Highlights of my Day... Monday, May 28

1. By the time 11am rolled around I had already had a jammed pack morning. Let's see, what did I do.... I went for an early morning jog, had a meeting, loaded up on caffeine, had breakfast, checked out the local book store, emailed a million and one people, broke up with Pretty Boy, paid my housing bills, and played soccer with Mi Nam.

2. Yup, you read it correctly. Pretty Boy is out of the picture. Although I've been trying to accept his evident selfishness and lack of sensitivity towards me as a woman and as a girlfriend, I really wasn't cool with him calling me up today and hearing him blurt out "I hate you". I don't know why he said it but he did. Instantly my blood boiled and I sat in my chair with my fists clinched. But then I thought to myself, he's young... how could he possibly know how to deal with a real woman?! But me, being the stubborn Polish woman that I am, I just had to have the last line and so I asked him, "Do you know the word karma?" He said no and so then after the conversation ended, I texted him the word. I figured the least I could do was give him a kind of heads up on what's coming his way.

3. My mother raised me to be a strong independent woman and my father raised me to be a lady and so, on that note, I have nothing more to say about Pretty Boy. Despite the disappointment and heartache that I feel right now, I know I will get over it. I have way too much going for myself to have some dude kill it for me. I refuse to let him tainten my experience in Korea and take away from the beautiful life I live here. I'm a firm believer in karma and so that's exactly where I'll leave him... in karma's hands.

4. Although I was upset, I decided to go into work extra early today. Ki Dong had returned from his month of being away (he was away doing his practicum) and so it was so great to see him. I really missed our sarcastic conversations and his random far-fetched ideas that always made me laugh. As a joke he asked me what was new and asked if I had changed my boyfriend, I guess he didn't really expect me to say yes and so he felt kind of bad. That's ok, no worries. I haven't changed my boyfriend, I have no boyfriend.

5. With too much time on my hands before class and no students dropping by the office to ask me for help, I sat around contemplating my summer plans. Originally I was going to work at a couple of English camps but then I thought, what's the point?! After all, I'm getting two months paid holidays and I'm definitely not hard up for cash.

My Summer Plans:
a. Volunteer at the local orphanage
b. Babysit Soul (my friend's little 5 year-old cutie)
c. Train like a mad woman
d. Do some renovations on my house
e. Teach Mi Nam some tricks
f. Finish off my two self-study Korean language textbooks
g. Re-read all the Korean culture textbooks I brought here from my university days
h. Find a boxing gym in Cheonan

6. Headed over to see Sue for a game of chess, in which she creamed me!!! Sue may only be 7 years old but she always has some kind of silly advice to give me. I told her about Pretty Boy and she responded by saying, "Don't worry. Korea has many men. You just need to wear more skirts." I don't know what that's suppose to mean but it was as funny as hell.

7. As I made my way home, Hannah called me up and told me she was taking me out for supper. I really didn't want to be with anyone but I knew that I needed to be surrounded with friends and, who better to hang out with, than her. I know she doesn't have much money and so her taking me out to dinner was really amazing and super thoughtful of her. Jae Min joined up with us after supper and so we headed off for ice cream and coffee. Ice cream always makes me smile and Jae Min and Hannah always make me laugh... it was the perfect remedy and it worked to totally wipe out the drab morning I had.

8. They say "You have to know the sweet to know the sour" and so I suppose that means you also have to know the sour to know the sweet, sounds right. Well, today's morning was definitely sour but tonight, with Hannah and Jae Min, it was so sweet... super sweet. I guess it took me to go through this today to realize just how awesome those two are. As we sat there eating ice cream, Jae Min leaned towards me and told me "You are never alone; you have us".

9. As I walked home from my evening out, I received two text messages from a co-worker of mine, Ji Young. She wrote, "I'm worried about you.... I'm a good listener ~ Whenever feel blue talk to me. I wanna share your burden." How awesome is she?!!!

10. So, despite the rocky start to my morning, I ended the day off on a really good note... an awesome note actually. I'd like to say a HUGE thanks to my whole K-Crew here and to all my friends on FaceBook who showered me with concern and encouragement today. You'll never know how much it meant to me but I just wanted to say thank you.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Is the glass half empty or half full?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
-- Albert Einstein