Moving Day

Lot to talk about today, more because I wrote half of this yesterday on my phone and then Facebook auto-updated and erased it all >:(

Taught two more classes on Friday that went really went, and got my final schedule for next semester with 20 classes instead of 22.  Score!  Now I'll be teaching four classes on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, five on Wednesday and three on Friday.  I still have to be at the office from 2 - 10 pm even if I start late or finish early, but I'm sure I'll have plenty to do for quite a while.

Moved into my new apartment yesterday.  It's a loft, so the bed is upstairs.  There's also no key because the door has an electronic lock that runs on four AA batteries.  It seems pretty good, except that the departing teacher got locked outside for two hours yesterday because the batteries died, so that's something to watch out for.  I have quite a bit of storage space, but no drawers, so I'll probably need to buy something to put my socks and such away in.  There's also no table or chair, which I'll want to get to make using my computer more comfortable.  The windows are opaque, though I'm on the third floor and face the adjacent building anyway, so there wouldn't be much of a view.

I went out a few times yesterday to get stuff, most notably food so I could finally have a decent breakfast again.  (Hello, bananas, cereal and soy milk!  I've missed you!)  Avalon bought me a new blanket and pillow set, and I took the existing blankets to a nearby dry cleaner on the departing teacher's advice.  I think I spent close to 200,000 won on stuff yesterday, and I'm not done yet.

I also, frustratingly, ran into some fairly serious computer problems yesterday.  My computer started freezing on startup and occasionally crashing because of a machine check exception.  Once or twice it let me past the startup screen, only to freeze a few minutes later.  I finally figured out that it only freezes if starts up while connecting to the public/unsecured wifi I've been using.  If I turn on my computer and then connect, there's no problem.  (The departing teacher used his phone as a hotspot instead of getting internet service, so I have to make do until I can call someone, which won't be until Monday.)  It would appear that there's a hardware issue with my wifi adapter, which doesn't make me happy.  I've checked thoroughly for viruses and haven't found anything there.

Today I go back to Incheon to get my boxes so I can finish unpacking and get a little more settled in.  Monday I start teaching a full class load; it's going to be tough, but so far the classes don't seem too hard to teach.  I'm sure everything with be fine! *waits for disaster to strike*