Friday, May 5, 2017
Before I came to Korea,
I thought I was going to be ALL ABOUT this watching people eat thing. But it's actually just weird. It doesn't help that to a Westerner like me, there is no graceful way to eat noodles with chopsticks. They show these on the bus, so you can end up watching even if you don't want to. &, it turns out, I kind of just don't want to.
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Monday, May 1, 2017
Back to the grindstone.
Today is my first day working out after 2 weeks off to give that damned shin plenty of rest. It wasn't hurting when I walked, so I'm walking home again. I'd be walking to school as well, if I could JUST get myself to get moving a little earlier. I need to be ready to leave about 10-15 minutes before I am these days. I'll just be doing low impact HIIT that's geared toward beginners, even just doing 20 secs on, 10 secs off instead of 50 on, 10 off. I'll likely do my kundalini yoga on Tues & Thurs, but will do this great warm up for shin splint yoga. After a workout focused on jabs or some punch/kick combos, the warm up to sitting on my heels, I could FINALLY sit on my heels! So hopefully another week committed to those stretches will get me even further. They still hurt when I initially get down there, but the fact that the pain subsides, whereas before IT SO DID NOT, that's progress.
The other grindstone I'm a bit uncertain/ambivalent about returning to is trying to see Ludwig again. In my previous post, Ludwig had missed our second date because he worked 'til 4 AM, forgot & fell asleep. That I could understand. He asked about the weekend, said maybe Friday, he'd let me know then. But I had wine night, so I suggested Saturday after 10. He said ok. & wine night was of course great because I know great people down here. Laura berated me for not coming for 4 months, which I KNOW is wrong, I know I'd been there at least once since December. But what matters is I saw everyone & was surprised & saddened a little but understanding that dear Laura and her boyfriend Dustin will leave... in February? Jesus how did I forget already? Sooner if not then, but not immediately. I think. Really sad when I think of it now. But the time had to come sometime.
Saturday I sent a text at 6:30 to see if Ludwig & I were still on. Went to the Bundang Social, where they of course can't fucking make a hamburger, but had good fries & cheap, if premixed, drinks. Bartender was a great guy, as was some other guy I started talking to because he & I were the only ones who showed up 10 minutes early. I marveled at his ability to keep the conversation going. But soon enough his friends came & no one else was really mingling, so I left.
Ludwig didn't check nor respond to the message I sent until 11:30. He said he was sorry, he doesn't have notifications on for kakao. Wanted to know where I was. Waited 7 minutes, then sent a ?. Interesting, since I was curious AS HELL about where HE was all that time! Also wasn't really buying he didn't know he had a message because he checked snapchat like 4 times on our first date. Maybe without notifications the messages don't show up on your screen, but the thing is... CHECK! You know you made plans for that night, so you check your messages to see what's going on there. Unless, you know, you forgot. I replied at 2 that I was out, since he didn't respond I figured he'd forgotten, & there was no need for me to cut my night short for that.
Yesterday, brunch was delightful, discovered that one of the girls from burlesque is as bitter & good at said bitterness as I am, & yet she has this Mercedes-like skill of finding sales items, & having majored in fashion, likewise knows what does & doesn't work. She offers sewing classes too, so she will I believe be able to fix the French maid top that was made to fit Chinese girls, not me.
Ludwig asked about last night yesterday, I said wasn't sure, he forgets all our plans anyway so I'm not sure he really wants to meet me. I said I'd let him know, & didn't text back.
Predictably, he got in touch to ask when he'd meet me. I said I wasn't sure he would since he couldn't remember. I told him he shouldn't need messages to remember we have plans. I told him I'm not sure what to think: his inability to remember tells me he's not interested, but he keeps sending messages, which he doesn't have to do.
I think now of Deborah Clair, because it's always good to think of my girl, but also because she said she wants to read my blog but so many words! Ludwig is succinct (if misspelled) where I just am not: "Yes i want but the last week i was not sur little busy/ You want thursday? Im sur".
Thursday. Not Wednesday or Friday, which are holidays. Not tomorrow, when my middle school girls have their exams so I'll likely leave work tomorrow at 7 or so (except to stay & work on speaking contests). Thursday. Friday I'm getting drinks with Jess & whomever else at my fav cocktail bar, & possibly brunch again Sunday, who knows? We'll see.
Jorge was busy this weekend & other than having an uncanny ability to text when I'm busy & then when I remember is sleeping so I can't return the text, I still have to tell him I just want to be friends but not sure how.
