Amanda Takes Off...

Well, looks like I'll be going somewhere this weekend or next. Just planning a trip and reading MOON HANDBOOK again is cheering me up a bit.

The 5,000 won-will-probably-fall-apart-in-two-months black "leather" bag is also cheering me up a bit.

I somehow managed to sleep on my arm/shoulder in the most convoluted way possible last night. I thought that getting my right shoulder moving might help—often slight pain is helped by movement. But Master walked in after NewSabumnim had us doing poomse for ten minutes, looked at the grimace on my face, and asked in Korean, "Are you tired?"

"No, my shoulder aches."

"Why?"

"I slept like this last night..." I demonstrated.

He made me sit down, then started playing with my shoulder. He moved me to a chair rather than the bench and moved both arms through a range of movement. Something in my right shoulder was popping, sliding, and making noise.

"덜그덕, 덜그덕," he said.

I knew what he was saying but wanted him to say it again. "What?"

He laughed, "The sound your shoulder is making. Deolgeudeok, deol-geu-deok."

He grabbed his handphone and used its dictionary to explained that my bone, muscles, ligaments, and blood vessels are "crossed" just "a little bit." He made fists held parallel to the floor and put his knuckles against each other. He then slid his knuckles slightly into the opposing fist's grooves. "You're like this."

It was decided—jointly—that I'll check out the traditional Chinese medical doctor that's a two minute walk from my house tomorrow afternoon. I'm going to get acupuncture done.

("Amanda, tomorrow, work ends. And then you—"

I used a new grammar form, "Tomorrow after work ends I'll go to the doctor."

"Ahh! Yes, good job! -(으)ㄹ후에!")

On another note, a photo from Saturday, taken on Master's camera.

Master's Daughter Models Amanda's (Prescription) Sunglasses