Look at this! 2 posts in a month!

Pinch me! I am dreaming. It's really because I have finally had a weekend to just chill out. I think all of us here in Korean Teaching Land try and fill things up because although teaching takes up our days, we can get our work done pretty easily and not have anything to do on the weekend. So after I have cleaned my apartment, (I feel I do this far too much for a one room place) and sent out emails (I am hoping I am up to date with everyone). I am getting geared up for the holidays and here's a Christmas surprise... I am coming home for the holidays. I am in on Christmas Day (hopefully it won't be too crowded) and in New York until the 3rd of January, so a little more than a week. I am excited to see everyone, but I know it will fly by.

Christmas in Korea is weird. Chuseok (which is in September) is the big holiday, and they recognize the 25th as something special commercially, but not in any other way. This is both good and bad. It means I am not bombarded with Christmas advertising all the time, and I can enjoy the Holiday Spirit in my own way, and also stores and restaurants are open on Christmas Day, which is extremely convenient. Seriously. The downfall of the lack of Christmas is the decorations. All the trees around the mall are lit up, which is pretty, but save for the pair of Christmas trees outside Homever (which is being converted into a Tesco HomePlus), the only place I have seen Holiday-like interiors is in Starbucks, only giving me more of a reason to frequent their fine establishment. Which I have. A lot, but I don't feel really bad because I have a frequent buyers card and I think I am pretty close to getting something for free, but I can't read the card, so I am not sure. Here's hoping!

Thanksgiving is coming up and I obviously don't get that off. Canadians have it in October, and the British don't even care that we may have shared a meal with Native Americans, so that leaves only the Americans to have dreams of potatoes and Turkeys. Ashley, a girl from Wisconsin, and I are going to get a couple of the other Americans together and maybe have a pot-luck Thanksgiving at my place. If I am feeling generous, maybe I will invite people's from other countries, but I don't think they could ever feel the way about canned cranberry sauce that I feel. I hope this holiday season finds you all well and with the ones you love. Hopefully I will get to see you when I come back to the States for a short stint. Bye for now!