Hellish heat and puppy fun

Day two of summer hell has been survived, and so has the puppy. I woke up this morning to a doodee free apartment, as Asher used his puppy pads and had NO accidents last night. I've had him for 4 days, and he's getting into a little routine. He sleeps in his own bed until about 4 in the morning, when I'm woken up by a little puppy whine, with Asher clawing at my covers until I pick him up and put him into the bed. From there we cuddle, with him laying on my chest, sticking his wet little nose into my hair, and snoring. At around 9 I wake up again, turn on the AC, put the puppy on the floor, and go back to sleep for another hour. He's usually playing when I get up, eat his breakfast, and then we snugge while I talk to John and mom online. He's a sweet little thing. He's in a boxed off area while I'm at work, and when I get home I never saw a little animal so excited to see me. He's pretty small too, he fits into the palm of my hand.

School wise it's going alright. For 2 hours at night all the teachers have privates, meaning we teach one student, one on one. I have some classes like this that are supposed to be purely "conversational". However, pulling conversation out of some of these kids is like milking a cat. "I have nipples Greg, could you milk me?" They're seemingly so shy and worried about their English skills that they don't want to speak it. So I'm thinking "SPEAK! YOURE IN AN ENGLISH SCHOOL!" And yet they don't.

Summer has arrived with a vengeance. I don't want to go outside. I want to sit in my apartment with the AC on all day. Every time I step outside I feel like I'm walking into the fiery inferno of Hell.... only I'm not in Hell, I'm in Korea. Think of the hottest, most humid day possible in Ohio. Now multiply it by 5 and you have what I have here.... a burning hot inferno of humid hell. And the concrete, it bakes and bakes, until everything is hot, sticky, and sweaty. And the locals? They walk around in long pants, fleece, gloves, hats, and gloves.... why? Because they don't want the sun to touch them. That's right, I don't get it either. I'm walking around half naked sweating off 10 lbs of body weight daily, and these people look like the Little Ice Age is right around the next corner. I admit defeat on this point.

The dusk is my favorite time here. The lights of the city turn on, the street vendors come out with their fruits and good, and the city is quietly blanketed in darkness. Still hot, but humanely so. My favorite thing is to walk around at night, observing the city and the Koreans. It's peaceful for me, and calms me down and helps me sleep.

Tommorrow? More hellish heat. Lasting? Until mid September I'm told.....

Stay tuned!