Amanda Takes Off...

I went to class tonight. It was a good class. An exhausting class, but good. The more interesting class was Tuesday night, however. That class I spent the whole time asking and answering questions. (I didn't even end up putting my dobok on.) I was asking about a digital camera and finding a taekwondo class for someone I know. I was answering questions about where I'd been.

I haven't seen NewSabumnim in weeks. I saw her and she said, "Amanda! Long time no see!"

We switched to Korean. "I know. I'm sorry. I've been busy."

"Yes! Dating!"

I couldn't see Master, but he wife was in the doorway. She giggled and I blushed. "Yes...that's right." Dang Master and his big mouth. Dang me and my big mouth for telling him the truth as to why I haven't been in class...

NewSabumnim went into quiz mode. "What's his name?... Is he taller than you?"

"Yes."

"How old is he?"

"Twenty-seven."

She slapped my shoulder and nodded, "Oooh! One year younger, very good in Korea for the woman to be older."

"What does he do?"

"He just graduated. He's looking for a job."

"Is he cute?"

I blushed harder and nodded, "I think so. And he's very smart."

NewSabumnim broke out laughing and looked at Master's Wife. "I want to know if he's cute and tall, she wants him to be smart."

I changed the topic quickly. New Sabumnim was wearing a cast of some sort. Seems she did something to her hand while practicing self defense, so she won't be teaching class for a while.

Then I went up to the studio, where there were very few students. The hand thing must be going around because Brave's Brother was in a cast and Ghost's finger was in a sling. Ghost looked at me and said, "Where have you been, Amanda?"

"I have been busy. Tuesday I had a 회식 [coworker outing that often involves liberal amounts of soju]. Thursday I had to meet my old hogwon boss. She's crazy!" Ghost laughed and I continued, "And then I had a date. Friday I was busy."

"And last night?"

"Oh. I had a date."

Brave's Brother and Ghost rapid-fire questioned me. "Is he Korean? What's his name? Does he speak English? Is he handsome? Is he tall? Does he have big eyes?" (What? They wanted to know what his eyes were like—what sort of eyelids he has.)

I answered all of their questions and Brave's Brother said, "Hey! Everyone! Amanda has a boyfriend! And he's Korean!"

I had no way of explaining that there's been no boyfriend talk yet. "He's not my boyfriend."

Ghost grinned and gave me that matter-of-fact look that made him my favorite kid in the studio. He patted my shoulder and nodded. "He will be."