Best Week Ever!

I'm definitely having one of the best work weeks since I've been here!

1) Monday, Stella and I left early to go to dinner together!

2) Tuesday (Yesterday), I went on a $1000 shopping spree with my school's money!!

3) I arrived at school this morning, and Stella had left a juice and breakfast pastry on my desk! (I love little surprises like that!)

4) Since our new principal has arrived, he has decided that Wednesdays should be devoted to staff volleyball... So, every Wednesday, the teachers can leave 2 hours early to go play volleyball with teachers from another school!

5) I love, love, love pineapples and was given an entire pineapple from another teacher at tea time today!

6) I have this Friday off work for Chuseok (Thankgiving) and am getting out of town and venturing into the countryside with Jess and Carlos for a couple days!

Christmas in October!

Looks like Santa came to my apartment in Pusan, huh?!

Korea is definitely living up to it's "Dynamic Korea" slogan!   Yesterday, Stella (my co-teacher) informed me that she and I were going to be leaving school early to go shopping for things for my apartment!  Funny that this is happening after I was told there was no money left in my budget to even buy a few bowls and plates a couple months back.  As it turns out, there is PLENTY of money in the budget... 1,300,000 won worth, which is approximately $1000 US dollars!

So, today, Stella and I went to Lotte and did some serious shopping!  We filled an entire cart with whatever I desired for my apartment and ordered a bigger bed and some furniture to be delivered next week!  I felt like I was a contestant on Supermarket Sweep!  (Remember that show?)  Last week was an awesome work week, but I think with having Friday off work this week, and getting to go shopping with school money, on school time, THIS ONE DEFINITELY TAKES THE CAKE!  I don't remember ever getting to do stuff like this at Millennium!