Lazy Sunday

Hey everyone, Erin and I are enjoying a lazy Sunday, and because it’s so lazy I have no excuse not to make a post.

Things have been pretty busy for me lately. Because the kids are out of school, they come to our private academy in the morning to study! They are all very happy to spend their summer vacation in academy (not), but my job is to make it as fun as possible for them. It’s a nice break for me because Moonkkang’s regular curriculum has little room for fun activities, but with the material I have in the morning I get to include all sorts of new entertaining things. It’s tiring and the kids don’t wanna be there, but it is a nice change from what I’ve been teaching for the past 8 months.

Erin has become a lot more mobile since she got those staples out. Her stair climbing time has increased dramatically and we can now cross the street before the crosswalk runs out! Maybe next week she can re-claim her litter box cleaning duties, I have assumed those duties since she went down, and I have to say it’s the worst job in the world. She’s going to physio everyday now (except Sundays), and should be able to bend her knee 10 more degrees everyday, so we are seeing progress. Our goal is go have her well enough to do the Great Wall of China in September, so every time she pushes herself too hard I bring that up.

Those pictures of the family reunion are great! That guy seems like a really great photographer. Mom and Dad do look lonely without their wonderful children there though, maybe Jessica and I can make it into the next family reunion picture. I hope we’re not banished from Nanny and Grandad’s fridge because of it. I can’t believe how old all of the cousins are looking. I guess it has been over a year and a half since I’ve seen them. Are their any boyfriends/girlfriends in the picture for them yet??

I’m watching the Olympics on TV now. Handball just finished and now it’s woman’s weightlifting. It’s a lot less exciting when they’re not covering your country though. I think the Koreans are going to get more medals than us…. Hul, my students won’t let me live it down. As long as we beat Korea in baseball I’ll be happy though, one of my students keeps saying Canadian baseball sucks… well, he says “Canada baseball down,” he’s a fairly low level… but his English isn’t good enough for him to understand me when I say our best players don’t play in the Olympics because they are busy in Major League Baseball.

I tried watching Canadian coverage on the CBC website, but people out of Canada aren’t allowed to watch. It’s really hard to find any video of the games on the internet; I guess the Olympic Committee is very good at protecting its media. I saw a little bit of the opening ceremonies on You Tube and it looked spectacular. They are good with fireworks here in Asia.

I hear the Farkel family went to the Cabin for BC day. I wish I could have gone to the Cabin this summer, I think that’s what I miss most about home (aside from the people). You just can’t beat the Cabin in the summer. I will have to go when I get home, but it will be winter and cold. Skating on the lake will be a blast though. When did you guys put the new fridge in? Is it glorious?

Okay, time to eat lunch! I hope I post again soon!