o canada!!!

happy 140th birthday canada!

more than meets the eye

i saw the transformers movie tonight and it was great. i'm glad i went to see it. amongst everything it was........it was also funny, which i hadn't expected. i highly recommend it to anyone who's not yet seen it. heck, i should go see it again. kind of funny......i wasn't even into them as a kid.

so many places.....so little time.......

.......and money!!

i was lazily waking up this morning, when a guy i met years ago in thailand (2002 or 2003) came online on msn and we started chatting. we quickly caught up on the past couple years, chatted for a bit and made tentitive plans for traveling together. tentative is the big word here. the plan is to hike kilimanjaro. i'm not available for extended travel until after february 2008, and aparently the worst time to hike kilimanjaro is march-june. so after reading about kilimanjaro climbs all morning.......i'm feeling.........excited, a little scared about it, like i can do it (with some training!), happy to have something to look forward to..........i love travelling. i can't seem to get enough of it. i love the people i meet. i love the places i get to see. i love the excitement of preparing for a new adventure. if anyone out there knows anyone who has climbed kilimanjaro, or has any information about it.....please be sure to pass it along.

happy father's day!!!

A Father means so many things...

A understanding heart,

A source of strength and of support

Right from the very start.

A constant readiness to help

In a kind and thoughtful way.

With encouragement and forgiveness

No matter what comes your way.

A special generosity and always affection, too

A Father means so many things

When he's a man like you...

i hope you have a good weekend. wish i could be there. thanks for everything you do for us. i love you!

my friend chad took this pic of me when i was visiting him at his mom's place in ontario last september. i have to post it so i can get a url to plug into the profile thing and then i can use it as my profile pic.

long time......no post

well it's been a long time since i have blogged but i just didn't have much to blog about in the past little bit. i have just been teaching, hanging out and not really doing anything too exciting.

the weather is definitely heating up and summer is just around the corner. the days are hot and sunny (which makes for great sun tanning sessions during our lunch break) but the nights still cool off a bit, which is so nice.

at school we have been preparing for the "open day", which happens this week, where the students bring their parent(s) to observe and participate in classes. the school is super stressed about it, wanting it to be the best it can be, but they need to relax. i have done this many times before but due to the management stress levels, i'm getting over stressed about it. i'm sure all will go well---it just needs to happen and be over with.

today was a holiday so tobi (a friend since day one in korea and former roommate), brandelle (one of the other foreign english teachers at the preschool) and i went on a little excursion. we went to walk around the old city wall in suwon. it was a good day..........really fun to see something new.

hope you're all doing well. drop me a line if you have a sec or send me an email. i love hearing from you too!