i am berry berry berry berry berry i love you Amy Teacher and love you Lola.

Everyday I begin class with my youngest students by asking them how they are doing.  At first their responses were a quick happy or angry, etc., then they began to say berry (very) about a million times, so I had to limit them to only 5 berries, which I used to count but they now do that themselves.  After a little while they began to get more creative with their responses, Griffen would say he was, "berry berry berry berry berry popcorn," so I wrote his name on the board as Popcorn, then students would say they are very hot summer, a berry berry berry berry berry terrible and catchy k-pop song.

When I first got Lola I brought in a picture of her for my student's to see and now, and for about the past two weeks, almost if not all of my students will say, "I am berry berry berry berry berry berry I love you Amy Teacher and I love you Lola," ugh.  I melt every morning.  Now I can't walk by their classroom or go through a portion of class without a student raising their hand to tell me that they love either myself, Lola, or both of us. It is wonderful.

I was also anxiously awaiting the day when my students would draw me and, that day has come!  Here is the first picture that was drawn of me by a student:

This was done by Sky, he is not in the class that I mentioned previously, though he is the student who told me I was his little kimchi...so I am pretty sure he does like me.

The next two were done by girls in the class that I was just talking about...they have a very interesting depiction of my insulin pump...

And, last but not least...SUPER LOLA! 

That is almost an exact replica of the picture I draw on the board every day...probably because I am just that bad at drawing.

School is going very well!  I also started another teaching job last night, my boss is putting me on loan to another hagwon to teach an adult class.  At first I was very nervous, not only am I teaching adults but his wife is also in the class; however, after last night I am pretty confident that the class is going to go very well.  I was nervous about how to go about teaching adults since I am used to instructing 5-12 year olds, but I was quite comfortable in front of the class and their level of English is much beyond what I expected so I think it is going to be a fun few months with them!

Other than that I did go to a baseball game a few weeks ago and it was a lot of fun! No pictures though, I still haven't gotten my camera fixed.  I also went on a wine train this past weekend and that was just as much fun as it sounds!  I sat on a train with my good friends and drank wine, it was lovely!  

This weekend brings another break, yay for Korean Thanksgiving!  I don't have plans to go anywhere though, I think hanging out in Seosan will be nice and relaxing and give me an opportunity to put a dent in the book I have started, address the post cards I wrote out about three weeks ago, and do a little yoga, plus I think Lola will enjoy actually having me in the apartment for more than sleeping.

Life is good, really really good.

: )