Honestly, now.

This weekend was quite fun-filled.  After work on Saturday, I headed into Seoul with most of the local yahoos (said affectionately, of course) to eat a yummy turkey dinner.  Three cheers for military base being relatively close.  Granted, most of the time, I’m not so happy to be associated with the army kids.  Some of the are very cool.  However, there are enough drunken jerks about to give the group a bad name.  But the turkey was nice. 

I didn’t stay long.  I was tired. 

The next day, I had a bunch of people over to my place so that I could inflict my cooking on them (insert evil laughter here).  Yes! Take that!  Eat French toast with blueberry topping! AHAHAHAHA!

Later, Chris, Mary and I went to Insadong to get some Xmas shopping done.  Hopefully, I will be completely finished by next weekend.  I’d like to send some stuff back to Kansas in the first week of December.  Otherwise, I risk not getting it done at all.  (This is me, after all.)    Aside from some truely horrid coffee and low blood sugar, the day was lovely.  I’m tempted to go back next weekend, but I know that I’d mostly just be shopping for myself.  Heck, I still might go back.

Although I’m at a complete loss as to what to get several members of my family, I’m please with how much I got done.  I’m about a third of the way through.  Some of it I’ll have to do online, but that’s okay. In spite of my best efforts to remain bitter and angry about the holiday season (blame retail America.  eight years of greed and shallowness smashed in my face.  After seeing two women go to blows over a Furby or dealing with someone who is so angry that they go and drop a load somewhere in the store, the joy and warmth of the holiday kinda gets sucked away for a while.)  I am finding myself looking forward to Christmas.  Despite the lack of close friends and family, I’ll still have a good time with new friends and Badugi.  Things are going to be just ducky.  However, I am a little sad that I won’t be able to see the looks on my family’s faces when they open up their gift.  (Unless someone gets Skype working at Mom’s house.  Hinthinthinthinthinthinthint.)

I got to go teach.  Take care.