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I remember how the week before my high school classes started every August, I would rush to get the Cliff’s Notes versions of my summer reading list. I love reading, but not if I’m told that I have to (kind of how I respond to most things in life, actually…).

Anyway, the Lofbomm.com blog has been a little sparse this summer, and a lot has gone undocumented. Thusly, I now introduce to you the Cliff’s Notes version of our Summer 2007 in three easy-to-read-volumes: June, July, and August.

So, without further ado, June!

I continued working at English Village, but I was changed once again to the weekend shift. Lousy schedule, but nice work, younger children, variety in classes taught, etc. Adam completed another quarter at De Paul with straight A’s and looked toward a summer with an empty schedule wondering, ‘What will I do with my time?’

A friend called, not knowing Adam’s desire for work, and handed him a temporary full-time job piloting a new teaching program in Seoul, affiliated with an English publishing company. Said friend also had a large apartment in Seoul with an empty bedroom for Adam. Adam began two months of work, living with our friends Monday-Friday, coming to Paju on the weekends. I spent my days off, Wednesdays and Thursdays in Seoul with him. We enjoyed the opportunity to miss each other and had a really nice time whenever we were with each other.

Living in Seoul, Adam continued taking his weekly photography class. He took some great photos in the process and learned more about handling his DSLR camera. We spent a bit of time with his photography teacher Giorgia and her husband Luca before they returned to Italy at the end of the month.

Our weekends at English Village were filled with parties including a Mexican Fiesta in the cafeteria (a farewell for several friends departing EV) and our friend Cheryl’s birthday party.

We celebrated our third wedding anniversary at the end of the month with a formal Italian dinner, a view from the top of Seoul’s 63 building, and $12 desserts at the Grand Hyatt, taking taxis the whole way (a treat for the public transit couple that we have become).

The end of June wore on as I prepared for my last and busiest month at English Village, spending all of my spare time commuting 90 minutes to the city to be with my husband. Our families were telling us of the lovely summers and vacations they were having while we were getting the runaround from certain Korean administrations. We were pretty exhausted and homesick for each other and for home by the end of June.

But there was another month to go before any resolution…

-Jessica