she works...he plays!

Well unfortunatly the weekend is over and I can NOT believe that we are embarking on once again another work week! It's incredible how time flys as we get older!

So for a quick recap before my lovely hubby and I head to bed...

Last week- B was lucky enough to work only 2 and a half days the entire week!! You ask what did he do the other days, well one day he helped clean the apartment and the rest of the time he hung out with his fellow NCO friends (non-commissioned officers) aka co workers. I would like to think that this was some sort of either male bonding time or time to build friendships! Either way, he had a great time and I'm glad he enjoyed his days off!

This weekend- I took a CPR and First Aid course on Saturday...it lasted all day long! urgh! Not the most exciting way to spend a Saturday...but at least now I can save a life. On a serious note, I am glad that I took the course especially since I am the manager of the cottage and working around all of the young children and adults...lord forbid something was to happen...but at least I am prepared. On Sunday (today), B and I just chilled around the house and then we had Pizza Hut (Korean Style) pizza for dinner! We don't normally eat such unhealthly foods and do quite well with watching our calories throughout the week, but tonight we just wanted to splurge! So thank you Mr. Pizza man at Pizza Hut for your assistance with our ordering...you can only imagine how much fun it is to order out on the economy...trust me there's lots of pointing, thumbs up or thumbs down, crossing of the pointer fingers to indicate "no" and pen and paper involved! :) We also ventured to HomePlus (aka Target...but not half as good) to try and find some 4th of July decorations. Now granted I know they are not actually going to stock banners, streamers and table cloths in red, white and blue...but I was able to find items in our patriotic colors and will be getting awful crafty this week to compile some cute decorations for our cottage cook out on Friday!! I'll let you know how it goes! Today I also worked on my grad school program application. Im hoping to wrap it up soon and get the program started in August...Lord willing! I'm very ready to go back to school, yet have no clue when Ill find the time! But I will make it happen!!

We've got a very exciting week at the cottage this week and it goes something like this...

-Monday- is Cultural Diversity Day (did you know that the month of June is Cultural Diversity Month)...so to celebrate I've asked the spouses to make a dish from their specific cultural background (and boy are we diverse!!) and bring it to the cottage for a potluck lunch! Through sharing food and our own culture hopefully as spouses we can learn more about where we each come from!!

-Tuesday- we will be having our monthly cottage meeting, where we review the upcoming event calendar for the month of July, review the operations of the cottage and I take feedback from the spouses about what they would like to see on the calendar and what isn't of interest to them!! Then following our meeting...we are going to go to the softball field and have an old fashion elementary school style field day- with 2 and 3 year olds! ha! My dear friend Megan here in Korea has agreed to help me coordinate this time! It should def. be fun for all!!

-Wednesday- I will go shopping with the chaplain (because they sponsor our program) to purchase the cookout materials and food for later in the week. I will also catch up on some admin. stuff that I am sure won't get done on Monday or Tuesday.

-Thursday- We will be taking the families to tour a local Korean hospital. The Army says that in the event of a severe emergency we are to go to the St. Mary's Hospital in Uijongbu. So it is our hope that by providing a guided tour for the families there during a time that is not of an emergency will better educate them and take away some of the nerves that would add extra stress in the event of an emergency. I myself have never stepped foot in this hospital...so stay tuned for a report...

-Friday- Last but not least, we will kick off the 4th of July weekend...PBC style!! B has agreed to come and cook hotdogs and hamburgers for the families during his lunch hour, and the cottage will also provide an ice cream bar! I've asked the families to provide their own special dish...and that can be a bag of chips! ha! :) So hopefully I will have some good pictures from this special event!!

Well there's our quick but long blurb about us!!

Now it's time for bed...I've got to get some ZZZZ before this busy week ahead!

Till next time!

XOXO from Korea!
(and yes, I am a little sad S. Korea is now out of the world cup! it would have been awesome to watch them play USA- and too bad they are out now too!!) :(

Mrs. GC