mimba-mobile

so apparently luke and i are not meant to be driving in this country for a while. :)
here's the story.....
so, we didn't pass our tests last week, so they told us to come back in a week to re-take the parts. so, to correlate with my prep-period schedule (they only give the test between 8-10 am) we planned on going on wednesday. we studied th new book, with the CORRECT information this time, and got all set to go wednesday morning. when we got to the testing office, the door was closed... bad sign. since tuesday was the chusok korean holiday, the office was STILL closed on wednesday. great. so, we decide that we'll just take it friday (today) no problem. NOT! today, when we walked over there, we signed in, and we were all ready....... but apparently they don't give the test on fridays. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
so now, we have to wait until thursday, because i'll be in japan for a teacher's conference until wednesday night. no car for us.
oh well, we'll live. but i miss the mimba-mobile. i hope she's alright after her long journey over the ocean to get here. :) but since i have to get the korean license plate, she won't really be the mimba-mobile anymore. sadness! i still have the old plates though, so she will always be the mimba-mobile at heart!
hopefully next week we take the test, pass it, and get to pick her up. i am a little scared to drive here, the hills are steeeeeeep and the other drivers are crazy! i'm sure that first drive will be an adventure that i'll be posting about! :)

missing

i'm homesick a little.
i miss everything. i don't know what it is right now, but i really miss everyone. i talked to jess on the phone today and it was so great! and violet got on and told me how she was excited about me being home for her birthday (silly girl!) and riles was drinking the nasty cleaning water in the background (yummy!) and i heard rick's voice for a second and i just miss everyone. and i woke mom and dad up sunday morning on their one sleep in day (oops) and silly mom went to mamma mia and is going again next weekend! i would too, just can't get enough. and elan and i im'd yesterday which was so fun. and kelly sent me funny "jingling" emails (gotta write you back!!). you know, i actually feel better now. just remembering all that good stuff makes me happier.
it's just hard being halfway around the world, i guess.
anyways, i'm better now. :)
i'm almost done being sick. but poor luke.... i have this dumb cough from some little tickle in the back of my throat and it kept us up almost all night last night. i tried everything, and then, when i was so fed up and just sitting up on the floor in anger, i realized... hey! i don't cough when i'm sitting up straight. so, at 2:30 in the morning, i had luke move the other way on our air mattress so i could prop the pillows up and sleep against the wall sitting up. not very comfortable, but at least i got to sleep. needless to say, we bought some cough suppressant so that we both can sleep tonight. luke is the greatest. he is so patient, even when i'm whiny and sick and cough all night long. he takes the best care of me. i love him. :)
okay, i love you all and miss you tons!
nighty night

long time...

....no post. sorry about that! anyways, things here are going alright. my head is starting to clear up. the boogies are almost all gone, and the throatache is much better, but now i can't hear. seriously!!! my ears feel as though i just came home from some loud rock concert. and every once in a while they *pop* like they are going to clear, but no, they stay clogged. oh well.
so, luke and i are having a pretty chill out weekend. we went to the free movies last night. yeah, the movies on base here are free, which totally rules! and the popcorn and soda doesn't cost $5 each, so it double rules! yeah, the movies come a little later here than in the states, but free is worth it. we saw resident evil apocalypse. it was pretty good, but a little scary, and somewhat greusome. but entertaining all the same. :) bourne supremacy starts tomorrow, so we will definitely be seeing that! woohoo!
this korean holiday called "chusok" started this weekend and lasts until wednesday. it is their thanksgiving. and all the people visit their families and their ancestor's graves, and since most of that is all in the more southern part of the country, seoul is really empty now. kinda strange. it's nice though, becasue usually there are WAY too many people driving and honking their horns and trying to run you over. so, on tuesday the kids have no school, but of course, the teachers have an inservice day. yeah, thanks! but today luke and i are going to this "palace" to see some of the chusok festivities and customs with some other teachers. it should be pretty fun.
still no word on the rest of our household goods.... i want my stuff now! (do i sound like veruca salt??) i really would love to send everyone pics of the house and korea and stuff, but all the cables for the camera to hook up to the computer are in the computer box that were were supposed to get already. whatever.
and today is sunday here, which means i'm missing the september birthday party in vegas! waaaaaaahhhhhh! hope you all are having loads of fun! love you!

