Trophy Wife in Training

I never thought I'd see the day where purchasing an oven was the highlight of my weekend. But, low and behold, that just happened. The absence of an oven in my life was taking it's toll on me so I caved. It's bigger than a toaster oven, but smaller than an actual oven. SIZE DOES NOT MATTER my friends. I'm ecstatic to be able to roast vegetables, make my own granola, and bake! To celebrate, me and my oven made chicken fajitas tonight-complete with homemade tortillas! Such a culinary genius I am. I'm going to make some lucky gentleman very happy someday. HA.

Oliver the Oven in all his glory

The smell of bell peppers, onions, and garlic roasting will ALWAYS bring me back to my kitchen in Cusco. I think about my time in Peru pretty often and as much as I'm enjoying Korea, I'd give anything to be back in that apartment every sunday for "family dinner". Speaking of my Peruvian family, I'm currently chatting with two of my favorite girls, Carolina and Taylor, who are in Spain and Argentina respectively. I think it's the coolest thing in the world that we can be on 3 different continents but are still able to stay in contact as often as we like.

On another note, I've finally beaten the flu. That illness is NO JOKE....NO JOKE, I tell you. I spent an entire week in absolute misery. Work was rough, but I survived. The turning point was Friday afternoon (yes, the last day of the week) when I had Science with the littlest nuggets in school and we got to make glow-in-the-dark glasses. I had been lethargic and probably quite boring in all of my classes leading up to this point. But there's nothing in the world that could keep me from having some glow-in-the-dark fun with the cutest kids in the entire universe. Oh, the glasses make us look like scuba divers? You bet your ass I'm gonna play shark and chase you around the room for an hour. Their cuteness still kills me, even after 3 months.

HOW could I forget? The other highlight of my week involved these little angels as well. In the middle of Science on Tuesday, Emma teacher came knocking on my door with 2 of the little munchkins pictured above who wanted to show me something. Emma had told them to draw their favorite teacher at SLP, and 2 of them drew me! They gave me a big hug and I melted even more than I do on a normal day when I see them! Absolutely precious. Top notch teacher moment right there. I've decided that the two on the bottom of the picture are the two I'll be kidnapping and bringing home with me.