Sitting in Utah While Teaching in Korea!

For the last month I have been teaching for Eleutian Technology. I co-teach an English class with Jeong Hyunjin (a Korean English teacher) using a program that is similar to Skpe. It is so much fun!

Gangsta Rollin'

So the other day, some friends were over at our house deciding what to do and one suggested Gangsta Rollin'. I'd never heard of it myself, but I guess it consists of riding around the neighborhood on bikes, scooters, or skate boards acting like gangstas in a very un-gangsta sort of way. They needed a boom box though, so I let them borrow mine--an antique from my 12th or 13th birthday, if I remember correctly.

They would need batteries of course, but lo and behold, there were 6 DD Energizer batteries already in place-- from about 10 years ago at family camp! And they still worked!! I didn't actually go on the roll, but I was so amused by the whole ordeal, I had to take a picture (which I hope they don't mind I'm posing here). Honestly, I don't know what to say. It's so bizarre, I'm now speechless.

Smells So Good You Could Eat It!

One thing I love about summer is the roses. A velvety, sweet rose feels so good on my face, I almost want to take a bite! Don't worry, I didn't do it. But I do know you can buy edible flowers to decorate wedding cakes with. And rose oil is supposed to be pretty healthy. They even make supplements from rose hips. So maybe it's not such a crazy idea after all.

P.S. I have 4 blogs on my dashboard and accidentally posted this on the wrong one-- a shared teaching blog with English majors at BYU. Luckily, I caught the mistake quickly! That could have been bad!!

Update

For any of you who care to hear about my life and for some reason may not already know this information, here's the quick update:

• I got a job teaching 8th grade English part-time at Diamond Fork Jr. High in Spanish Fork, UT
• I'm working for a company called Eleutian teaching English to Korean students over the internet.
  
• I'm also working as a technical writer again--still trying to finish up that personal finance course!
• This spring I learned to geocache with my friend Brian and we've found about 20 caches around Provo. (On Friday we went on the Provo river trail and now I have 25 mosquito bites on my legs!)
  
• I got called to be 1st counselor in the Relief Society Presidency in my ward, which I'm really enjoying.
  
• After running a 5k I lost motivation to run, but hope to regain it this week. (The picture is of me on a hike to Stuart falls the same day as the race.)
  
• I'm in a book club with a bunch of really great people.
• After training with Nebo District for 3 days, I'm very excited to become a professional teacher!
• This summer I hope to hike to the top of Y Mountain and Timp and go to Timp caves and maybe even swing another camping trip!
  
• I feel myself changing, growing, and moving forward.
  
• I love my roommates, my friends, my family, my ward, my town, my life!