School was going well though. The kids are all excited to be back and in the school routine again.  Nina and I are enjoying our half days and I'm enjoying my new position.  I'm only working part time this year and helping the Director of Technology/Director of School Improvement in kind of an administrative assistant type position.  It's very different from the Early Learning Center but I think it is a break that will refresh me.  I'm learning lots about new school technology and spending a lot of time with my computer.  At the end of the morning though I am ready to be with people and that is a welcome change to my mindset last year.  We are excited to start having church at our house again and to have students over regularly as soon as school resumes...this was something we just couldn't do last year but it was a priority in getting this part time position for me.  We are thankful for the opportunity to do it again without overstretching our family time and needs. 
  This coming weekend we're going down to Kyeongju on the western coast for the annual staff retreat.  We miss the beach already and are hoping for at least a walk on a beach an hour or so from the hotel.  It's always an adventure about what we'll actually find. It's always a great time to just reconnect with everyone here after our summer away. 
 No photos but it would a great one if we had some...we order our drinking water in 5 gallon bottles, 4 bottles at time.  Unfortunately, we ordered it to the wrong apt having transposed our new apartment number on the order form.  When it didn't arrive I called to check on it and we realized our mistake. So we had a family adventure rolling those heavy bottles across a few parking lots...the kids had so much fun they asked if we could do it again the next day....thankfully it wasn't necessary!