Packin' up, movin' out

Hello All!

The evening before we leave for our amazing adventure we find ourselves at the Comfort Inn next to the airport. As I am not a morning person by nature, the proximity to the airport means that I can stay in this giant, king sized bed as long as possible. As we will be in a studio apartment soon, I doubt we'll have this much sprawling space for quite some time.

Packing took several days over the Christmas holiday. We managed to get everything we are taking into 3 large suitcases, 2 carry-ons, and 2 backpacks. Some people have asked "how do you pack for 14 months?!?". This is a very good question. A large portion of the luggage is devoted to essentials (underwear and socks), but we also have a number of shirts and pants along. While we mostly have clothes, we also picked up some meds while we are still able to read the labels. One of my fears is mistaking korean foot cream for toothpaste so we also grabbed a few tubes of that.

Moving went very smoothly. I think we chose the warmest day in all of December. We really lucked out because the next day even the snowman outside our apartment was banging on door so he could come in to get out of the wind. 

A special thanks to all who helped us move!!!!

More to come and we will try to get some videos up too so we can show you everything!!

Woot woot!!

Beginnings

Welcome! hwan-yeong!

After months of preperation, we have been placed at an immersion school in Seoul, South Korea which is by far more than we could have ever anticipated or hoped for. Life is going to change, yes... a lot. We often find ourselves smiling at nothing, just thinking about it.

Today we woke up to an email with copious amounts of attachments from the director of our school. She is trying to get us well prepared, but if you know me (Chayla) I learn from experience. I suppose I will be learning while I am teaching and while my students are learning... huh.

I will be teaching 4 year olds, the youngest and cutest students at this school. The reason for this, according to my interviewer, is because I have an innocent face. Isn't that nice. She also made me sing during the interview... yep. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star it was.

Michael is, well... we are not too sure yet what age he will be teaching. They were thinking the oldest kindergarden age and/or Elementary. Still sorting out those minor details. He sold them on his lesson plan about soil samples, genius! He was a rock star during the interview, but he didn't have to sing. Lucky guy.

So, now I sit here in a 2 bedroom apartment without anything packed up for storage and empty suitcases. Michael is getting in touch with his downward dog at Yoga class and relaxing his mind from all the mental chaos.

We board the plane on December 31st at 10:15am.