First day of "school"

I say first day of "school" because it really was. It was one of those mornings when I woke up super early before my alarm, I tried on everything in my closet because nothing looked good, and the thought "what will people think of me?" ran constantly through my mind. (Essentially, I haven't changed since middle school, lol) I am still unfamiliar with where everything is in the village, so it really felt like I was navigating a college campus all over again. I am aware that I don't do well with change (shocker!) so today was inevitably a little overwhelming for me. However, the day was also exhilarating, creative, and motivating too!

Everyone at GEV has been incredibly friendly and helpful. It's a pretty "small town" so everyone seems to know that I am the new face and they come up and introduce themselves! Stephanie, our head teacher, took me on a tour of the village first thing this morning. And she basically led the whole day of orientation: reading through policy handbook, setting up my on-campus bank account, answering questions, introducing me to admin...etc. She was so wonderful and patient with me.

I do feel as though 9am-6pm was PACKED with information overload from policies, to various Korean words, to choreogrpahy and blocking, to scheduling, to meeting many new faces....it was awesome and terrifying at the same time.

I love how organized everyone is here. Stephanie sends out a spreadsheet with everyone's schedule every few days... here is an example:

I know its hard to read anything on here; I more just wanted to post it for the visual sake!

This is the spreadsheet for one day
 :-)

Its super busy here, but just as exciting.



After rehearsal today, a few of us went upstairs to this huge dance studio and worked out to one of Jillian Michaels (the trainer from 'The Biggest Loser') workout videos. It was intense! Zumba is tomorrow!

While I was sitting outside waiting to set up my bank account, I took some pics of the village.... here are some of the little ones lining up outside :-) Korean babies are so cute!

And here is another picture of the village (part of it at least) The building is City Hall. This is where we clock in or out by scanning our fingerprints! High tech, right?