Kimchi, not for me

Friday was a tough day. I woke up around 5:00 with a killer headache (that shortly thereafter morphed into a vicious and evil migraine). Then I got all nauseous and crawled to the bathroom where I spent most of the next four hours, laying on the floor in the cool quiet darkness, waiting to puke. It was icky, to say the least. The really bad part in all of this was that I had an open class on Friday morning, as in the parents come and watch the class. This was a thing I absolutely could not miss...so I was just sprawled on the bathroom floor praying that God would give me the grace and strength to be able to go and do this class. He did...during the class I managed to not vomit on any of the children (which was the criteria I had set for it being a success) and Beth (who was there became it was Emma's class) said that she wouldn't have known I was sick if she hadn't already known. Then I came back home after the class to sleep for awhile with some more migraine medicine in my system, returned for my afternoon classes, and then came back to get Daive and take HER to the doctor.

Everyone else: feel free to skip this part unless you are actually and truly interested in the details of my dog's health. This is mostly for Haley. Anyway, the verdict is that she has two ear infections (not bad, but still) and butt issues. She's always had butt issues, but these were bad enough that the doctor said, "Wow." Of course Daive was *such* a good dog, even though the ear cleanings hurt since her ears were infected. So the doctor looked in her ears, cleaned them both, put medicine in them both, emptied her anal glands (three times! hence the "wow"), and we had a discussion about her teeth and how she's getting to the point where she needs to have them cleaned. The *only* thing she charged me for was for the prescription she gave me, and that was only 10 dollars. Of course I had to buy cat food, cat litter, and a toy for Daive, and then the vet gave me the two bags of cat litter for the price of one. It was definitely one of those "I love Korea!" moments. That kind of visit at Banfield would have been at least between $75-100. And everytime I go there, she gives me something free or a discount on something. Of course, I spend LOTS of money there, but that would almost never happen in the States.

Okay, end of the dog thing. In more news about me, I'm going to have to go to a dentist here and get fitted for a mouthguard - the thingy you wear at night and keep you from grinding your teeth. It's the whole teeth-grinding thing that gives me headaches, and the migraine on Friday. I'm a bit scared of Korean dentists though, based on the testimony of quite a few foreigners. But I'm just going for the orthodontic thing...so I'll be okay (hopefully). Anyway, I'm off to Costco today to get my necessary stockpile of cheese. Anyone want to volunteer the price of a block of cheddar cheese? I pay arond $9 at Costco, and I'm sure that's a lot...but I can't even begin to remember how much cheese costs in the States. Just curious. Anyway...have a good weekend!