For those of you who have been asking . . .
On the Job (from Craig)--My days have some hard classes and some fun ones. The ages range from kindergarten to junior high and in size from one student to nine. Interestingly enough, the kindergarten class is the easiest and the most enjoyable for me. It’s a new school so there is a bit more prep than what there should be, but I’m learning a lot and it’s been a breath of fresh air for me to be challenged in a different way. --My boss is great. She is the only woman owner (of an English school) that anyone in the area knows about. She just took the staff out to a sea food buffet that was better than anything I’ve ever been to in the states, and she seems to genuinely take good care of her staff. --Schedule is great. I work 1:30-8:30. Carin and Gabriel and I have more time together, and its less hours than my former job at the bike shop. My current class schedule may be changing soon due to a curriculum change, but the work hours will be the same. --Except for a guy who does weekend camps, I’m surrounded by female teachers (totally opposite from the bike shop!). So, by default I got to play a starring role as Santa at the student Christmas party. Maybe not a convincing Santa—I need a bigger belly—but it was fun. On the Job (from Carin) --Well, my days are for now kept very busy with child-rearing 101. Cooking baby food, doctors visits, grocery shopping, laundry, baby play and education, and, thank goodness, the occasional nap I take with him. Anyone with good ideas for interactive play with babies? Please post a comment! When Craig comes home by 8:45 in the evenings, we have time to eat a late dinner, play with Gabriel before he sleeps, and then maybe play a board game or occasionally watch an hour of television before we’re off to bed. Gabriel rarely fusses about going to bed and he always wakes up very happy. Our mornings are fairly relaxed as we get up late and just do stuff around the house. As Gabriel gains more independence, I hope to also have more regular time for reading, writing, and other projects during the day; right now that's pretty random. Ha! Maybe "regular time" is complete history now that I'm a mother! By the way, we've posted more Gabriel photos and pictures . . . and we'd love to hear from you! In local news, just this weekend there was a very sad event in Seoul . . . S. Korean landmark collapses in fire
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/skorea.landmark.ap/index.html Our visit there in the fall: (Strange now to think this was our last view of it as it was.)  
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