What Comfort Zone: Busy

It's that time of year again when Tim and I become busy, busy, busy. Hints the long dry spell of no posts. Beginning the first week of November was: a second session of after school swim lessons (2 days a week), Middle School Swim team (2 practices a week), High School Pre-Season swim practice (2 times a week), and Middle School Swim Meets 3 out of the 4 Saturday's left until Christmas break.... yes only 4 more weekends until Christmas break! ( oh and don't forget the age group invitational swim meet this past Saturday [first ever here], for which Tim did TONS of work, and had about 90-100 swimmers registered to swim!!-- It went very well, and Tim did an awesome job preparing for it all by himself!!! Way to go babe! )

All of this swim stuff doesn't sound like too much, and it wasn't for me last year, but after working a full day of teaching (7:20am - 3:00pm)... then staying for practices til about 6 pm, it adds up to being at the school almost 10-11 hours each day! Yesterday on my way home, a colleague asked "when do you live?"... my response "I don't". Needless to say I am really looking forward to Christmas! It will be 3 weeks in the US, with all my time focused on family and friends.

Now you may ask, well what about Thanksgiving break? That is coming up soon. While you are right and we are technically out of school for that Thursday and Friday, it just so happens to be required of all the teachers to attend the ICEC (International Christian Educator's Conference) for BOTH days. We will be picked up by school bus at a whopping 5:50 am each morning, and will travel down to Suwon for the conference. We will not be returning home until at least 7pm each night, seeing as the conference doesn't end til 6pm. --- You may understand why I'm not really looking forward to Thanksgiving "break".

Now, I am not trying to be pessimistic about all of this, but I really am looking forward to Christmas.

Here are a few of the things, besides family and friends that I am looking forward to: