Today was my first day back after 5 glorious days off for Lunar New Year. One of my favorite things about living in Asia is all the time we get off for lunar holidays...though there is the trade off of Western holidays basically ignored. I can't believe I didn't get Martin Luther King Day off, damn it!
My holiday followed two intense 13 hour days. A friend was going on a ski trip to Japan so I subbed for him on Monday and Tuesday, meaning I was working all damn day. It was kinda cool to be around the middle school/high school kids again. I forgot how fun it is to gently mock them! Apparently, I was a big hit and the director of the school offered me a job at the end of Tuesday but I declined. I would miss my little hooligans too much if I left them.
I began the break with an intense night of drinking at a little place (ha!) called Monkey Beach. They serve their drinks in buckets and that's all I'm going to say about that. Stef and I made it home around 4:30 after a detour in Itaewon for grilled meat.
After that auspicious start, I did absolutely nothing for 5 days and it was amazing! No, wait, I did do some teaching prep work and I did a major cleaning of my room but that was it. I got wicked drunk on Saturday but it was at a bar I can see my house from so it doesn't really count as getting out there in the world. On Sunday, Stef and I worked it so we each only had to leave the house once (and the trip each of us made was for food!). I really needed the rest, though. The bags under my eyes are finally gone!
The greatest thing about the break: I found another Jew!!!
I've officially gone balls to the walls for Obama. Why support a candidate half-heartedly, I always say. My lovely auntie is sending me an "Obama for yo Mama" t-shirt and whoever sends me an Obama window sign will have my love forever.
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