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Not much to report this weekend.  I've taken full advantage of having no plans and done almost literally nothing but sleep, read, watch Sex and the City, cook and clean.  In a little while, I will venture out to go grocery shopping and then I'll work on my online Teaching English as a Foreign Language class before skyping with Mom and Dad tonight (can't wait!)

Here's a video of my new apartment.  On Thursday morning, I was told I would be moving that day during the lunch hour so that the new middle school teacher could move in to my (now old) apartment.  I had almost gotten used to living in the old place with its cozy surroundings, but I was also growing tired of the noise from the street, the almost constant water dripping from the air conditioner and the extreme lack of kitchen space.  Enter new apartment.  As you will soon see, it is almost twice the size of my old place and much lighter, nicer and more conducive to comfort.  I was also left many apartment supplies from the guy who moved out on Wednesday, so there is little I have to purchase in order to make living here comfortable.  

Other than the move, nothing much new has happened in the last couple of days.  Every Friday, there is chapel during the first hour of school when there is normally Morning English.  So, we all gathered in the school's auditorium for the service.  The girls all sit in super straight rows by homeroom.  It was sort of weird to see how perfect it all looked...  First, the pastor led everyone in a few worship songs.  He was accompanied by a few girls playing instruments and a choir of about 20 students.  There were also six girls leading actions in the front.  All of the songs were in Korean except one, so all I could do was watch and smile.  Next, a group of the first year students did an interpretive dance that was really cute.  It reminded me of my liturgical dance days at St. John's!  After that two girls sang, which was followed by a sermon.  The sermon was punctuated with pictures on a powerpoint show of famous people (the only one I remember was Yogi Berra) but I have no idea what the sermon was about...  Then, the choir sang one last song and the service was done.  I was very impressed by the involvement by the girls, but got little out of the service.  Chapel is optional, but I will probably keep going because it is fun to see the girls participate. 

On Monday, a teacher will draw me a map of how to get to the bus, so soon I will be exploring Seoul, which will lead to many stories, I'm sure.  I'll try to take pictures of my school this week so you can see where I work.  I hope everyone has a fabulous Labor Day weekend!