Up and Down Day

This morning I was able to skype with my Mom and Grandpa. It was great seeing and hearing them. Oh yes, I also got to see my Toby-baby as well. I miss his furry little face. We were interrupted by my roommate telling me to "lower your voice!!!" A few minutes later, her alarm clock went off. When I said goodbye to my Mom and Grandpa, I tried to apologize to her, only getting to "I'm sorry" before she quickly said, "It's okay" and immediately turned around, as I continued to say, "I was talking to my Mom and Grandpa...."

So, it was a little difficult not having her care or understand about my situation. I also felt like she was saying "it's okay" because that is the "correct" response when someone says "I'm sorry". I also found out today that the wireless is not actually even hers; it's provided through my residence, so she's not even really sharing that with me!

Anyway, I met Brian and we walked to school. I talked to the teacher--in Korean--to ask if I could change class; I explained that I had read the textbook last night and understood everything. It's just my speaking that is lacking-I understand what I read and some of what is being said around me. She said she would see if there was room in a level 2 class...(the down-another adoptee I met is in level 3 and tried to move to level 2, but they told her there is no room...so I'm guessing I cannot move up.)

So, class proceeded with us finishing the alphabet in the first half. The second half was reading basic words...I knew all the words. After class, Brian and I decided to go to the bookstore and buy level 2 books so we could study together. While we were in the building we decided we'd go to lunch at the 'cafeteria' again since it is in the same building, is cheap, and it was pouring outside. In the cafeteria, we ran into a few of our acquaintances from Monday. We sat with them and talked and then decided to study together after lunch.

Study session went fine. We basically sat at the same table and just worked in our own little worlds. The homework Brian and I have is like child's play compared to their class-they are both in level 3, but not the same class group. We were just writing letters. ㅠ.ㅠ SO SAD!! (That is the Korean character for the sound "you" and they are used to make sad crying eyes--can you see the 2 lines of tears falling from each eye?)

I came back to my residence ready to do some exercising when I saw one of my Korean friends (I met through another adoptee last year) online and asked if she had the same phone number because she mentioned she would be coming to Seoul in a week or two. We had an hour conversation, most of it her making me use Korean. She told me when she comes to visit, I will have to speak in Korean to her too. I'm excited but nervous too.

After our conversation, I finally was able to start on my exercises. Then, I was doing a little bit of dinking around on the computer before I decided to start on my homework. However, Brian asked me if I had eaten dinner yet (I had snacked a bit, but not eaten too much) so we decided to go out. We went to his favorite samgypsal (Korean pork BBQ--we grill the food at our table) place.

I have finally arrived back and am ready to finish my pages and pages of handwriting. While very easy to do, I think it will be a bit tedious. Also, as I finished up writing this, my roommate has started a skype conversation of some sort with someone and is speaking overly loud I believe...and I wonder if it's because I woke her up this morning.