Tired

Today I could feel the coming rain. Last week I was told that the monsoon season came a week early, as it rained cats and dogs and then some one Wednesday ago. Today as I was leaving school I asked the 4th grade teacher if it would rain later. She said she didn't think, at least not soon, and that it has been a dry rainy season. It wasn't windy then, but the wind picked up as we drove home. I walked home in the most delightful strong wind. It's been so hot and sticky lately that any moving air is a blessing, even if it means that rain is sure to come.
Right now I'm listening to it pour. I've lit a few candles and turned the lights off so I can have the window open to listen to the rain. These little gnat type bugs come in if the light is on. They squeeze right through my screen.

Last week I was home only long enough to sleep. Monday, Wednesday and Friday were dance class. Tuesday was my 100 day "anniversary" with J. Thursday was a special orchestral and choral concert put on for "English teachers, educators and mixed nationality families" held by the province's office of education. It was "strongly encouraged" that we all attend. J couldn't go because he had work to catch up on.

 This is Tian, me and Tevyn. We were waiting for the concert. Tevyn is a talk scholar, like Tian is. And he goes to dance class too. He's actually a very good dancer.

 This is the infamous Khoi. He's Khoi, singer of wrong lyrics, dirty phrase in foreign language collecting, social butterfly who knows at least a thousand people - or they know him.

Me and Tian - my friendship pirate. We have adventures together. Jongsoo gets jealous, but hey, girl time is sacred.

Here are a few shots from the concert.

This lady was awesome. I love this kind of instrument.. I wish I knew the Korean name for it.

Kids sang Lemon Tree and did a little dance. Cute, but well.. after teaching elementary - they lose their cuteness.

The orchestra did a medley of Beatles songs, and then it wouldn't be a Korean performance without a fan dance.

That's last week in a nutshell.