boogers and other yuckies

so, i'm sick! great! and no, it's not just some little cold, it's pretty sick.
i'm re-enacting that commercial with the whiny little girl saying "it'll hurt if i swallow..." every five minutes. seriously, i hate being sick. the glands are swollen, my throat is killing me, snot keeps running everywhere, and my mouth gets SO dry! yuck!
i know, i know, i should go to a doctor, right? well, i don't have an insurance card yet. and, i can't go to any doctors on base, nooooooo, that would be too easy. teachers can't go there. we have to go off base. what? so, i don't really feel like trying to explain to someone that i am a new teacher and don't have my card yet when they don't speak very good english. so, i'll be stubborn.
i'm doing what my mom would tell me to do. i'm drinking lots of fluids, seriously, i'm peeing about every 5 minutes. i'm getting lots of rest. i'm taking advil, since it is an anti-inflammatory and it helps my throatache. i'm gargling saltwater. and yes, mom, i might even snarf it soon. just for you!
all of this would be solved if i could just go surfing. when i'm surfing i naturally gargle saltwater, and i naturally snarf it when it goes up my nose on a wipeout. :)
so yeah, sick. yucky.

go hawks!

okay, jess and liane, you have to check out what kelly did for me! go to hawkhugs.blogspot.com. it is so great!
yeah, so its POURING rain here! not a little rain, but POURING!!!! everything is wet, including me! luke and i walked to school from where the bus let us off, and subsequently got totally soaked. yeah, we have an umbrella, but only one. so luke was really nice and let me use it and he put his bag on top of his head! isn't he great! but yeah, still we both got soaked cuz its raining SO HARD!!!! we really need to invest in another umbrella! :)

where all they all.....

where? try to ask 'em where anything
(get it, jess???) silflay, hahahahaha
okay, back to the point.....
so, luke and i were all excited cuz our express shipment was here and it had the rest of my clothes and shoes, as well as 3 surfboards, the surf box (with the wetsuits, leashes, etc) and the computer! yay!
yeah, NO!
so, they drop off the stuff yesterday, and start opening the stuff up. well...... we have the 3 surfboards, and my clothes and shoes, but, hmmmmmmmmmm.................
where is the surf box? where is my brand new rad computer? huh? what are these 2 other boxes? oh wait, they are just random crap that i really didn't care to have early, but somehow they managed to get here, but the stuff we were really excited about didn't.
great! yay for us!
so, we are hoping that the surf box and computer are just on the slow boat to china (literally) and not completely lost forever. yeah, we would get reimbursed, but what a pain in the arse! so now we have to wait for the rest of our stuff to get here, which won't be until mid-october, to see if the missing items are accounted for.
i really can't wait for the rest of the stuff to get here. sleeping on the floor is getting a little old, and i want my own bed. the fun of "camping" is wearing off a little. not to mention the fact that i really want to start using my wedding gifts!!! hello!!!
so, pray that my stuff is all okay and makes it here in one piece! :)

hell has a name.....

and it's name is 6th graders! yeah, i'm in hell.
no, i don't teach them, but they are in my class with the other band teacher during my prep time. they never stop talking, they don't listen to anyone, and they are pretty much breaking all of the instruments. they walk around the room and blow as hard as they can, which only creates a loud, obnoxious squeak, and i pretty much can't concentrate on anything.
my prep period, which i use to relax and get ready peacefully for my other classes, is pretty much ruined.
instead of me "prepping" i am too busy making sure the instruments don't get destroyed. and instead of relaxing, i am too busy wondering where i can get some advil for the MAJOR headache these kids produce.
yeah...... hell.

be

in korean, the word for rain is "be" thus today's title.
it has pretty much been raining since about 9 last night, and it's about noon right now. yeah..... and i don't have an umbrella so i'm stuck in my classroom. nice. and the kids come in all wet and kinda musty smelling (not good) and wipe their little dirty shoes all over the floor. great!
and, it's not like nevada rain that smells good and freshens the air; the rain here just makes the smog stay down more and gets the trash wet. mmm, nice smell. yummy!
but, all in all, things are great around here.... wet, but great! :)

weirdness

i miss weird things about reno. i miss watching my teeny bopper shows on "the N" like degrassi and radio free roscoe. how are those crazy kids up in canada doing? i miss burritos from jimboys, which i didn't even like that much when i was there. i miss sushi pier.... the place we go to here needs to learn what a godzilla roll is. i miss my friend, kelly..... going to pottery, driving in the bug, thursday night fun, etc. i miss my students, even the crazy ones. :) i even miss doing marching band a little bit. WEIRD!!!!! and i miss the easiness (is that a word??) of talking to my family. verizon made me crazy, but that mobile to mobile plan was awesome.
the time difference here is so big that i end up talking to people either really early at their home or really late at mine. oh well, it's totally worth it.
so, people.... watch the N for me and fill me in on my fave shows! in the meantime, i'll watch all 4 seasons of saved by the bell that luke got me for my birthday! yay for me!!! and go eat sushi in my memory, and go to trivia thursdays and win big for me, and do all those things that i miss so that i know they'll still be around when i come back to visit!