Not that I dislike my life here or anything. Life just always gets harder in the winter.
But this morning I went out to Itaewon in search of an English bookstore. I got breakfast at a place with okay pancakes but wonderful blueberry topping and a cup of Earl Grey that was easily the best tea I've found in Korea. The bookstore was great and I bought more books than I really need, especially considering how many I have left on my Kindle to read, but BOOKS. Then because there was extra time, my friend and I hit up this shop that she passed last time she was in the area. It was a wonderful decision - I got a ton of baklava, and when I got home and tried it I just about cried because it was so delicious. At work, one of the other classes had an open class today and one of the parents brought cake for all of us, so there was a random cake in the staff room. Very very tasty cake. My box from my grandma arrived today with warm pajama pants and socks (I'm wearing some of them right now because they're waaaaarm), and I've been anticipating it for a while now. Plus I bought flour yesterday, so I finally forced myself to make potato soup for dinner tonight. My first thought was why didn't I do this earlier. I love love love a good potato soup. I guess it seemed like a lot of work...but I tend to keep most of the ingredients around anyway. I was out of bacon, too lazy to defrost the one box of sliced ham I have, and couldn't find cheddar cheese, but a slightly heavier hand with the spices gave the soup plenty of flavor and cheese slices work just fine if you chop them into strips first. Plus I had part of a carrot left over from my chicken noodle soup the other night, so I threw that into the mix...and it is just too perfect of a fall/winter dish. It even has that touch of home.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to have another mug of tea, finish my chocolate and walnut baklava that has an absurd(ly delicious) amount of honey in it, and start reading one of my new books.
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