Can I compete with the blogging?

So, Marie totally has me beat on the blog-o-sphere! I bet once she starts teaching and gets a routine she'll putter out though... but I am enjoying her blogs very much! So, keep it up Marie! Eventually I'll get enough gumption to try to re-work my blog to make it look cooler. I'm hoping to get internet (my own that I don't steal from neighbors) next week. Hopefully that will make my online life much more accessible as well.

So a few thoughts from this week.

1. I still really like going to the gym... but tonight my legs don't like me for it. They just made very large posters of the trainers flexing their muscles in dramatic lighting... I'm trying to get up the courage to ask if they really have the abs that the posters show or if it is "touched up"

2. Old men that pull their pants up past their bellies make me giggle.

3. I visited my friend Heather in Seoul on Monday night and slept over. It was fantastic! The whole time I kept asking myself why I don't live there... the good news is that I have 3 days weekends and Heather said I can totally live with her whenever I want *^^* So, I may have more adventures in Seoul, depending on how life goes.

4. I bought another book to help me learn Korean and the classes at the YMCA start up again on Saturday... I can do this, I CAN do this. I CAN do THIS! Language learning is really hard :-(

5. There are many fruits in season right now and I'm pretty excited about that!

6. If you didn't hear, my little brother is getting married! This is quite exciting and I can't wait! Talk about a great part to get back to! July 21st is looking like the date, so I guess I'll see you (if you live in Wisconsin) then!

7. Another thing that continuously makes me giggle is picturing one of the guys that works out in the gym... he's a bit short (maybe 5'5") and is definitely body building. Today he had running shorts on and he must have gotten really hot, so he tucked them up and it looked much similar to a speedo. He then continued to keep flexing and looking at his bi-ceps... I kept looking to see if I could catch him kissing his muscles... didn't catch him this time though...

8. I was invited over to a couple from church's house. They live in the penthouse- top floor (13th) in their apartment. Roof top access, more rooms than they know what to do with, all of the latest appliances, flat screen TVs. He's a dentist. They have 2 children, one is a 4 year old boy who was butt naked when I arrived. The other is a little girl less than a year old. The little boy absolutely made my night when he and his father walked me down to my scooter and the boy said something in Korean... I picked up "Nuna" which is their polite way of calling an elder girl- it means big sister. I asked his father what the other word meant. Dad says, "He said you're really cool". Ah yes. I have arrived! The four year olds know how to recognize a good thing when they see it ;-)

School starts tomorrow! I'm pretty excited. My schedule is fantastic with Mondays off and I don't teach until 1:00 on Tuesdays. Yes- I love my job! *^^*

Joining the Gym

Its maybe one of the smartest moves on my part... I may or may not have gained about 5 pounds on my little trip home. This weekend I'll be going to the east sea and the beach (pray for good weather!) and well... lets just say toning up would be a good idea :-)

So my friend CareyAnn and I joined the gym (she is toning up hopefully for a wedding). We're great for each other because there's just that small bit of competition which makes us go harder and longer. 9 AM is aerobics class. The outfits that some of the ladies wear are hilarious! I couldn't keep a straight face today when a woman in her late 30's pranced in wearing black leg warmers, a tiny little skirt resembling a tutu a hot pink tank top and a matching pink and black hat. You can tell that much attention was given to wardrobe :-) The class is at a super fast pace... SUPER FAST and CA and I look ridiculous trying to keep up (fail). But I've never sweat so much in all my life I think! I can't wait to keep going, hopefully catch on to some of the moves and then maybe try out some of the more fun routines at the dance club ;-) So, for now I'm taking a break with hip hop, but I think this aerobics class will add to my dancing skills quite nicely :-D

Also, all of the male trainers at the gym are quite nice to look at... so that is the little bit of extra motivation I just might need some days.

I should be in tip top shape in no time! Now I just need to try to find me a pair of leg warmers!

Back to the second home

Well... I made it back to Korea safe and sound. I really do hate the 30 hour process of travel to get here though! I keep promising myself that someday I'll fly first class... someday :-/ The positive outlook on flying economy is that I don't sleep for the full 30 hours and so jet-lag isn't much of a problem. I just go to bed when it is the appropriate time when I get home and things seem to fall into place.

I have a new computer! (a Mac!) so I'll be exploring more options for blogging and making videos and all of that good stuff... I'm really sincerely hoping to update the blog more! If I don't, you can always remind me :-) Its nice to know that at least a couple of people are reading it and keeping up with my crazy little life!

Its nice that my sister is on this side of the world now too... it makes it so much easier to chat online when you are almost in the same time zone! <3 I have a feeling we will be chatting more often... at least until she makes a bunch of friends and forgets about me.

And now I'm off to lunch with my good friend CareyAnn... I'm due for some rice and kimchi! I haven't had either for a month and I think I'm probably in withdrawl!