Dealing with the exhaustion

6/4 - evening rant
So there's a part of me that wonders why it's so hard for me to cook at night.  I'd so rather go somewhere and have a drink while waiting for someone to bring me my food.  I've determined that it's because I'm honestly exhausted by the end of the day.  I get up at 9:30-ish, go to work at 12, check in at 12:30, start teaching at 2-3ish, get done around 7, get off at 8:30 and by then I just want to go to a pub or Korean BBQ (which is funny cuz we do all the work there) or Quattro, or anywhere that I don't have to cook!  I don't know why I'm so tired - could be the dealing with people all day, could be the pollution, could be the kids sucking all my energy away, could be the thyroid med... who knows?  The end result is the same.  I don't want to cook.  Uuuuugh... I've got a recipe for pork stir fry... know when I'm planning on making that?  Either Thurs or the weekend - all days that I'm not working!  It's friggin' AWFUL eating at 9-10 at night!!!  I've woken up with an upset tummy more than once... sorry, I'm tired and apparently need to complain today.  I'm getting a chicken cup after work... then I'll either go home and cook for J and I or we'll decide to go out instead because we both would rather just... not.  Oh, I did get a message from E saying that we needed to go on another Vatos run.  Vatos is becoming my new Anamias... you WILL crave it my friends, you WILL!  I could use a zonarosa... or a signature margarita... or a shot and a brew, Shelly, and keep 'em comin'.  (Sin City reference.)

Update - we decided we'd rather just... not.  I got a Cesar salad from Paris Baguette, bread and a bag of mini pastries.  So for dinner I had the salad, a PB&J sammich, Pringles, sangria, and the pastries along with the chicken cup (which was kind of an appetizer, since I ate that on the way home).  It was SO GOOD!

6/5 - before class
Now I'm excited.  J and I are going to see the Van Gogh exhibit... exhibition... in Seoul tomorrow.  We're going to head in around noon, spend most of the day there and then head to... VATOS!  LOL - and we'll meet up with other people there.  So there's gonna be lots of pix attached to this post after tomorrow.  I've Googled the directions, I know how to get there by bus and I also know how to get to Itaewon by train :)  Yay for the Korean subway app that I downloaded shortly after getting my phone.  The darn thing is really quite useful.  Sigh.

I also got to talk to Gma and Gpa today!  And still considering what I should do once my contract is up.  Starting to think of extending it for 6 months, that way I'd be coming home in Aug instead of March.  Anyone who has lived in WY can tell you that it's much better to come back in Aug as opposed to March!  Also, if I extend for 6 months, I'll have another July break in which I can actually go to Perth!  I can visit J, who will be back home by then, and FINALLY cross Australia off my bucket list.  I had to laugh at her because I had this thought yesterday.  So today, I started to tell her about it and she had the exact same thought about the July break!  She got super excited about it (which I thought was rather cute).  So it's a good thought, anyway.  We'll see how friggin' done I am in 6 more months.  ;)

I'll be sure to post this weekend during my BH time.  I'm really looking forward to it.  I figure I'll go grocery shopping on Friday, that way I can have pasta and stir fry over the weekend.

6/5 - after class
That was a long day.  People are going to Cocky's for dinner/drinks tonight.  We're off tomorrow, and J and I have plans to meet up with people at Vatos, so I'm going to pass on Cocky's.  It's a good pub, but I'm not in the mood for pub food and I'm trying not to spend too much money.  I have to transfer about 1,200,000 won to my American account next week, so I'm trying not to spend too much money now.  I feel like I went a little overboard with my spending this month, but in my defense, I needed a new pillow, shoes... I probably didn't NEED the stuff I got from Lush, but it's nice to treat myself to a face mask/scrub every few days.

I think I'm pretty well over the homesick right now.  I just really miss concert season and the river and Anamias and all that stuff that I loved about TX.  No big, if I had moved to WA I'd be missing it still.  And I did anticipate missing being able to text/call people whenever I wanted.  So all in all, things are still good.  We'll have a good day off tomorrow, I'll have a good BH weekend, and I'll figure out what I'm doing with the next year-and-a-bit.  :)

6/5 at home
Ahhhh, PJ shorts, money stuff logged, groceries officially delayed until Friday (maybe), caught up on what happened while my phone was not connected to wifi (so much work chat), trying to figure out if all my online stuff is done so that I can sign off and read Congo, debating on if I really NEED to do dishes (will probably do dishes).  I love date night with me ;)

Oh, E will not be able to come to Vatos with us... since she teaches the older kids, she doesn't get tomorrow off.  Guess we'll have to plan a trip to Seoul another day. :(