Snowy Season!

I woke up this week on Friday morning and quickly remembered that snow was in the forecast. I rushed to my window and found that there was snow falling everywhere! It was a beautiful and memorable scene, made more poignant because of its rarity compared to Florida. That was around 8am, but strangely, by the time I was walking out the door to work, the snow was mostly gone. It was really short-lived, but I'm glad I saw it while it was here, and perhaps it will come back in a few weeks. The temperature has really dropped lately, so I'm wearing my jacket, hat, gloves, and scarf most every day. I think it's fun, though sometimes the walk to work is a bit uncomfortable.
In other news, I got an awesome Christmas package from my mom. Unfortunately I could only open the pair of gloves and two books that I'd ordered from Amazon--the rest of the gift-wrapped present must remain unopened for a little longer. They make for nice decoration in the house, though, so I don't mind too much.
This past week at work was a little tough as we were down a few teachers. We have a new teacher, David, from England (not really from Wales--he just lived there for a while) and he seems like he'll fit in well. Sasha is nearing the end of her stay here, so we've been hanging out as much as possible. We went to a board game cafe to play Risk twice in the last week, and good luck and some strategizing let me conquer. It's such a fun game! I really enjoy it. We played with five people in one game, which is all the better, because everyone is so unpredictable and anything can happen. I was paid back handily though in darts. Usually I win by a fairly large margin, but last night I was destroyed three games in a row by the typically mediocre Doug. He somehow played the best darts of his life and consecutively dominated all of us, shamed as I am to admit it. =)
This only other big news I have is that I am going to Tokyo for four days later this month. There was a really good deal for a round-trip ticket from Busan to Tokyo that was half-price. It's actually cheaper than taking the ferry across and comes with meal service, so I was really blessed to get such a deal. I'll leave Christmas morning and get to Tokyo in the early afternoon, and stay until Sunday night. I think it will be fun to explore one of the world's largest cities and experience a completely different culture. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures.