Wednesday is one of the many national holidays in Korea. Unfortunately, a national holiday doesn't necessarily mean you get the day off. Buddha's birthday at the end of the month happens to fall on a weekend so we don't get the day off. If a national holiday falls on the weekend, Koreans don't give you the following workday off. Anyway, Wednesday is "Children's Day" which means there is no school. None of our students are really celebrating, just "relaxing." After work, we did go to E-mart and see a bunch of kids holding toys so maybe their parents were allowing them to pick out a present.
We will be going to see the Pohang Steelers (soccer team) and enjoying the nice weather. Today got up to 28 degrees and felt like summer! It was absolutely magnificent!!
We are mentally keeping a list of the things we are most excited to come home to...obviously family and friends top the list and food comes in at second, but there are a few other things that we will add to over the next 7.5 weeks.
- clothes dryers: We cannot WAIT to dry our clothes in a machine!! Not only does the laundry take 3x as long but our clothes never smell nice...not sure if it's the apartment, but because they take so long to dry, they get a really bad mildew smell. It's really gross. Our apartment is always cold even in this nice weather!! Also, towels and clothes are never soft. The thought of drying bedding and putting the hot, soft sheets onto the bed and lying down makes me miss home so much!
-ovens: It has been 10 months since we've cooked anything in the oven. We miss the smell of cookies baking in the oven, roasted asparagus, lasagna, and basically anything else that can be cooked in an oven. Having a toaster will also be a plus!
-friendliness: strangers who smile at you on the street, people holding a door open for you, waiting until you get off the elevator before getting on, pleases, thank-yous, etc
-NOT being stared at 24/7 like you are a freak of nature and random children NOT yelling "HELLO!" and then laughing and running away
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