We moved into our new apartment on Friday, after Sean left for Australia. The apartment is actually only temporary, as we will most likely be moving to a larger place in October. For now though, this is our new home. It has a large bedroom/office with a couch, dresser, desk, and bookshelf in addition to the bed; a kitchen equipped with a microwave, gas range stove, lots of cabinets, and a fridge/freezer. Additionally, the main room that has the kitchen also has a portable clothing rack and a side-closet containing our washing machine and the bike that Jay bought from Sean. Finally, the area by the front door has a large cabinet for shoes (appropriate, as it is customary in Korea to always remove your shoes before entering a home).
So, we're pretty much moved in and ready to prepare for our first week of teaching. We start on Wednesday, evenly splitting all the classes from Elaine and Sean. On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we both have 7 classes plus a summer intensive course and on Tuesday and Thursday Jay has 6 classes (plus the summer intensive) and I have 5 (plus the intensive). Basically, we're teaching elementary, middle school, and a couple of high school students, and next month we will be adding one or two Kindergarden classes apiece. We're already technically working overtime without the Kindergarden courses, so on the one hand, we will definitely be busy, but on the other hand, we'll have a great amount of teaching experience under our belts by the end of the year, and Jay will be able to make a large dent in his student loans.
In addition to our classes, we're excited to explore Ilsan and learn Korean. Already, Jay can read most of the Hangul alphabet and I'm looking into finding a Korean language exchange partner in the area. Depending on the business of our schedule, we'll have to see how much language progress we can make.
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