Quarter Century Craziness...

So I'm finally able to sit down and write about the wonderful birthday celebrations I had the past few days. Thursday was my actual birthday, which was celebrated at school with cake and ice cream and multiple little gifts from my beloved students. I was swarmed with cards, pencils, pens, led, notebooks, and even jewelry. My co-teachers bought me a nice pair of earrings and two bottles of wine were from my director. My friends here too were amazing and unbelievably generous with their gifts, which included a floor table for my computer, a gi-normous plant, a shirt, a dress, a pair of scissors (haha) and one yet to come. Then I got a surprise package from home and boy oh boy, I was and still am constantly reminded of how blessed I am to have such wonderful people in my life.

Saturday night was the night of celebrations. A bunch of Gimhae people went to Changwon to celebrate 80 years of life (25 of mine and 60 of Lois, an Aussie teacher here who's birthday was the 22nd). We ate at Bennegin's where those silly girls ordered up a delicious cake served with a parade of clapping Korean waitstaff and a big white bunny.

We then went to O'Briens and IP's where we met a bunch of other people and had a wonderful time. Lots of dancing, lots of celebrating.

I am very much looking forward to this year. There are many times when I think I should be more accomplished by now; where my goals have been forgotten and replaced with new ones. But. I look forward to another year onward, maybe even a quarter century crisis of some sort (probably when I go home with no prospective job offers). All silliness aside though, I am thrilled to be 25 and so happy to have been able to celebrate it with such great friends. THANKS!!