A bit of a mishap and a big storm

For Angela and all people who know her, I'd just like to let you all know that I now have a bump on my leg too. Not of the phantom variety.... mine is black and blue all over and hurts when I move to quickly. So, this is the short but painful story of the mishap, yet another tale of the clumbsiness of me (Deborah).

Scott and I were on our way out for dinner Sunday night, all was going well as we walked to our destination until we stopped at the stop lights. In Korea, there are cement blocks every foot on the side of the road, to prevent the cars from coming on to the sidewalk (I guess that's what they're for anyway.. I don't really know). Not knowing, or not remembering that I was standing behind one, I moved forward with my leg with full force as the little red man on the lights turned into a little green man.... SMACK, right into the cement block... I think the Korean people around me thought I was a complete idiot as I yelled 'ow ow ow ow...' and other English ouchey phrases. It was kind of painful to walk for the rest of the night and I had a nice shiny bump pretty much right away. Now it has become a nice big bruise, and still hurts.

Well, not really a very exciting story for those of you not interested in bumps and bruises, but it's the most interesting one I can come up with at present. So, on to the big storm story.

It started at about 4:00 am this morning that both Scott and I woke up to very loud thunder and probably the loudest rain I have ever heard... It was raining very hard. However, when we woke up at 7:00, the rain had stopped and all seemed calm. So, we walked to work (35 min walk) as usual and didn't take either our umbrella or our bus cards. Shortly after we arrived at work a giant down pour began, as did the thunder and lightning. This time it did not stop. When Scott had to leave the Hann campus and travel 35 minutes to the Cheolsan campus, he had neither umbrella nor bus card.... and consequently had to walk. He got drenched pretty much as soon as he left the building. When I left at 5:00pm, it was still raining hard, and so being in the same situation, I arrived home soaked to the skin.

Anyway, I guess it's all part of the Korean rainy season that supposedly lasts until the end of September. Pastor Bill (the pastor of the church we have been attending) told us that it goes in cycles and we had had quite a few sunny and extremely hot days lately. He said that we're still in for the worst part of the rainy season, since the Hann river has not yet flooded, and it usually does. Pastor Bill has been here for 20 some years, so I guess he'd know (he's originally from Oklahoma for anyone interested).

We have a long weekend this week, so it should be pretty nice to have the time off. This coming weekend is 'Chuesok'... it is the Korean harvest festival that spans three days... it is usually referred to as Korean Thanksgiving. It may be kind of cool to see some of the festivities.

Well, better go.............. Talk to some of you later.