Relaxing into the experience

June is going to be a less go-go-go month for me, I've decided.  It's kind of funny because July seems to already be booked (weekend-wise) but June is still pretty free.  I've decided that I'm only allowed to go out to eat once a week - that way I'm cooking more at home and saving some moolah.  Also, all the go-go-go for July has to be paid for in June, which means I'm on a pretty strict budget for the month.

 Mushrooms, red pepper, and zucchini that supplemented my pasta sauce (the Classico you can see, there).  I had with whole wheat penne and mozzarella :)

No pasta dinner is complete without a nice bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon... this one was from Australia and paired rather nicely with my veggie pasta.  And yes, that's my fake Yeti cup, which I'm REALLY glad that I brought with me, because 1) it keeps things cold for a long time and 2) it's basically an adult security blanket.  I also now have a stainless steel bottle for work, too. The pasta sauce was enough for that day and 2 days of leftovers.  

So this week the only thing that's going on is A's birthday on Friday.  She's saying she wants a more chill kind of celebration, which makes me excited.  The plan for Saturday is either going to be a beach day or a day at a brewery that I found in Suwon.  If we don't do the brewery this Saturday, we'll do it next Saturday.  Once we have a real plan, I'll see if my friends in Suwon want to join us.  I'm so excited to have a brewery to go to (that's not in Seoul... I'm getting burned out from going there every weekend).  Also I'm fairly stoked about the idea of a beach being close enough to go on a Saturday morning and come back home by the evening.

I've also been considering my plan for when my contract runs out.  Looking into different options to get a teaching English as a second language certification.  Also looking into what countries would allow me to work, not have to pay rent, and be able to build a decent savings account.  Apparently if I went to the UAE, I could make bank.  Soooo... thinking of maybe going to play in the desert.  LOL.  So many options, so little knowledge with which to make a decision.  I've also looking into teaching in Spain, Poland, and Germany... so you know, keeping options open.

I was feeling my look this am.  For teaching I wear a white shrug over this, and also I wear shoes to work.  LOL.

My BH weekend set-up.  Soju is my constant companion.  Hehehe.  This was a much needed weekend of being lazy, watching shows, reading books, and having food!

One of the worst things about how my day is structured, I've decided, is how long I have to wait before classes start.  It's like the pressure keeps on building and building from 12:30 when I get here to 2:25 or 3:15 when classes actually start.  Once they get going, the day goes pretty fast.  I mean, 40 mins with each class, 5 mins between classes (so not long enough for a bathroom break when there's only one bathroom on the floor), 6-5 classes per day.  It's the before and after that sucks.  Especially once you have all your grading and marking and prep done.  I mean, I do have some other stuff that I can work on later in the week, but I do wish I could either come in right before class starts, teach, then do all the admin stuff after, or come in, get the admin done, teach, finish grading for the day and go home.  The breaks that book-end the day totally mess up my groove!  That's right, they've thrown off my groove!!  :P  LOL.  First-world, control-freak problems.

I also just bought Windex and bathroom cleaner.  I went a little nuts cleaning the mirrors, sink, and outside of the toilet (I've been keeping the inside pretty clean, but you know that no-man's-land between the tank and the reservoir... well, that gets pretty NASTY).  I'm looking forward to showering tomorrow, so I can clean the rest of the bathroom/shower stall properly.  Hehe.  Speaking of such things, does anyone else recycle dishes-sponges to bathroom-sponges when they get too old?  Just me?  Oh, and any help on how to catch/kill fruit flies would be appreciated.  They've started going after my wine and you KNOW that's tantamount to a declaration of war.