Day 4- A Full Nights Rest

I slept through the ENTIRE night!! woohoooo!!! I am feeling rejuvenated and ready for the day, however it does help that we have a field trip :P So I woke up this morning and opened a devotional book to come across this "Stay calmly conscious of Me today, no matter what.  Remember that I go before  you as well as with you into the day.  Nothing takes me by surprise.  I will not allow circumstances to overwhelm you, so long as you look to Me.  I will help you cope with whatever the moment presents.  Collaborating with Me brings blessings that far outweigh all your troubles.  Awareness of My Presence contains joy that can endure all eventualities".  Once I read that, I felt a complete peace over me because that was exactly how I was feeling upon waking up..."oh gosh what will today look like?" After thinking about what was written in my devotional book, I wondered if there is going to be some crazy event that happens today that will require me to stay calm...that made me feel anxious all over again (for a minute or so). Ahha we shall see what is in store! Well I must get ready for school but I will finish the blog when I return home :). 

Ok so I got home and today was a pretty awesome day, the weather ruled (there was a cool breeze) and I feel like I still have a lot of energy unlike yesterday.  I think it has to do with the facts that:

1) We got a new cook at the school and the food was DELCIOUS for lunch

So today for lunch there was this super yummy rice, some pork or beef stuff that tasted super amazing, some soup, fried onions and of course KIMCHI (which I LOVE).  Oh how I love ILS, I had some good talks with my coworkers today and we all got to sit in the teachers area and eat lunch together, it was nice :).  I work with some really great people and I am super excited to get to know them better, there are 3 foreign teachers at my school (including myself) and each of us have Korean co-teachers who help us with our homeroom classes, although we are never really in the same rooms together.  Anyways I went on a rant about something else when it was supposed to be about lunch...basically it was scrumptious and I wish I put more on my plate.

2)  We had a field trip today and so I didn't have to teach for 3 time periods :)

We got to go on a field trip today to the FIRE STATION, which only lasted 13 minutes because it hasn't rained in Korea in a while and there are lots of dry areas so there was only one fireman there when we arrived.  I can tell you that it was a pretty hectic 13 minutes, having the kids run around and climb on the fire truck (they are way more behaved then I am making them sound).  I got to take pictures of them at the fire station today and man are they ever adorable!!!! SUPER CUTEEEE! Is it sad that it is only my second day and I am already developing favourites? I know most teachers always say they don't have favourites but I am realizing that's a complete lie...ahaha. Back to the fire station...anyways so because we went to the fire station we got back to the school and got to speak to our kids about the experience and then in the afternoon didn't have to teach again until 2:30, it was a beautiful thing! :P

3) My kids on Tuesday RULE and are super smart

So today I had the same kindergartens in the morning but in the afternoon I had different classes then I had before and the kids are small geniuses...not really but they are super smart.  Most of my classes today have 2-4 students so it was a nice change of pace and because I am a new teacher, they tend to listen to me and not act too crazy...I wonder how long that will last? I taught 4 classes in the afternoon and each one of them was a joy to be around.

4) I went to my favourite little cafe (the only one I know so far)

This morning before school, I was able to go to the cafe I was writing about in the blog yesterday, it's called Lavain and is so pretty inside! The interesting thing about Korea is when you get something...it is never really what it seems to be.  For example, this morning I went into the cafe to get a little croissant...it was filled with something that resembled nacho cheese, now generally I think I would like that combination but since I wasn't expecting it, it freaked me right out.  Oh the joys of being in a place where labels mean nothing to you! :)

The nacho filled croissant 

So after school, A co-worker and I also got to go to emart and get my very first set of groceries, however since I don't get my first pay check in time...I limited my purchasing.  I am feeling more comfortable here as the days continue and even though I have a lot to learn, I am very excited to see what is in store for me.  I can do anything through him who gives me strength and let me tell you, he IS doing a great job :P