Well, I can't say that the last day and a half was that exciting. I keep missing meals due to the fact that I take too long of naps, and when I wake up the cafe is closed. My poor body is so confused right now. When it is time for me to sleep, my body wants to be awake and alert (it doesn't help that I never went to bed early when I was home anyway!). When I need to stay awake, my mind does nothing but throw pictures of a bed and soft pictures in front of my tired brain. I would have to say that the absolute hardest time to stay awake is between 3pm and 8 pm (2am and 7am Ohio time).
After I got up this morning, I found out that the water had been turned off. They were fixing a pipe, and they wouldn't be finished until 12. I was okay with that, I hadn't really wanted to drag myself outside and down the path to the cafe. Not having clean hair, I thought, was a good excuse. They finally got the water back up and running properly (instead of just randomly blowing out air!) around 1. I made myself take a shower (I had to remember to take the toilet paper off the roll and set it outside the bathroom, otherwise it would get soaked). By the time I my hair dried and I dragged myself down to the cafe...guess what! It was closed, again. I have the worst timing. So I went down to the little mart, bought some Cheetos and a Mountain Dew (just for Lela!) and took them back up to the cafe to sit and read. I was just trying to stay away from my room and out of my bed! The cafe has an absolutely gorgeous view, anyway, so that helped!
While sitting there, trying not to rest my head on the table (especially since everyone looks at the American. I have only seen one lady who didn't really look Asian since I have arrived in Daegu, which only makes the sixth person total) an older Korean lady came up and sat in the chair across from me. I was so afraid that she would go off about something in Korean, but she started talking to me in English. She comes to the campus every Saturday to help the students here find Christ. I was so happy to hear that, as I have been looking for somewhere to go to church. The only churches that have English, however, are over an hour away by bus (they are inside the city of Daegu) and I am not comfortable leaving the campus by myself yet.
Her husband introduced me to the assistant pastor of a church the actually picks up students (outside of my dorm!), takes them to church, and then takes them back. The service isn't in English, but he had a lady along with him that speaks pretty well English who said that she will help me. God is good, as this was something I was worried about.
Once they all left I went back to my room and...you guessed it! I took another short nap. The building manager informed me that another American (yay!) will be coming today or tomorrow and will have the room right next to mine. I must admit, that did make me a little excited. I am happy to be here, but it would be nice to have someone else in the same situation! Hopefully whoever it is speaks Korean better than I can, so that I can have someone help me!
That's pretty much it. Thank goodness it's just after 8:30, so I feel like I can go to bed now (or fairly soon!). I hope that everyone is doing well! I would love to hear from you guys!
After I got up this morning, I found out that the water had been turned off. They were fixing a pipe, and they wouldn't be finished until 12. I was okay with that, I hadn't really wanted to drag myself outside and down the path to the cafe. Not having clean hair, I thought, was a good excuse. They finally got the water back up and running properly (instead of just randomly blowing out air!) around 1. I made myself take a shower (I had to remember to take the toilet paper off the roll and set it outside the bathroom, otherwise it would get soaked). By the time I my hair dried and I dragged myself down to the cafe...guess what! It was closed, again. I have the worst timing. So I went down to the little mart, bought some Cheetos and a Mountain Dew (just for Lela!) and took them back up to the cafe to sit and read. I was just trying to stay away from my room and out of my bed! The cafe has an absolutely gorgeous view, anyway, so that helped!
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| Me, trying not to look tired. |
While sitting there, trying not to rest my head on the table (especially since everyone looks at the American. I have only seen one lady who didn't really look Asian since I have arrived in Daegu, which only makes the sixth person total) an older Korean lady came up and sat in the chair across from me. I was so afraid that she would go off about something in Korean, but she started talking to me in English. She comes to the campus every Saturday to help the students here find Christ. I was so happy to hear that, as I have been looking for somewhere to go to church. The only churches that have English, however, are over an hour away by bus (they are inside the city of Daegu) and I am not comfortable leaving the campus by myself yet.
Her husband introduced me to the assistant pastor of a church the actually picks up students (outside of my dorm!), takes them to church, and then takes them back. The service isn't in English, but he had a lady along with him that speaks pretty well English who said that she will help me. God is good, as this was something I was worried about.
Once they all left I went back to my room and...you guessed it! I took another short nap. The building manager informed me that another American (yay!) will be coming today or tomorrow and will have the room right next to mine. I must admit, that did make me a little excited. I am happy to be here, but it would be nice to have someone else in the same situation! Hopefully whoever it is speaks Korean better than I can, so that I can have someone help me!
That's pretty much it. Thank goodness it's just after 8:30, so I feel like I can go to bed now (or fairly soon!). I hope that everyone is doing well! I would love to hear from you guys!
Thanks for doing a blog Abby! I love the pictures and keeping up with everything. Need to Skype to but this way I can look when you are sleeping.
ReplyDeleteSo neat that you met that lady! Hopefully it can lead to more friendships :)
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