Our school assigments

Hello-haseo!

We are still alive and little worse for wear in Korea. We just got our school assignments a couple days ago and will be shipped to our apartments tomorrow. We're a bit frazzled because we still don't know where we will be living (we find out tomorrow when we are shipped over to our apartments) or really what exactly we are doing here, but we seem to be doing something in a rambling, awkward sort of way.

I will be working at Dongbaek Middle School and Hannah will be working at Haesong Elementary. Both of those schools are in the Haeundae district, so it's richy-Rich territory. However, it also means that we will not be far apart (the schools are about 300m apart, which is beyond amazing!) and will hopefully be able to meet up easily. Haeundae is also the 'tourist' area with the famous "Haeundae Beach" (similar to the States' Miami Beach or Long Beach), so odds are it will be quite crowded during the warmer months.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day! We will meet one of our coteachers who will be in charge of the aforementioned shipping us to our apartments, as well as setting up our bank accounts, getting us oriented around our areas, helping us figure out our appliances, bringing us to our schools, etc. etc. While I'd like to think that I'll just need to buy a couple of things to get settled, the korean holiday of Chuseok ("Korean Thanksgiving") begins on Saturday and basically all of the city will shut down. You see, on that holiday, people tend to leave the cities they're in and go see their families in the countryside or where ever. This means that, as of Saturday, access to food could be limited. This makes me a sad, hungry panda :(.

...for those who don't get the reference 

I don't know what else to say at this juncture; I'm pretty frazzled (as I already said) and am stressing about everything at once, so my mind is not exactly in order. Hopefully, once we get a bit more established, we can begin talking about our experiences. We've already had a couple and have seen some HILARIOUS things!

Until later,

-Garrett