First days of vacation

 Not everyone understands the loveliness of a stay-cation, but that's what I am enjoying.  Monday was classes as usual, then afterwards I decorated my classroom for Halloween :)

I'm excited for the kids to come back and see it.  We were also given gifts from work for Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).  

Pretty wrapping

Pretty box

Full of Korean goodies - I haven't tried any of them yet, but I'm sure they will be lovely.

The first day of vacation, as you all know, was TACO TUESDAY!  So S and I went to Gangnam, then to another area of Seoul where we went to Masa Taco.  On our way, I found this ad, which I thought was fun as it seems to be truth in advertising - "probably" just made me laugh.

They of course brought chips and salsa - not terrible, but not great either.

This is my chamoy mangorita.  The guy came and brought it to me, asked if I'd ever had it before and when I answered in the negative he said I needed to mix it until it was a uniform orange color.

I think I did a good job.  It was good - sweet and salty and a little spicy.

We got the Masa Tots for an appetizer, and the quesadilla was S's.

I got a burrito with tomatillo pork.  It was SO GOOD!

Then I had their general margarita, which as interesting cuz I've never had a margarita with NO ICE!

No clue why the salt was blue, either.

As we were walking around, we found this mural that tickled me.  I had to take a pic.

So we ended up at a Czech pub.  I had my usual Kozel dark, which I love but without the cinnamon and sugar, which still confuses me, tbh.

It was soo good!

After this we went back to Dongtan and went for a couple more drinks at Baby Guinness which is probably our favorite pub.  S says that they do a better quesadilla than Masa did, which I found interesting.  It was nice to have refried beans in a burrito for the first time in forever.  I'll for sure go back there, the food was good and I liked the tots.

Today is Wednesday and my only plans are to go grocery shopping for a few things (most places will probably be closed on Friday, which will be another staying in day for me), and having dinner with J.  Tomorrow I'm going to Seoul for a haircut and some shopping (curious as to what is open).  I'm also going to drop by the war memorial so I can take a pic of the names of soldiers from WY that passed away (requested from my Bro-in-law).  Should be a nice, chill day in Seoul.  The weather has been absolutely beautiful lately, so I'm really enjoying that.  I know I could have gone to an island or something, but I'm liking not worrying about what's in my bank account right now.  (Also every time I go to do something kinda expensive, my older sister's voice in my head goes "You're supposed to be SAVING money, remember."  Sigh... no getting rid of THAT voice, I can tell you.)  I have a hike planned in Nov (decent price), so that should be fun.  

As for other stuff, I'm just pluggin' along (as Dad would say).  I was able to call Mom and Dad and Mo on my usual days, have a phone date set up with Gma and Gpa tomorrow, and my usual call to Ana on Friday.  I'm hoping that E and I can get together at some point over the next few days, but we shall see if that's possible.  I've been studying the constitution and the amendments to prepare for my test, reading the Economist to get up on the world and US news, and reading Guns, Germs, and Steel which has been an interesting look at why societies develop at different rates.  So you know, enjoying studying (cuz I'm a nerd/geek like that), chilling at home, making new friends (and keeping the old, thanks Girl Scouts), and making plans A, B, and C.  LOL - cuz that's how I roll.  Much love to all back home, miss you like crazy, and looking forward to when I can see you again.  MUAH!  :*