Cirque Du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil was such a great time!  It really made me envious of the fabulous job all of the acrobats and dancers have!  Must be tough touring around the world jumping and twisting around!  I am sure it is VERY difficult, but it looks like so much fun!  So, now I am on the lookout for every Cirque du Soleil show!  We went to Alegria this time and it was so amazing!

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My Pre-school Class

These are my adorable little ones!  They are so wonderful!  I love teaching them!!

The girl in the pink is my Korean teacher, Rachel.  She is absolutely wonderful and such a sweet person!  I spend the entire morning with these guys!  It is really fun, and I am learning so much - it takes a lot to keep up with them!  
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I am actually getting my hair done right now - and am able to make this post with my iPod touch. I love it! I don't know how I managed bofore! LOL!
Things have been really busy the last few weeks. I changed my teaching schedule 3 weeks ago and I have just barely been keeping things together. Hopefully things will calm down in the next week or so, but being so busy does make time go by fast. I LOVE my little preschoolers. They are precious and so much fun to teach. I am learning a lot! I have never taught such young kids before, and it is not easy! Totally worth it though.
The weather here has gotten much colder in the last week or so, and it even snowed a bit on Wednesday. Just a dusting, but winter has definitely made it's presence known! The fall has been really beautiful here, and now I am looking forward to a ski trip soon! There are several ski resorts a short distance from Seoul, and I am really excited to check them out.
My next big activity here will be my trip to Beijing. I am so excited to see such an ancient city! I am also going to visit Xi'an to see the Terracotta soldiers! I have some friends who will also be going, and we are going to take the overnight train there and back - should be interesting. :)
As the holidays approach, I have definitely been missing everyone at home! Things are great here, but of course, a little harder to be away right now. I am amazed at how quickly time is passing though! I have been here just shy of 5 months now, and I know that my cotract will be up before I know it. I will be VERY ready for some time at home by that point.
Well, I am about to get the color washed out of my hair, so I need to go! The iPod touch has changed my life!! :-)

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New schedule means ... wiped out!

So, this week I started a new schedule at work.  I am teaching at one campus in the mornings from 9-12:30, and then at my campus from 1:30-7:30.  Yeah - gone are the days of 7-2:30 back at Trail Ridge!  This is bit difficult - especially since my morning class is 8 4 year-olds!!  I feel like I have worked a full day when I get done at 12:30!  lol!  They are sweet and adorable though, and I love them already!  Hopefully I will be able to get some pictures soon, because you all will love them too!  Directly after work I go to yoga, and then get home at 9ish.  It is a long day, and today was only my second day!  Oh, well.  The way I see it, I don't really do anything during the week anyhow, so I might as well be making some more money.
This weekend I am going to Cirque Du Soleil here in Seoul.  I am SO excited - I have wanted to go see a performance for forever!  Next weekend I am going to see Mr. Piano Man himself - the one and only Billy Joel! Pretty sure nothing beats a concert where you can sing along to all of the songs!  lol!  Since I won't be home for Thanksgiving, some friends and I are going onto the military base to have a Thanksgiving Dinner American-style on the 23rd.  That should be fun - it isn't really that easy to get on base if you aren't military, so I am interested to see what it is like.  I have never been on a base other than the Air Forces football games - and I don't think that really counts. :)
The big news for me right now, though, is that I am going to Beijing for my Christmas break.  I am really excited to check out the Great Wall, the new Olympics buildings, and all of the other amazing sites Beijing has to offer.  The downside is that it will be freaking freezing.  I am not thinking about that though - I am just going to pretend that it will be beautiful, warm, spring-like weather...maybe that will work!  haha - I will be wrapped up in my ski coat hiking up the Great Wall - Nice!
Tonight (today at home) is the big vote.   When I wake up, at least we will all be able to envision the future a bit more clearly with whichever president we end up with.  I know the media says that Obama has this in the bag, but I'm not really one to trust the media much.  I am interested to see if it will really be the landslide that Obama thinks it will be.  I hope St. Vrain's mill levy passes, although that seems highly unlikely with the current financial situation.
Miss you all back home, and I hope you all go vote!  xoxo