March Update!

As you've probably guessed by now, Korea has turned us into terrible bloggers. Part of this is that we're able to communicate with people by Skype on a regular basis, part of it is that we're a bit busier here than we were in Georgia, and, well, part of it is that we don't really have much in the way of news. In Georgia, even very small things could be news. In Korea, life is much more modern, easier, and hence, not as colorful. We have been traveling some around Korea, and in the next week, I promise we WILL get some photos up. Unfortunately, I had to reformat my laptop hard drive, so (until a few days ago) all of my photos were sitting on my portable hard drive, and I needed my photo program to restore them. The photo program, however, wouldn't reinstall correctly. I tried about a billion different solutions and finally gave up a few nights ago and bought another license. Now the program works correctly but the restore function doesn't work the way that it's supposed to, so I had to do it the long, hard way. Right now, I've restored photos through June 2008, which is about 12 GB worth. You might think that means I'm almost done. Actually, that means I'm *maybe* halfway done because of the 12 or 13 GB of photos we have from last summer alone, plus everything from Armenia, San Diego, and Korea since then! All this to say, I will work hard on this over the next week, and hopefully by next week, I will be organized to the point that I can sort through the photos from the last few months and post a few of the best ones.

Another reason we haven't written much is that I've been sick, so other than some traveling and teaching, I haven't really been doing much. I was very sick 3 weekends ago and I went home early from school on the Monday after, but I felt much better on Tuesday, except for a cough. Well, that cough has been around ever since, so if it's not gone by next Monday (that is, 3 days from now), I'm going to go to the doctor. To add to the fun, I've been getting chills, headaches, and all-over-body aches, and it doesn't seem to be getting better. :(

Teaching has become pretty routine, although I should say I have a new co-teacher this year, and her English is excellent. She just returned from a 6 month training course in English (one month of which was spent in Florida), and her command is very impressive. She's also only one year older than me, so we have a lot in common. Brenden is also working a LOT more this semester, so between him teaching so much and me being sick, we mostly just eat dinner and collapse at night (in between obsessing about where we'll be in August).

However, the most exciting news in our life right now (as many of you know) is that we have a new niece! Faith Susannah was born a few days ago to Brenden's sister Rachel, and she is adorable. :) We can't wait to meet her in person!