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Week 51 - Y2 (Feb 18th to Feb 24th) |
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Sunday Feb 18th,
This afternoon, Evan and Ali came to keep me company
at my apartment. Turns out that Ali has to leave
soon-- her dad is pretty ill, and it looks like he's
going to need a liver transplant, so she's going to go
home early. This throws a big wrench in Evan and
Ali's longterm plans-- Ali was going to try to move to
Canada after they were finished in Korea. Plus, they
were planning on travelling for awhile as well. Now,
depending on what happens with Ali's dad, it looks
like Evan might be moving to England instead.
So hopefully, I'll get better sooner rather than
later, cause I'm going to need to make it to Daegu to
see Ali before she leaves!
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Monday Feb 19th,
I decided I've had enough, and took off the splint
today. It still hurts a lot, I'm still limping, and
it's still really bruised and swelled up. But I'm
walking! I even went to the corner store sans crutches
today. It was quite an achievement!
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Thursday Feb 22nd,
I went to the doctor today, to return the crutches and
get a check-up on my foot. To my utter dismay, the
xrays showed that the toe is not remotely close to
healed yet, and because of where the toe is broken (at
a point where a lot of walking weight goes on it), I
have to keep the crutches for another 3 weeks! I
thought the end was in sight . . . So I'm back on the
crutches, back on the anti-inflammatories, and now on
calcium pills at the doctor's orders.
After the appointment, I kind of went against doctor's
orders and walked around Itaewon a bit. I know I
probably just set myself back another week, but let's
just say my mental health needed it! There are few
feelings I hate more than sloth and uselessness-- fine
for a couple of days, but 3 weeks? No thanks. I had
a latte, went to the used bookstore, and had a burrito
at "Taco" while reading a fashion magazine. Exactly
what I needed! BTW, what has happened to all the
young foreigner guys in Seoul? Everywhere I turn,
there's another creepy older man cheesing out stupid
lines like "Wow, you look like a movie star", "You
have a great sense of style" and so on. What makes
men who are old enough to be my father think that just
cause they're in Korea, a 20-something-year-old girl
might all of a sudden, out of the blue, decide that
YES! That's exactly what I need! A slimy, old and
obviously desperate guy to be my boyfriend!
Unfortunately, the bitter reality for right now is
that I can't just walk away like I normally would, I
have to hobble or crutch away, or have to rely on
avoiding eye contact while giving mono-syllabic
answers; which gives them more time to spew out their
stupid lines. Sigh.
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Saturday Feb 24th,
Since I'm still on "house arrest", I've been working
on a lot of arranging, writing and course planning for
2007. One week til school starts. At least I have
something productive to do.
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