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Christmas

Originally uploaded by heatherandjoel.

Here’s us at Christmas on our balcony! Now we’re off to Mui Ne for New Year’s–can’t wait!

Love you all!

H&J

We get exactly one day off for Christmas: the day itself. Then it’s back to work on Friday. I’m not sure what we’re doing yet. There are lots of sad little parties planned, but I’m tempted to just go downtown and watch a movie. Or find that Mexican restaurant. The novelty of sunbathing during the holidays is waning. 

I wish we could be there with you all this year. We’d hoped to get jobs at a Korean uni, not a Vietnamese one–if we had, we’d have a full month off to fly back. But I guess we weren’t thinking about Christmas in July. Funny: It still feels like July. A perpetual summer.

But it’s not all bad here. Our apartment is the best we’ve ever had in our lives. There are three balconies, all with screen doors. In the morning, the sunlight spills in and we open everything up and feel like we’re half-outside. Yesterday I called in sick (cough, cough) and read in the hammock until the strings made deep lines on my backside. 

We’ll take pictures soon of the loft and the neighborhood we live in. It’s all done up with lights and decorations now. So strange to sweat by a Christmas tree.

Hope you’re well. Enjoy your holiday chill! Oh, to wear a scarf right now…