My new eating habits

Though I am on the DL (disabled list in relation sports injuries), I am trying to still be healthy with my eating habits.  I'm not sure if Muscle Buck (my new favorite burger place) counts or not. Otherwise I'm doing really well with this new meat and veggies idea for dinner. I recently found a blog-site that explains all the cuts of beef in English and then translates them over to Korean.  Right now of course I can't find the website link, but it has come in very handy for me. According to the USDA, there are five cuts of beef that qualify as extra lean. I have been able to consistently find one of them at the groceries here --- Top Round, I believe it is. The big Wally World-like store sells three of the cuts, but they aren't as tender as the top round is. I've also been cooking quite a bit of zucchini and eggplant lately as well. Both are super cheap, and super easy to cook. I can't believe it took me until the age of 31 to finally cook some eggplant, but I'm pretty stoked that decided to do so.

My Boss and Her Work Habits

So my boss is constantly at work. . . She arrives after school starts at 10 am and stays until 6 or 7. These days she and her college-aged son go to eat dinner at home or somewhere nearby, and then come back between the hours of 9-10 pm, and will stay for 4-5 hours. She has been known to spend the night there as well.

Let's keep in mind that this lady does technically have four jobs.

1. She runs the show at our academy/kindergarten/pre-K
2. She teaches gifted children's classes on Mondays and Fridays (that are pretty pricey from what I hear when the parents pay)
3. She lectures at a local online university
4. She lectures at the big university teaching in their graduate program

So right now she and her son are at work (I had to go and do an hour plus of laminating and cutting, so I know this is a fact) preparing some of her lecture notes.  The lecture preparations are the main reason that she stays so late at night these days.

Anyway, temperatures are finally getting warmer here. Just not as HOT as the USA.

Love This Picture

From a friend in Sofia. 

Powerful Stuff

http://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-photographers-crusade-doomed-shelter-dogs-051905318.html

Wow, is all I have to say to this.

Ongoing pain saga

Yesterday I tried a different doctor, just because an old friend works for the guy in the morning time. I explained in great Korean that I had injured my chest muscle a few times this year. Well, he starts pinching on my ribs of all places to test out. Then he says "oh fractured rib." It turns out the x-rays were negative and he told me not to move my right side much at all --- kind of really hard when you work with little ones. My x-rays, office visit and pain shot cost a total of about 8 bucks. My pain meds for 3 days were about five bucks as well. I really just want an MRI to make sure I didn't screw anything up, especially since I was goofing off with a kid today and really thought I felt something tear. Anyway, we did have a really hard rain this morning, so I had to help the Korean women escort the kids from the bus to the building under a giant umbrella (that's used for an outdoor table). The kids thought that it was a super cool idea though.  I had to go home and lunch time though and change clothes, since my pants were, and probably still are a little damp. Time for bed, but I'm trying to work on this consistency thing here with the bloggin'. 

Happy Birthday America

This guy was prepared a few weeks ago for the 4th of July. Hope everyone enjoys their holiday.

From a field trip a while back

We celebrated Korean Memorial day by taking a little field trip at the end of May to a local Memorial Hall. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

        Packed in like sardines -- very illegal in America to sit with a kid in your lap in the front seat, especially at that age

                                        My class and I posing in front of a plane

                                                One of my afternoon groups

One of our youngest English learners

                                 

                                           Just a few of the kids at our kindergarten/Pre-K

                                           This little guy always says "John Teacher is fish"

                                        One of my super good kids