Moving Week and My Sister Comes for a Visit!

Monday was just another day at school. I had five grade 5 classes to teach, which does make the days go by faster. After school I had to pack up more of my stuff because my school found me a new apartment to live it. I had to be packed up and ready to move by Wednesday the 12th. Packing is very time consuming and I had to take everything with me, pots, pans, dishes, stereo, TV, DVD player, pillows, bed, microwave, etc because it all belongs to my school, so it comes with me. I did most of the packing myself without any help, so it was more time consuming. Tuesday I had another five class day, but after school Enee (my new co-teacher) took me to see my new apartment. It is in Yeonsu-dong, where I wanted to move to, it is central to everything I do in that area, I'm closer to some friends and I'm closer to my school...The landlord of my new apartment building is actual the father of one of the teachers at my school, so she was really nervous about me seeing the apartment because she was afraid that I wouldn't like it. As soon as I walked in I was in love. I had so much closet storage space. I had an extra little room where the washing machine was, I had cupboard and counter space, and I had two burners instead of one. I had to draw of map of where I wanted everything to be put in the apartment, so when the movers moved my stuff they would know where to put it. When we finished checking out the new place I took the bus back to my old apartment and continued packing. Nicole came over to help me do the last minute packing, which made it go by faster. She also offered to keep my food at her place until I moved Wednesday, so we cabbed over to her place together with some bags of food and toiletries for her to keep until Wednesday. Then we headed to Yeonsu-dong to say one last good bye to Tracy. She went to Taiwan for a week and then came back to Korea where she would leave for her Trans-Siberian tour. We ate galbi at her favourite restaurant and then we headed to Mad Max for some drinks afterward. Wednesday was a quiter day at school with only 4 classes and it was moving day. I had to remember to take the bus to the right area of Yeonsu now. When I got to my new place there were boxes everywhere and I was not looking forward to unpacking, but it needed to be done. I wanted to get as much done as I could Wednesday night because my sister was coming Thursday night and I wanted the place to be clean and feel like home. Thursday was a very exciting day for me and I was counting down the minutes until school finished and I was on my way to Seoul to pick up my sister from the station. She was arriving from Japan by boat in Busan and then taking the KTX to Seoul. After school, Enee drove me home and she came over to show me how to use the washing machine and heat. She ended up staying over and hanging out with me while I unpacked until 8:00 p.m. when I had to leave to go get Lauren. The entire bus ride to Seoul I was getting anxious and butterflies in my stomach. It had been exactly one year since we'd seen each other and I was ready for the reunion. When we sae each other we ran towards each other and hug for a good 5 minutes before letting go. It felt so good to see her and I was very excited to catch up with her. Even though we hadn't seen each other in so long, it felt like we hadn't actually been away from each other for that long. We took the bus home and she showed me her Japan pictures and talked to me about her trip. I can't even describe how good it felt to see her, hug her and talk to her. We got home after 11:00 p.m. and we chatted for a bit before I had to go to bed because I had to teach the next day.