Some good... some bad...

Thursday evening, a co-worker and I went to go get some new glasses! I've heard good things about the eye doctors here, but I wanted to experience it for myself. So, Ali and I headed out after work and walked a whole one minute to the optical shop. We tried on all sorts of fun pairs. I also had the shortest eye exam in my life. I ended up buying two pairs of glasses and two boxes of contact lenses... all for only $200! This process was so fast, so simple, and cheap... America needs to take some notes!



I ended up buying a "serious" pair and a "Korean hipster" pair.




Sadly, Ali and Brittney are leaving soon, so the other night we went out for some Shabu Shabu. Here is a picture of it and all it's glory! So yummy, so spicy! It's thinly sliced beef, vegetables, potatoes, and noodles all boiled in big pot. Once you've finished that off, you use the same pot to cook up some rice, onions, and an egg and it's the most delicious (and slightly sweetened) rice you've ever eaten.

 

 

 

Today, I went into Itaewon to find the foreign marts with Melissa and Nyeasha. We ate some delicious Tomatillos and then went on to buy some things that reminded us of home! I bought ranch dressing, hummus, pita bread, Trident gum, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, and Diet Cherry Coke... YAY! I did receive some ridiculously unfortunate news though. My summer vacation to Dubai now has a layover in China for... wait for it... THIRTY HOURS... UGH. That's a whole day snatched from Dubai and hours that we have to figure out what to do with... and you can only be in China for 24 hours without a visa (which is $200!)... joy, joy, joy... Hopefully, Nyeasha and I will figure something out. Prayers would be appreciated.

 

To leave on a lighter note... here are some great sentences from my kids...

 

 

 

 

4th of July

Celebrating America in Korea wasn't too bad. Sure, I missed being with my family and friends, watching the parades and fireworks, and the FOOD! Oh... the food.

But during school, many of my foreign coworkers were playing songs like "God Bless America" and "I'm Proud to be an American", etc. Ahh, my heart was so happy. Later on that evening, Brittney, Ali, and I went to Baby Guinness and had some amazing food and beer. Baby Guinness is an Irish Pub in the middle of Dongtan and is a fun place to go when you want to run into a lot of crazy foreigners.

 

 

After dinner, we decided to use up some old fireworks we had leftover from Busan. We got on top of the SLP roof and fired them off. Sadly, our sparkers didn't work, but the bottle rockets did... mmm, for the most part. Unfortunately one decided to misfire on Brittney while she was holding it. It turned out to look a little something like this... I couldn't stop laughing... I'm  a pretty bad friend I guess :)

 

 

Also, I love how much Koreans utilize their roofs here. Ours is mostly used for drying laundry and having parties on. I just love the view!

 

 

 

This past Saturday, I got my second top wisdom tooth out, cleaning, and gingivectomy done. Luckily, I had a friend with me this time for a little extra comfort. The cleaning felt really great (actually better than what I've experienced in the states) and the gingivectomy wasn't bad either, but oh dear goodness... that wisdom tooth was a doozey. I had a mask over my eyes this time, but I could tell things weren't going too well when it was taking forever and you could hear the murmurs of chatter above you. I only let out one tear in the chair and didn't cry the whole way home, I was so proud of myself (and Justin said I should be proud after how completely barbaric the whole procedure was!). And now I'm done! DONE, DONE, DONE! Praise Jesus!

Life before the procedure...

Life after... not happy...