Time is flying...

Time is going so fast that before I know it I will be home! Ok, to update you on this week I have to start with last Sunday. I spent Easter Sunday at a Hanwha Eagles game. The Eagles are Daejeon's professional baseball team. It was a beautiful day to be outside so a bunch of us decided to check it out, and it was quite an experience! Baseball games here are so different than in the U.S. At home, baseball games are about socializing and eating, but here, the entire crowd was doing chants and banging thunder sticks for the whole 9 innings. It was unbelieveable...I felt like I was at a basketball game in the student section, not watching baseball! It was also funny because they didn't have a 7th inning stretch, but instead, after the 5 inning, the players came on the field fou about 10 minutes and actually stretched! haha. It was a good time, though.

Monday through Thursday our school was being evaluated by a visiting committee from WASC, our accreditors. It was kinda nerve-racking when they popped into my classes, but nothing too bad. The worst was on Tuesday when I wasn't teaching. They came and found all us teacher in our workroom and started grilling us about our curriculum writing and assessments. I tried to make an escape to the teacher's lounge, but was unsuccessful because I was caught by the WASC guy. Oh well, I think we got all good marks and feel confident that we will get the full 6-year accreditation.

This weekend went so fast. Saturday we had a swim meet (which I almost missed because my alarm clock didn't go off. Eek!) that actually went really fast. Our team swam well, too. We just have one week left; next weekend is our conference meet. Then, last night I went with some of my friend to Outback and then to the movie New in Town or Miss Lucy or whatever it is called in the U.S. It was hilarious because it is set in SE MN and it totally plays up rural life. It reminded me of home and made me laugh...a lot. Today the weather was so warm--80 degrees--so I went for a bike ride. I'm starting my training for RAGBRAI. I think I got in about 20k today and maybe 15k on Friday. I hope the weather stays nice so I can keep riding regularly. I don't have any more traveling planned for the rest of the school year so now it is a straight shot to the end. I'm looking forward to my around-the-world trip and for some time at home, but things are still going well here. I hope everything is going as well stateside!