It's been one week since we came here :)

First things first.
The most exciting thing we've done so far: Get a puppy!!!
Pictures of Tank are at the bottom of the page.
Before seeing lovable Tank, bear with us as I explain our past week. :)

I'll have to say, the trip was pretty painful.
Well, as the start to the trip, we were stopped in Pittsburgh at the counter of United Airlines for not having a return ticket booked and not having a copy of the work visa. It was terrible because we thought we would miss our flight to Dulles. After being on the phone with Korea though, we finally were allowed to board, and we flew to Dulles. Look at the aircraft we got to ride on! Yes, that's Paul on the tarmac!

Before that though, look what I managed to get a snap of.. teehee. They're hugging!

Once in D.C., Paul took the 5 hour layover to take a itty bitty nap.

Here's a picture of us from the airport.

We got to ride on a GIGANTUOUS jumbo plane. Here's the food they served us. mmm.
Plane bibimbap, beef stew??, and maybe a pasta dish. They definitely need to talk to Kashi about catering their food... the flavor was pretty underwhelming.

This poor guy was stuck next to us the entire flight. He was pretty lame.. but also pretty nice. The only communication with him was to ask him to move so we could go potty...

Here we are in Korea! The first day we went outside of our apartment, Paul stepped in gum. Here he is trying to pry it off of his new Rainbows.

And here we are in front of Lotte World. We went with a co-worker and her friends to go bowl. I think I did the worst of everyone there... :)

Here's Paul drinking an Angel-in-us coffee. The names of the stores here are pretty terrible. We're not sure why they decided to call the coffee chain Angel-in-us... Also, notice the people repelling down the side of the building in the background. They're window cleaners and they dangle off the side of the building washing windows. It's Paul's favorite thing to watch here.

This is our first day of work. Paul is sitting at his desk. I sit right next to him in the teacher's lounge!

Here we are during training.

Anyway, we'll post more pictures as we take them... but without further ado meet the newest Beattie - Tank!!!!

He's a teacup yorkshire terrier. He's currently a little over 3 months old and weighs 500g. We adopted him from a girl named Rachael. She teaches English at an institution about 30mins away. He's about the size of a medium rat... he's REALLY small. But he thinks he's the biggest dude in the world! We added a bell to his collar today because we can never find him. He's the best in the world :) Also, he just got his summer haircut so his head looks about 2x bigger than his body... it's really cute :)

And for all of the Beatties out there, heres another picture of Paul. I'm taking good care of him and he is super happy! :)

7 comments:

Caroline May 31, 2008 at 7:22 AM  

Haha, because all the Beatties worry. Can you let people leave anonymous comments? Because the grandmas are never going to figure out the making accounts--and if they do, it's only going to be because I have to go help them. So...you know. Be nice to us.

Also, Tank is like...tiny. Put him in a shoe! And take a picture. Does he even need to go on walks?!

Caroline May 31, 2008 at 7:23 AM  

Also the word verification. They might never understand that.

Caroline May 31, 2008 at 7:29 AM  

Oh me again. Um, Paul, you're mean. I guess I'm kinda dense and didn't realize that the manga thing like, doesn't wrap up in one book? It's not like a series, it's like all one thing. I read "Love Hina" and you don't appear to have anymore except the 8th one, and the Carnegie Library keeps that series in Penn Hills or something crazy. So....what do I do?!

You totally don't need grandmas when I spend my morning commenting.

You didn't say anything about work!!!

Caroline May 31, 2008 at 11:54 AM  

I am told to post the following from Mom:
I really need to register with Google and get a password and all that stuff so I can comment to your blog directly.

Does Tank get good reception? I bet you could set him up on the tv and pick up WTAE!

Yes, Caroline is home and the pawn is out, but I hope people don’t think you’re the Tide. Yikes!

This is the best—thanks so much. We love you!


Dad thought the TV reception comment was freaking hilarious.

Emily June 2, 2008 at 5:09 AM  

Tank looks so cute! So tiny! I bet you could sneak him in everywhere haha

The blog is awesome, keep it up!

Amy Beattie June 2, 2008 at 6:05 PM  

Yeah, he's amazingly cute (and tiny). He's just really energetic and happy :). However, we started crate training today.... things are going to get ugly from here. He was crying so much we had to leave the room and escape to Paul's :(
Hopefully he will not see the crate as such a bad thing by the end of the week... and we hope we don't get kicked out!

Anonymous June 5, 2008 at 2:59 PM  

wah! yaaaaaaay! looks like you are making quite a living. :) it's FINALLY starting to warm up here in chicago..