Blogger Finally Works!

At last, almost a whole week later, Blogger has let me upload pictures and a video to my Tomato Festival post.  Click here to check out the newly updated post about last weekend's tomato festival, and more specifically, making makgeolli (which, by the way, currently looks disgusting - I'll spare you the details of its appearance - I just hope it tastes better than it looks by next week!)

Highlights from the last week include, but are not limited to:

• The last two days of after school conversation class - the students taught Dionne and me a Korean card game kind of like Uno! (I fully intend to introduce it to Iowa - way fun!) and the next day we played Spoons.  Some of the students wrote me adorable notes and one student looked up the airport express bus schedule for me because I had mentioned I was concerned about finding a bus early enough in the morning for when I go home (my flight leaves at 9 am, so I have to leave the Gwangj no later than 5 am!) - such sweet adorable students I teach!
• Sharing homemade salsa with the teachers at school - some of them were amazed to hear that they, too, could produce such a culinary delight!
• A delightful movie night with Desiree (She had never seen Pretty Woman.  We rectified that situation real quick :) )
• Meeting Diane's delightful college friend Hilary for lunch and coffee in Myeongdong yesterday
• Seeing The Lincoln Lawyer last night - we had no idea what it would be about, but Matthew McConaughey has never steered me wrong :) - it was so so good!
• Making Korean style macaroni and cheese and hot dogs: cheese flavored ramen with tiny smokies - so good!
• Being stupidly exhausted after teaching a full week of classes (read: giving over 200 speaking tests and supervising 3rd grade study halls) after having partial weeks for the last three weeks - luckily, this week I only go to school three days (thank you, Finals!) - one day of classes (read: study halls because the girls can't seem to think of anything else), one half day with a teacher lunch at a Mexican restaurant in Seoul (I can already taste the guacamole!) and one more day of planning summer camp, finishing up lesson plans for next semester (Yes, I'm planning ahead - weird, I know), and putting the finishing touches on a demonstration class scheduled for the beginning of July.  Helllllooooo four day weekend!
• AND, on an unrelated-to-Korea-but-totally-awesome-because-it's-such-a-big-deal-and-I'm-so-excited-about-it note - same sex marriage was legalized in New York yesterday!  HUZZAH!

Countdown to home: 27 days!  I. Can't. Wait.