♦ tomorrow (saturday) is the last day of exams! except, i don’t have to go to school on saturdays (because i am an american—we don’t work on saturdays) so i can say today was the last day of exams! minus the few periods that i had to monitor students taking tests, i had large clusters of free time. i used them to get all my grades in (perfect) order.
also, diana and i started preparing for the following two things: our school’s theater festival (next wednesday-thursday) and the citywide english play competition. a lot of extra work we created for ourselves, but whatev. i like to work.
♦ yesterday, after two periods of final exams, the entire faculty boarded two limousine buses for yet another 친목회 (social gathering). last time, we went to mungyeong, which was surprisingly fun. this time, the majority of the votes went to muju, which is known for its ski resorts. on the 2-hour bus ride, ms. shin and i just chatted with two of the chinese language teachers; i got to practice speaking chinese, so the long trip wasn’t an entire bust.
the purpose of the visit to muju was to take the cable cars to the top of the mountains, but since the weather was especially wet, the cable cars weren’t running (something about lightning posing a danger or some bullshit like that). detoured, we ended up at a nearby national park (i think mt. deokyu national park); it had rather stunning scenery.
♦ i got my medical report back. negative for all diseases. relieved about that (not that there was an inkling of being positive for anything).
♦ the significant other wants to see transformers 2 this weekend. i was hesitant about the idea of seeing such a mainstream, poorly-reviewed movie. i asked if i needed to see the first film to understand the second one. i was told yes, so tonight, we’re going to watch the first film on my computer. and maybe tomorrow, we’re going to see the second film. i must really love this person to put myself through junk film (yes, i just made that term up).
♦ i haven’t gone to the gym in two weeks. it is not looking good, folks.
♦ on a related note, i found a delivery menu from mcdonald’s on my door the other day. so we ordered mcdonald’s by phone and had it delivered. it was fantastic! no delivery fee, no tip, no walking. i remember when i was in new york, some of the mcdonald’s stores advertised home delivery (nelda tells me that that service is only granted to the handicapped (i smell discrimination)). mcdonald’s home delivery—so dangerous.
