Ch-ch-ch-changes!

So it turns out that perhaps drunkenly playing football (soccer) at 2 am in the dark isn't the best of ideas.  J (who was sober) officially screwed up her tendon in her foot due to being kicked by M (who was not).  She's OK tho cuz she scored the winning goal (priorities, you know).  So she's been on crutches since Monday night.  She's gotten pretty good with them, but she's not totally enjoying the experience - which is understandable.  So A and I have been trying to keep her mind off of it, going to dinner with her, taking the bus, basically doing whatever we can to make her a bit more comfy.  It's been a long week for all of us so we're going to Itaewon on Saturday (again, I know) for a Vatos run.  I've also decided that it's time for my haircut.  Officially I'm still about a 5lb loss away from where I wanted to be (the haircut was supposed to be a reward), but I'm so done with dealing with the hair!!!  So looking at a short bob with a side bang.  I got an appointment at an English-speaking place via Facebook, so Saturday it's bye-bye hair!

So one of the things that A and I have done to help take J's mind off of stuff is going out to eat.  We went to a place close to home called Quattro's.  It's a salad, pasta, and pizza place.  Now, those of you who know me know that I love Papa Murphy's pizza.  My favorite one is the gourmet veggie (minus onion, plus chicken) which I lovingly refer to as a salad on a cracker (I always get thin crust).  So I see that at this place is a pizza called an Insalat.  I figure, what the hell, give it a go.  What comes out is literally a salad on top of a pizza!  Turns out this is a thing in like New York and places (A is from New York and set me straight).  Look at this thing!

 It tasted GREAT, don't get me wrong, it was just unsettling to me.  And actually this was before we knew J's tendon was totally messed up.  We went back and we had one of their specials.  You get a big bowl salad, pizza, and pasta for about 31000 won.  Which split between 2 isn't bad.   We also had wine that night and let me tell you, getting it by the glass was much better than by the bottle.  A and I had 3 glasses each but at the end of the night he had to open a new one for us, so he just poured about half of the bottle in A's glass, then about half in my glass, and saved a bit for himself!  So we got a whole bottle of wine for 5000 won each!  I'm telling you, I love that place and we will/have gone back a lot. 

We have 2 new people coming in to work today.  H and C.  Then next week is D and T's last weeks.  So there's shuffling of classes going on at work, and talks of playing baseball tonight to get to know the new people better.  Personally I'm passing on the baseball cuz I'm going to go to Emart to buy an actual coffee maker!  It's still going to need a kettle for the water, but I can either get a small french press or a small glass coffee maker thingy which looks really cool.  ;)  I had to laugh at A last night when we were talking because she gave me the weirdest compliment.  Apparently I have a lot in common with her ex boyfriend (with the exception of the manipulation), and she said she never expected to meet someone who reminded her so much of him, but was, you know, me.  LOL - I gotta say, if I were a dude, I'd date me. 

J, A, and I all went to BBQ last night.  The same place we always go.  The guy who runs it has an English name of John.  He's super sweet.  He kind of reminds me of my friend James from back home, just the Korean version (striking cheekbones is the commonality).  We ended up talking about songs and family and the next thing we know we're singing along to Billy Joel (we were the only ones in the place at this point).  Turns out that A is from the same home town as Billy Joel (she knows Virgina from 'Only the Good Die Young'), and that John is a HUGE Billy Joel fan!  It was so funny and random and just kind of made my soul happy.  I then mentioned 'She's in love with the boy' is the song I always associate with my mom singing and dancing in the kitchen.  J put that one on and I ended up singing along to it.  So now J knows that I can sing.  LOL - I see karaoke in our future.  There's plenty of places you can go to rent a room and sing for an hour, I just can't remember the word for them.  Noraebang - that's it.  They're called noraebangs. 

Work continues... the younger classes are challenging, as is dealing with the pollution.  It's getting to where I can actually tell when it's bad.  It's been rather interesting learning how to use my phone... I did realize that I can download pix from FB to my phone, so now I can carry pix of my bestie and her hubby with me!  Took the 'before' pic for my haircut today.  Been taking my new thyroid pill... not sure if the dose is right, but that appt is in July so we'll deal with that then.  And that pretty much gets you up to date!