It's snowing Christmas care packages...

.... and I'm definitely not complaining!!

Yesterday, my good friend Aaron came over with some things that his mom had put in his care package for me, and today, I got a box from MY own MOM! :)

It was filled with lots of neatly wrapped presents!! (Thank you mom for using my favorite wrapping papers!!) She told me I'm not allowed to open them until Christmas, so they will be neatly placed under my teeny tiny Christmas tree when I get home tonight. :)

There's something about getting a box at work that makes the whole day wonderful! Thank you mom!! (and dad too, of course!) Love you both and feel blessed to be your daughter!

"Sweet Dream"

The following conversation happened about 5 minutes ago between my Vice Principal and I:

Him: Alexis, I had a sweet dream last night.
Me: Oh really, what happened in your dream?
Him: You were in my dream.
me: Really?
Him: Yes, you were in my bed (and motioned as if his arm was around me.)
Me: GYO GAM SUN SENG NEIM!!!!!
Him: We did not have sex. We just layed.

I am still speechless!!! Who says that?! I told Stella and she was dying laughing!

Attendance...

Everytime I leave work early for a business trip, to go to the bank, to watch another English class, because I'm sick, etc... I have to write down the date, the time I will leave and return, where I am going, and how I can be contacted when I'm there.

Then, I have to have the head teacher approve it, the Vice Principal, and then the Principal. And yes, I hand carry it to each person for their signature!

So, all you Millennium teachers who hate filling out "personnel absence forms," let me say right now, "SUCK IT UP! It's a lot better than what is required here!"

This is my very own attendance record folder. :)

My personal favorite "Reason" on this page is "a bitter cold" which was obviously not written by me!!  So funny...

The days highlighted in blue are my personal favorites... because 1) it's usually something fun, and 2) because I get paid 5,000 won for every business trip I go on to cover transportation costs!  Which is funny to me, considering I almost always get free rides with the other teachers! 

A box was deliverd for you!

This is about the best thing I could possibly hear from Stella's mouth during the day... and I heard it today!!!

Katie Olson, one of my good friends from AZ (the student council teacher at Millennium), and an avid reader of my blog, sent me a huge box full of candy, mac n cheese, etc... with lots of sweet cards and letters from my old co-workers and students at MHS... 

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Katie, I can't tell you how special this box was to me!! I can't stop smiling, knowing that my friends from back home haven't forgotten about me!!

Oh. P.S... I opened the box next to Stella, and pulled out the huge bag of skittles! Her eyes got really big and she said, "Ohhh, what are those!?" She had literally never seen, heard of, or tasted a skittle in her life! How crazy is it that Koreans don't know about skittles! I LOVE SKITTLES! It was a true honor to be able to give her her very first taste of heaven!!

Box of Oranges at My Door!

When I got home tonight, this huge box of oranges was propped up next to my door! I was sooo excited at the surprise and couldn't wait to see who it was from!

It was Mr. Chun! Remember him? He worked in the Administration office at Kevin's old school (Daesin). I am overwhelmed by his thoughtfulness and can't help but feel extra loved, special, and cared for as I lay my head on my pillow tonight! There's no better way to end the day!