Highlights of my Day... Tuesday, May 15

1. I had no classes today because of it being Festival Week at Dankook and yet I found myself waking up early to finish typing up the English test I had prepared for Pretty Boy. I then had to find a PC room with a working printer… that wasn’t fun. You see, I’ve been giving my boyfriend free English lessons but we’re quite serious about them. Today he had his unit one test. Talk about tough love… the test was hard but he did great!

2. Had a bit of a melt down after some funky computer error messages popped up on my screen… continually! Pretty Boy poked around, pressed that button, this button and then, after we both tested things out, it gave us a blank screen. Instantly a million and one thoughts flooded my head…. my pictures, my music, my writing, my PowerPoint lecture notes, my ONLY COPY OF MY STUDENTS’ GRADES!!! Oh my gosh! I put my head between my knees and tried to breath! Instantly I pictured myself getting called into the director’s office to have to explain this one! Sweat beaded on my forehead, my hands got all clammy, my heart pounded, and I felt like my chest was caving in. It wasn’t fun.

3. Headed over to the dentist with Pretty Boy and while we were waiting he received a text message saying that he is to move to Incheon on Wednesday… WEDNESDAY?! Wednesday as in tomorrow, as in the day after today, as in the day we are expected at the festival, Wednesday as in less than 24 hours?! Oh my gosh!

4. I knew he couldn’t change the fact that he had to leave tomorrow but none the less, it still made me sad and so, when he went in to talk to the dentist, I excused myself. I told him I had to go to Emart but instead I stood in the stairwell and cried. Tried to compose myself. I ended up going to Emart afterall. I picked up the largest bone I could find for Mi Nam. I knew I’d be arriving home all sad but I thought maybe making Mi Nam happy would rub off on me.

5. After the dentist, Pretty Boy and I went on a little picnic. We picked up some mandu (Chinese dish) and headed out. We sat there beside the mountain stream. I didn’t talk much. I was all choked up and was ready to burst into tears. Thankfully I was able to stop myself before more than a couple of tears fell.

6. I can’t believe I forgot my camera… again! As we drove around, I couldn’t help but wish I could share Korea with all my friends back in Canada. I mean, Korea is nothing like what most people picture it as. Less than 2 minutes from my house is pure country and so it’s really nice to venture out and drive around. Korea is more beautiful than I ever expected and today, with Pretty Boy beside me, the tunes cranked in our truck, and all the windows open, Korea was particularly beautiful and refreshing to me. These are moments I live for! I don’t know when Pretty Boy and I will be able to go on drives like this again and so I tried to take it all in but I couldn’t stop thinking him leaving Cheonan.

7. Because of his new job, Pretty Boy had to trim his hair… no more Korean style hair! He’s got a western cut. Turns out his hair needs to be shorter and so today he went for yet another hair cut. He was quite frustrated with having to cut his hair and he complained about looking like a soldier but I thought he looked great.

8. Ended up fiddling around with my computer again and got it somewhat fixed. I took this as my second chance and so I spent the rest of the evening backing up my files.

9. My parents always tell me, “God is good” and well, today I totally agree. After a very difficult goodbye in which I struggled holding back the tears (ya, I know… I’m such a girl), Pretty Boy left only to return less than 2 minutes later. He had parked his truck in the neighbouring church parking lot and apparently there was some late night service going on (which NEVER happens) and so his truck was blocked in…. sweet. Thanks God! Thank you for giving me an extra half an hour with him. Finally it was time for him to leave. I had snuck a note into his bag along with the cigarillos I had bought on the Air Force Base. I really want him to miss me as much as I miss him.

10. Am convinced I can never show my face again in my building’s GS 25 store when the older man is working. I say this because of the fact that tonight Mi Nam decided he was going to pee on the door mat in the store. Yup, that’s right. There he stood in front of a group of customers, me and the old GS man. He squatted, peed and didn’t give two cents that he just embarrassed the heck out of me! I must have said sorry a million times. I even bought wet-naps to scrub the floor mat. The older man definitely wasn’t impressed, nor was I!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do you know how much saying goodbye sucks?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Home is where your heart is.
-- Author Unknown