Dinner at 6 (Mar 6)

• New day, new surprise: My mentor teacher told Ji Hyeon and me at lunch that we would be having class late today (starting at 2:00, instead of the normal 1:20), because the 1st and 2nd graders had extra class after lunch. Annoyed, mostly because that would have been useful to know before 10 minutes before we thought we had to teach (also, SURPRISE! all grades together again). But we rolled with it and hung out in the office for awhile. Around 1:20, we decided to head back to the classroom to finalize our lesson plan - and all of our kids were in our classroom! SURPRISE! We thought they weren't coming til later! SURPRISE! We had locked the room before we went to lunch. Another teacher had opened it for them and later told us that we really needed to be in our classroom 10 minutes before the students arrived. AHHHH. I know I'm bad with change, but this is ridiculous and at this rate, my ulcer will return shortly.
• Good things happened today too. Ji Hyeon and I spent some extra time with the administrative staff (a man and a woman, whom we affectionately refer to as The Guy and The Girl), getting to know each other a little. As we were talking (through Ji Hyeon basically), The Guy asked me to refer to him as "Oppa"! It was really funny because of the way Hyeong Jo taught us to use that term and the way that Chanda and Darryl say it (1:16). But also because we all knew he was joking - so he laughs a lot when I actually do it :)
• It was recommended that Ji Hyeon and I take a bus farther south of my apartment to find a cafe (none to be found near my apt/school), so after school, that's just what we did. When I realized we were headed to Mundeok (pronounced "Moon-duck"), I Facebook-ed Liz because I recalled her living there. Perfect timing led to us getting to have dinner together! Before that, Ji Hyeon and I had donuts and roamed around Mundeok...it is so so cute and not that far away - I will be visiting often. It was a really great way to spend the evening. I've missed Liz, she needed to vent and be surrounded by English-speaking humans, and Ji Hyeon and I got to explore something other than tool stores and closed restaurants (the bulk of what surrounds my apt).