Another busy weekend to recover from...

Yep, another one. There was another BBQ at our friend Karin's house. I went up to Incheon on Thursday to get a couple good night's sleep and help out with getting ready. Karin's daughter Katrina is in town. Her sister Laura also came in Saturday night.

Friday, Katrina and I met up with my new preggo friend Debra for lunch. We were also hoping that my Korean friend Stella would be able to make it. We met at the Incheon bus terminal and set out for a Chinese Restaurant. Called Chinese Restaurant. As soon as we were seated, Stella called me. She was at the bus terminal and needed directions. I handed the phone to Debra, who handed the phone to the waiter for Korean directions. When he handed the phone back to me, Stella was laughing. It is her favorite restaurant!! She is regular customer!! So besides having a good friend and great company, we had someone who speaks Korean who knows the owner of the restaurant! The owner took care of us. Being the one who has to make trouble, I was the only one who didn't order the luncheon set. I got my own dish, but I ended up with everything from the set too anyway. It was all so yummy. I will definitely be going back there. I don't remember everything that came with the set (so many courses), but I know it started out with a crab soup and salad with sea cucumber. Dessert was 2 lychees with a slice of pineapple inside in syrup. Yum. They even brought us coffee. We were there for at least 2 hours. I brought out the brownies I had brought. Katrina had made them the night before. The owner gave them a try and said that they are her favorite. She loves chocolate! By the time we were done with lunch, it was raining pretty hard outside. The restaurant lent us some umbrellas.

Katrina and I got on a bus and went into Itaewon. Probably a bad idea. I needed to buy some things at the International Market though, and there was really no other time for me to get into town. It was pouring rain, but we got to the market. We decided to take a cab back to the bus station to get back to Incheon. That was our worst idea. We really should have taken the subway on a Friday evening in the rain. It took us three hours to get home. Traffic in Korea is insane. Incheon is only 20km from Seoul!!

We did get home though. We helped Karin out with some cooking, then crashed. We were exhausted!! The next day Karin, Katrina and I went to Costco for BBQ stuffs. Costco on a Saturday is also insane. Koreans are really not good at shopping either. They like to just stop anywhere with those huge carts, and stay right in your way. Surprisingly, we made it through Costco in 45 min. Grabbed some lunch, went back to the house. Karin had to get out to the airport to pick up Laura, her other daughter.

The BBQ was great. There were quite a few people who didn't know other people. Justin and I met some new people as well. We had invited some English teachers from Osan. Nicole, who brought her friend Delia, and Melissa and Aaron, who are married. It is nice to meet another couple. Seems like everyone we meet here is single. Now we have couple friends! And they are nerdy like us! They even stayed at the house with us when everyone else decided to take the party to the bar.

Next day was a lot of laying around, napping, watching movies, and eating. Justin and I made the trek home about 5pm.

Coming soon:

Today I go to my next Dr.'s appt!! Hopefully we will find out the Blueberry's sex. We also start a childbirth class today called hypnobirthing. If you haven't heard of it, it is a kind of natural childbirth preperation in which you kind of self-hypnotize. It involves meditation and breathing. I will be able to explain it better once I go to the class, of course. It is 2 and a half hours once a week for 5 weeks.

Also, this weekend Justin and I plan to go to the celebration of Buddha's birthday. There are ceremonies being held at all the Buddhist temples. Then starting Sunday evening til the next Monday, I will be house/pet-sitting for Karin.

Sorry for the lack of pictures. I need to start taking more. I think I'll go back to using my old cell phone for the everyday stuff. I take a lot more pictures that way. Then I can take the camera for major events, like Buddha's birthday. Oh! I should feel ashamed to say this, but I'm in Korea so it's ok. I went to lunch at McDonald's yesterday!! And it was good!! They actually have french fries. Oh, so good.... Sometimes, you just need some real American. Even if it is McDonald's.

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