Highlights of my Day... Saturday, May 15

1. Snickers trekked off to work for his last day of his temp job, leaving me home and alone.

2. Had I not been as sick as a dog, I would have been bored out of my skull. I’m not too sure what the heck I’ve got going on, whether it’s allergies, a cold, or even the flu, but whatever it is it’s driving me mental. My nose is clogged like there’s no tomorrow, I spontaneously go into sneezing fits, my mouth is so dang dry and scratching from having to breath out of it, and my voice has become raspy.

3. My Vicks mask soaked in Vicks vapor rub no longer has an effect on me like the other day and I ran out of my much needed NyQuil a while back. I’m not too keen on going to the doctors here in Korea because it means going to the hospital, a nesting place for every sickness under the sun and where if you’re not already sick you’re bound to pick something up. Moreover, Korean hospitals are notorious for giving you a shot in the bum for just about everything. I’m sure it’s only an extra dose of vitamins but I rather keep my Polish tush to myself and stick to eating my fruits and veggies.

4. Yesterday I ate but only my morning protein-packed pancake and two small tangerines the size of golf balls. Today I slept the day away and besides getting up twice to take a pee break, I didn’t do anything else which meant I also didn’t eat.

5. Snickers returned to Ggum Guum after work looking like he had just gone to a tanning salon. His buddies tease him about his darker complextion but I think his glowing, sun-kissed skin looks beautiful.

6. No sooner did Snickers arrive home but then he was heading out the door again. It was Grandpa-K’s birthday and, though he is no longer with us, today the Kim family was hosting a birthday ceremony at his tomb. Again I missed out on a family gathering on account of whatever the heck is going on with my body these days… dang.

7. And so I went back to sleep.

8. I woke up around 5:30pm to the sound of my neighbor’s dog going haywire outside in the hall.
9. I bit my upper lift and thought I’d wait it out, hoping that my neighbor or someone for that matter would come out and stop it from barking. After a half an hour I couldn’t take it anymore. I swung open the door and stepped into the hall. I had initially thought the mutt was in the hall, turns out it was in my neighbor’s apartment but they had propped the door open and put up a mini metal fence. And there in the background were my neighbors, sitting and watching TV. I’m on good terms with my neighbors but they know Snickers and I can’t stand their overly hyper, super nosiey and ultra annoying dog. I didn’t know what to say, I was tired, sick, furious and I wanted nothing more than to field goal that dog (metaphically speaking that is). I didn’t know what to say and ended up blurting out “I’m going to eat your dog if it doesn’t stop!” Honestly though, I’m not too sure whether or not they were more shocked at what I said or the fact that I had presented myself in their doorway wearing a pair of Snickers’ boxer briefs, a tank top, and a head full of overly-frizzy bedhead… hahaha.

10. Got word that one of my brothers just got engaged!!! He’s been living in New York and along with success and fame, he’s also found love, so congrats to the King of Queens!!! My soon-to-be sister-in-law is a trendy little American gal and God bless her for being able to tame my brother and his wild ways down... hahaha. All the best to the beautiful couple!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What have you found lately?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.
-- Candice Bergen