That moment when I could only wish it
were physically possibly for me to reach through my phone and upper cut someone
for seriously texting me, “Are you working?” Am I working?! Tell me you didn’t just ask me that. I may seriously have to throw you a
one-two-hook then bill you for my professional fees and slap on a
monthly membership fee or day pass fee just because. [Enter the need for a sarcastic font here.]
I think the more appropriate question is “When
are you NOT working?”
Whether it’s doing renovations at the
boxing club, flying around doing errands or meetings with contracted work crews,
I feel like I am always working. Am
definitely not complaining but I know, I am always working. It’s so overly apparent to us now, both Snickers
and I, that it’d be impossible for us to be married to anyone else but each
other. We eat, sleep and breathe Hulk’s. Our late night pillow talk revolves around it, our days surely focus solely on it, and I wake up to Snickers kissing me, greeting me with a “Good morning Coach
Amy!” and then telling me to hurry up we have to go to Hulk's.
It’s been really interesting to note the
amazing support we’ve been getting from local business, the community, and
friends – friends both in and out of country.
As for family though, that’s a whole other issue. I don’t even know if my two brothers – one in
Canada and the other in the States – know we’re making a boxing club come
to think of it. I haven’t talked to one
of my brother’s since an argument we had over my mother’s death bed, so this
summer it will be two years since I last talked to him. My other brother is just so completely busy
with his family of four – wife and three little ladies -- plus he’s a country man
so he’s not all down with Facebook and emailing. My father has been really supportive of our
boxing club and always mentions that he still can’t believe we’re doing
this. “You’re always up to something. Always taking on something new!” he continually tells me and it’s true.
I’m not one to accept being bored or sticking to what’s expected. Many of my relatives, like my cousins, have also expressed their support to us via Facebook messages and I’m grateful for
that. One of my cousins is married to a
guy that has his own comic shop so it’s been awesome to pick his brain and
bounce ideas with him concerning the Hulk.
As for Snickers’ family, basically it’s just been his father K-Gere and his cousin Brooklyn that have been supporting us. His mother gave us a small loan and we’re grateful but beyond that she’s never asked us about Hulk’s. Perhaps that’s why we haven’t visited her or Snickers’ sisters since maybe mid January. They live about ten minutes from our house, over in Ssangyong-Dong, so it’s really no excuse why they haven’t come to see our club yet. As for K-Gere and Brooklyn though, talk about AMAZING support!!! K-Gere (Snickers’ father) has been faithfully coming every single day for the probably the past month and a half at least, working hard with us on renovations. He did the entire plumbing for both our bathroom and shower room which was by no means an easy job considering all the toilets and showers it meant he had to install and deal with. And as for Brooklyn, he’s Snickers’ cousin who lives about 2.5hrs away. He makes the drive out to Cheonan to help us with our electrical wiring and computer setup after already pulling a full day at his work. He usually shows up around 9pm and then leaves around 3am. The other day he stayed so late that he had no choice but to drive straight to work when he left – now that’s hardcore awesomeness!!!
As for Snickers’ family, basically it’s just been his father K-Gere and his cousin Brooklyn that have been supporting us. His mother gave us a small loan and we’re grateful but beyond that she’s never asked us about Hulk’s. Perhaps that’s why we haven’t visited her or Snickers’ sisters since maybe mid January. They live about ten minutes from our house, over in Ssangyong-Dong, so it’s really no excuse why they haven’t come to see our club yet. As for K-Gere and Brooklyn though, talk about AMAZING support!!! K-Gere (Snickers’ father) has been faithfully coming every single day for the probably the past month and a half at least, working hard with us on renovations. He did the entire plumbing for both our bathroom and shower room which was by no means an easy job considering all the toilets and showers it meant he had to install and deal with. And as for Brooklyn, he’s Snickers’ cousin who lives about 2.5hrs away. He makes the drive out to Cheonan to help us with our electrical wiring and computer setup after already pulling a full day at his work. He usually shows up around 9pm and then leaves around 3am. The other day he stayed so late that he had no choice but to drive straight to work when he left – now that’s hardcore awesomeness!!!
Perhaps this is why I am SO set on trying
to make Hulk’s Boxing more like a community and less of just a place to
train. I mean, I have family but my
family isn’t in Korea and the family that is here really isn’t. I’ve decided that I can’t get hung up on it
so on that note my family is the family I pick for myself. And if that means we have no shared last name
and no blood connection then so be it.
Like I told Snickers, “We have sweat connections”, and perhaps that
makes this water thicker than blood.
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