up my contract at LCI at the end of October. I kind of wanted to stay on, because I love my kids so much, but the director wasn't willing to give me an extra week's vacation at Christmas time (even though she gave it to other people!) so I didn't really want to stay with her and her shady business practices.

We had a great time at school for Halloween, but leaving my kids was hard. I cried a lot. I wrote a nice letter to all the parents, about how much their kids have improved, and how much I love them. I hope we get to keep in touch. Alyssa said that her and Alice are going to come visit me in Jinju, that would be great! I had a hard time saying goodbye to all the Korean staff too, especially Colleen, Alyssa's mom.

I was pretty pissed when we were moving. There was a new couple taking our apartment, so we were told we had to be out by 9am on Saturday! With no extra time except for after school to pack. I was also told that there would be a cleaning service coming in, so of course, I didn't take my time cleaning the place. I was pissed about having to leave so soon, and I wasn't about to waste my time doing something that other people were going to be paid for. I found out later though, that the cleaning people never came! So the new couple had to move it to our apartment when it was a mess. If I was them I would be furious.

Daniel got a job in Jinju, which is where he worked when he first came to Korea. He couldn't find a job closer to Seoul, so he decided to take the one down there. I was a little stressed because that meant I would either have to find a job in Jinju, or I would only see him on weekends. luckily after some hard work I got a job at a public school in Jinju. I almost blew my chance because I typed of my essay so fast, and there were some grammar mistakes on it. BUT wouldn't you just know it, my interviewer when to school at PSU and he used to go to Hillsboro on the weekends for fun. Sooo he gave me extra points because I was from Hillsboro. Also, he didn't want to see me and Daniel separated, so taht was another reason he wanted to hire me.

So now I am off work for a month. I'm staying at my friend Lindsay's, who lives in the same apartment area as where I used to live. I don't have much to do all day. Lindsay taught me how to knit, so I made a tea cozy and I'm working on two scarves. We also went and got jewelry making supplies, so I've been making jewelry. I was worried about having Dexter here, but he's really behaving himself. He literally sleeps all day, and wakes up when Lindsay comes home. We've been having a good time together, we bought a big pumpkin and made different types of pumpkin soup, and usually we just knit together and play with Dexter and watch TV when she comes home. I try to tidy up the house or make dinner for her while she's gone. We are basically like husband and wife.

Daniel is down in Jinju already, he started his job at the beginning of November. He seems to like ti so far. I would like to make time to go see him this month, hopefully that can happen. I'm going to try to get my new apartment a little early, so I can ship all my boxes down there before I move. It will be a pain if I have to come back up to Seoul to ship all my stuff.