Highlights of my Day... Sunday, March 30

1. With my eyes even puffier than yesterday, I woke up in Daejon feeling like I hadn't quite slept and then had to deal with Q distracting me from getting ready.

2. Q's middle school friends have created their own official soccer team, equipped with uniforms and everything. Today I was supposed to merely be a fan in the crowd and so I showed up with milk and morning biscuits for everyone. Turns out the other team was a no-show and so they ended up splitting up the team in two... and guess who got called in to play?! Me.

3. Q calls me "Sports Girl" but I am by no means a good soccer player. Running (cross country and track) was my thing in high school, as was field hockey and wrestling, but soccer... hmmm. Black Horse tried to help me out by yelling at the opposing team players whenever they rushed me for the ball. We did a lot of yelling, body checking and, oddly enough, sitting on the ball. Needless to say, the game wasn't a serious match and we had lots of fun.

4. As for the other ladies who came to watch their men play soccer... well, all I can say is "L-A-Z-Y!!!" Gotta "love" how they let the one 2 year-old run on the field, how they ate my bread but sat in their cars watching and didn't even offer to take our team picture at the end of the game. At first I was freaking out cause this crying and screaming little 2 year-old kept on running on the field. But no sooner did the other team score a point cause of my distraction did I decide to ignore her. She's not my kid and I'm not here to babysit. Don't get me wrong, I love kids, but I don't like lazy mothers who let their kids go buck-style and do whatever, whenever. There were 3 other women there, I was busy. And on that note, the little girl took a hard ball to the bum.

5. After the game, Q and I parted from the group and went in search of some lunch. Q ended up taking me to this restaurant that was tucked away on a dirty old side street where kids were playing on the side of the road and some old woman was selling fruit.

6. Our main course for lunch was duck. It was drowned in red pepper paste, loaded with different spices and herbs, and was slapped on a bed of veggies and greens. It was kind of expensive but was super delicious.

7. Finally it was time for us to head back to good old Cheonan. I had to plan my weekly lesson and Q was going to attempt to study... key word being attempted. He failed after a few tries and then ended up passing out on the floor.

8. I think the last time I liked Sundays was back when I was in high school. For the most part, Sundays consisted of heading off to church with the family, followed by lunch out at Swiss Chalet or Teddys, an afternoon of lounging around the house and listening to my father play the piano. Sunday nights we use to attend a second service in the evening, followed by either a good movie on the television or "Life Goes On". Now days though, my Sundays consist of sleeping in and then stressing over my weekly lesson. Sure I may only have to plan one lesson for the week but it seems to take forever. There's of course the looking over of the textbook, listening to the accompanying CD, checking out the teacher textbook aid, making the PowerPoint file, searching the web for various pictures and extra info to use. Then, last but not least, I repeatedly go over the lesson to estimate the timing and see where to change it.

9. This week's lesson planning, from start to finish, took me just a little over 4 hours.

10. I ended my Sunday night by sitting around with Q and eating pizza. I haven't eaten pizza in such a long time but tonight I was craving it. It must have had a million and one toppings on it, my favorite being the corn and sweet potato. Sorry mom, but Pizza Pizza in Canada has NOTHING on Korean pizza.. hehehe!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
How do my coworkers teach?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
There is never enough time, unless you're serving it.
-- Malcolm Forbes