Four Days 'til home!

The last couple of weeks have been the worst for me since I have been in Korea. I love my students so much, but dread going into work every day because I don't want to have to deal with my supervisors. It has seemed like everyday they have done something that has been belittling, demeaning or disrespectful. The thought that I have six months left there has torn me up.

I will fly home for my 8 day visit on Thursday!!!!!!!! It has been sooooooo hard to wait these last few weeks. My mom has showed me the snow when I have been talking to her on skype and I am so excited to finally be in it. (I know that for those of you who are in it you are probably sick of it, but it will be a novelty for me.) We have gotten about an inch or two of snow at a time here, but it is always gone by the afternoon. This week my students were really hyper because of the flurries outide. I told them about the 50 cm of snow that Minneapolis got in one storm. (My classroom is named "Minneapolis" so my kids like to know about it.) One of my students almost jumped out of his seat saying "yeah, and the, the field, the stadium fell!!!" It was so cool that one of my Korean 7 year old students knew about what had happened at the metrodome.

Okay, so back to going home.... I will fly in on the night of the 23rd. There are so many things that I want to do when I am there:

- Number one: see my family and friends

- Anything to do with snow: skiing, sledding, snowman making, snowangels, even shoveling!

- Go to Target! I have this list of "American" stuff to stock up on. I even have lists of stuff to get for other people.

- See the dome. I don't know if this will be possible, but I want to see the ruins

- Watch a football game

- Christmas card contest (Okay, I know this will happen, but I can't wait for it)

(sidebar: I sent Christmas cards 2 weeks ago, and it usually takes 8 days. It seems as thought that the last thing I sent took MUCH longer, so you'll get a card, it will just be late.)

- bake something (anything, I don't have an oven here, and just want to use one)

- sleep in my own bed

- take a hot shower (for some reason, I haven't been getting hot water in my apartment for a few months)

- drive a car

- talk to a random person in ENGLISH!

- meet Oliver!

- Smell a real Christmas tree

- (Don't judge) watch "Mama Mia" with my mom

- many more things that I can't think of right now.

See many of you this week!

Love you lots.