"Cats in the Cradle"

My friend and neighbor Marcus is going out of town with the teachers at his school, and seeing as though I don't have school for the rest of the week and would be home, I offered to help look after someone special.

Meet Mekju 맥주 (in Korean that means "beer")

 

 

She was either left to fend for herself when her owner moved or was lost by someone in the building. Marcus took her in as she was just roaming around the complex for a couple days and needed food. He set her up with a litterbox and everything.

She's very sweet, but loves attention. Last night she sat on my desk as I watched a movie, and then when I went to bed, she got under the covers with me and curled up by my side all night with the occasional meow and nudge of the nose. I had been missing my cat "Tasslehoff Burrfoot" aka "Tas" or "Tas-man". We adopted him about 11-12 years ago (he was already named after the Dragonlance book character - that's not a name I would choose). Mekju is a good temporary replacement - but not as cuddly and chubby as Tas-man!

Today was also the last day of school until March. I am teaching a winter camp from Jan 4th - Jan 8th. I will mainly just play games with the kids tough. I'm already working on Pictionary and Boggle lesson plans. We'll also be playing Sentence Battleship and Guess Who. I plan on finishing the camp by showing an English movie such as Harry Potter 6, or Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs - if only I could get the Korean subtitles to work properly!

Geumjeong Middle School -- with snow!

Being the last day for my 3rd graders, as they are graduating in February, a couple girls gave me notes with some teas and candies. They are as follows:

I appreciate to meet you too!...hahaha

The one who wrote the note with all the hearts also included her e-mail address -- yeah -- that does not makes me feel awkward. at all..