What Happened this Week?

This week I:

• took another hike with Keegan.
• failed to find the trail until reaching the top of the mountain.
• was directed onto the trail by picnicking Koreans wielding scissors. (They were grilling bulgogi, and scissors are often used to cut the thinly sliced beef.)
• had my picture taken by a Korean hiker, whose overall attitude was that of a man snapping a picture of a rare species at the zoo.
• nearly had a heart attack riding my bike on the scary, windy, hilly roads north of our apartment.
• had my first two lessons with a new student whose knowledge of English grammar is encyclopedic but whose basic speaking and listening skills are way behind.
• went to a lunch that featured lively conversation in English and Spanish and a lovely coconut flan.
• left my lights on, ran my battery down, and learned just how easy it is to push my car around the parking lot for a jump.
• had my first knitting lesson, during which is was discovered that my independent attempts at knitting involved the wrong needles, inappropriate yarn, and a knotty, unrecognizable mess that could not be called knitting.
• learned to knit the right way!
• bought and then painted a hard-shelled Korean pumpkin for Halloween with Glenda and Keegan.
• was chagrined to see what Keegan chose to paint on his Halloween pumpkin (see below).
• watched hours of kitten antics.
• disciplined kittens for their antics involving plants, curtains and my exposed flesh.
• rearranged furniture, painted a picture frame, picked out photos to have printed and framed, baked granola, and bought new plants for the apartment.
• enjoyed another whirlwind week on Geoje Island.

Painted pumpkins, L to R: Ellen's, Glenda's, and Keegan's.