A Move Deserves A Celebration

A very stressful week came to an end with a big payoff. This week, I moved from my adequate apartment with many broken appliances, to a very nice-sized apartment with solid windows and a heater and washing machine that actually work. It is awesome.

While I wanted to get a moving company, Jeong Mi's father insisted that he and Jeong Mi could move my stuff. As I expected, it was he and I who did all the moving. Though Jeong Mi and her mom did help organize and clean as the move took place.

Fortunately, it only took about 3 hours to move all my junk. As stressful as it was, it's so worth it to get into the new apartment. The fact that I don't have to wear a sweater and sit in front of a space heater the whole time I'm at home is payoff enough.

I bought her family dinner on the night of the move, but there's really very little I can do to actually repay them for all their generosity. But thanks goes out to them anyway.

And with any move, a housewarming party is clearly necessary. So on Friday night, all my very good friends came over and we celebrated with pizza, booze and beer pong. Popper and I even put the coveted beer pong trophy on the line in a four-team, double-elimination tournament. And as we are used to doing, we rolled through the tourney with three straight wins and a retention of the legendary trophy. Back-to-back champions, and it feels so good.

Once again my thanks goes out to all my friends. It was really great that they could all stop by. I've been fortunate to meet such good people, between Koreans and Westerners, here in Korea.

Winter camp is in full swing now at school. We had the sixth graders last week. This week will be the toughest as the first graders come through. Fortunately for me, this is my last week of work before a nice three-week long vacation. During that vacation, I plan on getting eye surgery, so hopefully by the end of next week, I'll be going sans contacts and glasses for the rest of my life.

It's been busy lately, but it's also been a lot of fun. If this month is any indicator of the new year, I think it's going to be a good one.

As always, go here to check out the great pics from the housewarming party.