But that's for another time, I have to be at the US Embassy tomorrow at 10:15 (😫) to see the only notary in town for credit card stuff.
Last bit of news: have to see if Sue will give me my severance this summer, or give it all when I leave the school. The latter is what a new law states, but I can't afford to fly home without it. We'll see what she says tomorrow. I hope. Or Thurs? Sucks that I have to go in: about 1/2 the schools are giving people Thurs & next Monday off because voting day is next Tues, so it's a nice LONNNNG weekend for some. I'm among the other half who were not so lucky. Well, at least I like work, so I don't resent it too much. Updates when I have them.
The other grindstone I'm a bit uncertain/ambivalent about returning to is trying to see Ludwig again. In my previous post, Ludwig had missed our second date because he worked 'til 4 AM, forgot & fell asleep. That I could understand. He asked about the weekend, said maybe Friday, he'd let me know then. But I had wine night, so I suggested Saturday after 10. He said ok. & wine night was of course great because I know great people down here. Laura berated me for not coming for 4 months, which I KNOW is wrong, I know I'd been there at least once since December. But what matters is I saw everyone & was surprised & saddened a little but understanding that dear Laura and her boyfriend Dustin will leave... in February? Jesus how did I forget already? Sooner if not then, but not immediately. I think. Really sad when I think of it now. But the time had to come sometime.
Saturday I sent a text at 6:30 to see if Ludwig & I were still on. Went to the Bundang Social, where they of course can't fucking make a hamburger, but had good fries & cheap, if premixed, drinks. Bartender was a great guy, as was some other guy I started talking to because he & I were the only ones who showed up 10 minutes early. I marveled at his ability to keep the conversation going. But soon enough his friends came & no one else was really mingling, so I left.
Ludwig didn't check nor respond to the message I sent until 11:30. He said he was sorry, he doesn't have notifications on for kakao. Wanted to know where I was. Waited 7 minutes, then sent a ?. Interesting, since I was curious AS HELL about where HE was all that time! Also wasn't really buying he didn't know he had a message because he checked snapchat like 4 times on our first date. Maybe without notifications the messages don't show up on your screen, but the thing is... CHECK! You know you made plans for that night, so you check your messages to see what's going on there. Unless, you know, you forgot. I replied at 2 that I was out, since he didn't respond I figured he'd forgotten, & there was no need for me to cut my night short for that.
Yesterday, brunch was delightful, discovered that one of the girls from burlesque is as bitter & good at said bitterness as I am, & yet she has this Mercedes-like skill of finding sales items, & having majored in fashion, likewise knows what does & doesn't work. She offers sewing classes too, so she will I believe be able to fix the French maid top that was made to fit Chinese girls, not me.
Ludwig asked about last night yesterday, I said wasn't sure, he forgets all our plans anyway so I'm not sure he really wants to meet me. I said I'd let him know, & didn't text back.
Predictably, he got in touch to ask when he'd meet me. I said I wasn't sure he would since he couldn't remember. I told him he shouldn't need messages to remember we have plans. I told him I'm not sure what to think: his inability to remember tells me he's not interested, but he keeps sending messages, which he doesn't have to do.
I think now of Deborah Clair, because it's always good to think of my girl, but also because she said she wants to read my blog but so many words! Ludwig is succinct (if misspelled) where I just am not: "Yes i want but the last week i was not sur little busy/ You want thursday? Im sur".
Thursday. Not Wednesday or Friday, which are holidays. Not tomorrow, when my middle school girls have their exams so I'll likely leave work tomorrow at 7 or so (except to stay & work on speaking contests). Thursday. Friday I'm getting drinks with Jess & whomever else at my fav cocktail bar, & possibly brunch again Sunday, who knows? We'll see.
Jorge was busy this weekend & other than having an uncanny ability to text when I'm busy & then when I remember is sleeping so I can't return the text, I still have to tell him I just want to be friends but not sure how.
But that's for another time, I have to be at the US Embassy tomorrow at 10:15 (😫) to see the only notary in town for credit card stuff.
Last bit of news: have to see if Sue will give me my severance this summer, or give it all when I leave the school. The latter is what a new law states, but I can't afford to fly home without it. We'll see what she says tomorrow. I hope. Or Thurs? Sucks that I have to go in: about 1/2 the schools are giving people Thurs & next Monday off because voting day is next Tues, so it's a nice LONNNNG weekend for some. I'm among the other half who were not so lucky. Well, at least I like work, so I don't resent it too much. Updates when I have them.
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