Today I've been decorating my classroom. I never realized how much work and effort goes into those colorful signs and art displays of colors, shapes, alphabets, etc. It is hard work. But super fun to use your creativity to make them cool. My latest chart, (for the days of the week) is done in an underwater theme. *see facebook for photos. It has a whale with a bubble coming out of his mouth saying "What day is it?" and then colorful fish surrounding him with the days of the week. I am quite proud of it, as it took a long time to cut out those fish and laminate them and put velcro on everything. Today was an awesome day. It started off with me running late this morning because I was so comfortable sleeping that I didn't want to get up. I was awoken by a text message from my dad that said, "Can you skype?" To which I replied, "I can't. I'm late." But then he sent a picture message of a letter from Adam and said, OK then. I said, "I am getting on Skype!!!!" He read me the letter. I cried for a while, tears of joy because I'm so happily in love with Adam. He never ceases to make my day one hundred times better. I walked to school feeling loved and appreciated and so lucky and blessed to be the woman that I am and loved by him. When I got to school, I was greeted by a perfect class of five-year olds who were ecstatic to see me and perfectly well behaved. Well, maybe not the last part, but it didn't matter as I was in an exceptionally great mood. They were relatively good today though. I taught them the BINGO song and we practiced writing the letter "B". We also talked about brushing our teeth, did the monkey song, read a book, and went to the bathroom about a hundred times. They are really starting to understand my faces when I get angry or happy, and my good points chart (rocket ship themed) is working swimmingly. If their rocket points go up, they jibber jabber in baby Korean to show how proud they are of themselves. SO CUTE. After school I had dinner with some coworkers and then worked some more on my crafts and planning for next week. There are a lot of after hours in being a teacher, but I hardly mind it since I love the people I am around, and the work is fun and rewarding. It was White Day today in Korea, which means that if you are a woman, you receive chocolate and flowers from your husband/boyfriend. It's like Valentine's Day on crack, but only for girls. A fellow teacher received 3 dozen white roses from her soon-to-be husband. So sweet. I have been invited not only to attend her wedding, but to also SING a song at it. All of the teachers will sing a love song to honor her and I will get to experience a real Korean wedding ceremony! I'm so excited! Today was a wonderful day :)
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