Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Been pretty busy lately.

One thing for sure, living in a place that's really too small for you motivates you to go out because otherwise you would go insane from cabin fever. We get out, quite a bit. Sometimes we go out during the week and take it easy during the weekend and sometimes we get out during the weekend and not as much during the week. John has a five day weekend (along with many other ESL teachers in Korea) due to the Korean holiday coming up that's basically their Thanksgiving and Christmas combined. So, naturally, the plan is to go out and do things because five days cooped up with both John and Natalie is sure to drive me NUTS! In the meantime, I've also been joining groups both online and in person (the one sort of leads to the other). One of the first things I found was a group for those who go to the Mosaic which is an English cafe at a subway stop just three down from ours called Jeongja. There's food and a place to sit and relax and it's just a nice place for people who speak English to meet up. So, it started there. Then I found another group (which I had kind of perused before but didn't join since it didn't seem very active but when I did join, things kind of started to get hopping and I was able to find out about places to go to and I even got an MP3 play from a group member for a nice price ($120 for a Samsung P3 which is AWESOME!). That led to joining a writing guild that meets once a week. It has also led to joining an online group called Stitch & Bitch (that's honestly the name of it!) which has to do with knitting which I had been thinking of taking up because I needed a hobby to keep me occupied. So, I met one of the members for the first time last night and she introduced me to knitting. I found that to be very relaxing and now I just need to find some nicer yarn but I've heard that yarn is kind of expensive here. Another group I joined on Facebook introduced me to one person who just moved to the Seoul area and we met for the first time on Saturday and have made plans to meet up again today.

Whew! And that doesn't include the person I met a couple of weeks ago from either the same group or another group I met the person I'm getting together with today. lol Most have been of the non-parental nature but to be honest, I actually kind of like that. It's a nice break from the parenting thing. That probably sounds bad but there are times when it gets overwhelming and I could use a little bit of a break. John is a perfectly capable father and is able to deal with any issues that may come up. I think it helps me be a better parent because then I'm able to regroup and be able to focus on parenting again. I'm one of those people who need adult interaction. I can let loose but I need to be able to have adult conversations and John isn't much for them (other than the occasional pillow talk once we get Natalie in bed and that's if HE'S not asleep) and Natalie makes it next to impossible to really have an adult conversation and naturally, Natalie just isn't old enough. I was getting some through my various online groups but I wanted to be able to go out, go shopping, and do things without worrying about my three year old having a temper tantrum in the middle of the store.

It's one of the big reasons why I'm really looking into going to the US without Natalie in November. Admittedly, a big part of it is that I would be staying with my best friend and her house is not child friendly (understandably, she has no kids). It would be kind of stressful staying with her with Natalie. I wouldn't be going to the US otherwise, to be honest. My friend has been wanting me to come back and visit, especially once she moved out of her apartment where the landlord only allowed her guests to stay for two days a week. It's all tentative though and there's still a lot details to work out but I'm hoping it all goes through. It would be nice to spend the time with my best friend and be able to bake, shop, and have Thanksgiving dinner. If it ends up not going through though, it's good to know that I won't be bored at least, especially since the cooler weather will make walking through the various markets easier.

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