Wild Weekend

As expected, not much has been going on during the week.  Go to work, have food, come home, sleep, get up and do it all over again.  Friday was really tough on me for some reason.  Due to that, I decided to spend a lazy Saturday of doing nothing much.  Sunday was all set up to be the same way when suddenly, I got a message!  A guy that I had had coffee with back in Oct of last year was asking if I was free for coffee again.  I figured, what the heck, I had no other plans and nothing to lose, so why not?!  So I met him at the same coffee place that we had met at before.  It was a pleasant way to spend a couple hours.  His conversation is more engaging than the usual small talk.  He asked about my bucket list and only got a little perturbed when I was telling him about the metal cruise I want to take (Shiprocked or 70,000 Tons of Metal).  Hehe.  We also talked about hanging out more since we're fairly close in proximity and both fairly free on the weekends.  Anyway, that was fun and then I went to a seafood restaurant to celebrate M(C)'s birthday.  So I met up with him, J, A, and M(H) at the seafood place under his apartment.

 On my walk I saw some pretty flowers, I so I had to take a pic.

 I'd call this one 'Urban Decay' - I like the sun and the flower being offset by the building and the pile of garbage (that smelled BAD).

 M(H) and M(C) at the seafood place, when the lady realized that it was M(C)'s b-day.

 Appetizer of dumplings and fried octopus.

 The MASSIVE BUNCH OF SEAFOOD!

 The lady was so cute and sweet - she clipped off this whatever it was and put dipped it in the cheese and served it up!  I was pretty well out of my depth (pun unintended) but the food was pretty good.

 The bucket of used shells.

The aftermath.  Searching for the tiny clams... J swore that the broth was good... I thought it was tasteless, but that's just me.

As for the fasting, I realized something and I've put up a reminder of this to myself.  You can't expect to heal 30+ years of damage to your body with only 2 years (and a few months) of fasting.  I figure there is a ton of stuff going on during my fasts that I have no idea about since I don't exactly get memos from the cells.  So I'm reminded to be patient, to continue to experiment, and honestly, not drinking isn't as tough as it has been in the past.  I think that has me well on the path to drop those last pesky 20ish lbs.  Muah ha ha haaaa, fat deposits, you are on NOTICE to vacate the premises!!!

Otherwise not much is going on.  I've been looking into a couple other things to do besides go to Namhae, so I'll probably be booking those for July.  As for Corona, I'm coming to the realization that I can only blame it a little bit for my continued weekends of bitch hermit-ing.  This weekend I will be heading into Seoul - I want to drop off some of my pots to Lush and see if I can find some Jimmy Dean's hot sausage for my biscuits and gravy. :)  My countdown until I come home consists of counting the books that we are going thru at work.  We have 3 books for A-track, then 3 books for B-track.  Each book takes a month to get thru.  We are at the end of B1, so then just B2 and B3, then all new kids and I'll be in my last 6 months of being in Korea and starting A-track again.  I've considered buying my ticket to come home already... I'd be home on the same day that I leave (international date line is a trip) and one flight got me home an hour before I left!  I have decided to fly into DFW and start my 'I'm back' tour in TX.  For those who are wondering, the tour will consist of TX, OK, KS, then WY.  I am still hoping to have a job lined up before I get back, but I'm not holding my breath.  If I have to spend some time in WY before getting a job elsewhere, so be it.  If I find a job in WY, fine.  I'm praying and trusting and next month I'll start applying for gov jobs with openings into 2021.

Oh, I have to share a funny with you.  J didn't realize that I am well versed in Savage Garden and put on Truly Madly Deeply in her classroom.  I was singing along and halfway thru the song she asked 'can we just get married already?!'  Keep in mind we are both 100% straight, but considering the opportunity for an Australian green card... can't say I haven't considered it.  LOL. :D