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Good Man Finally Gets a Normal Amount of Sleep

05/21/09

Permalink 10:26:58 pm, by admin Email , 375 words   English (US)
Categories: ...and Takes On, 사랑?, America, Gadgets (Worms and Gardening)

Good Man Finally Gets a Normal Amount of Sleep

Tuesday night I came home from school around 4:30. I had a bunch of bulky things to carry from the car (worm bin, bridal shower gifts) and called Good Man to ask for help.

No answer.

He was sleeping.

He was still sleeping at 7:50 when I finally needed to wake him up to ask where Kwanjangnim's power cord was.

"What time is it?" he asked in a groggy voice.

"Eight."

"No!" he protested. "It can't be true!"

Since school has ended, Good Man is finally getting a decent amount of sleep. I have no idea when he comes to bed. I have no idea when he wakes up. I know he's asleep when I leave in the morning. He's asleep when I come home in the afternoon. He eats lunch at some point in between. And the bags that have been under his eyes all year are finally gone.

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Amanda
I'm walking out of the frame, which is a composition no-no that makes this photo work.



Falls Church

Yesterday Good Man and I went for a 4+ miles walk. At one point we passed the Catholic school where a group of young teenagers were hanging out, trying to look cool.

One of the kids, a boy, made some totally nonsensical sexual comment. "I would [X] a girl if she [X]ed me."

We were passing when he said it and I said, not even trying to hide my voice, "That guy's an idiot. Which body part would she [do X] to?"

Good Man laughed and said, "Oh...! America." He paused and shook his head. "America, where 67% of drivers commute alone. Oh, look, gas prices are going up again. That is good."

Oh...! Good Man! The only man I've met who switches topics of conversation as quickly as I do.



Shadow

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So we have a worm bin up and running in the house. I think I overfed them this week, though. I keep peeking at the worms, poking around, checking out their food... Good Man calls them my "gadget."

I also keep calling Good Man over to check out the worms. Calling him over only results in him backing away.

"As long as you're happy, I am happy. But I don't need to see."



A Mess



A Worm

7 comments

Comment from: Gori Girl [Visitor] · http://gorigirl.com
Well, of the OECD countries surveyed in the study below, Koreans apparently *do* get less sleep than anyone other nation:

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/9/42710340.pdf

(note it's a pdf!)

Main study page:
http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,3343,en_2649_34637_2671576_1_1_1_1,00.html
05/21/09 @ 22:58
Comment from: admin [Member] Email
Oh that doesn't surprise me at all. Koreans have some saying--if you get more than 6 [5, 4] hours of sleep, you won't pass the all-important senior year exam. They also work the most hours of the OED countries.

When I met Good Man he was unemployed and had non-puffy eyes.

But lately he's had puffy eyes. And grey hairs.

I wonder if I'm a bad wife. ㅋㅋ
05/21/09 @ 23:09
Comment from: jeanny [Visitor] Email · http://jeannybeans.blogspot.com
Hope you're both well-rested for as long as possible before the sleep-depriving schedule starts up again!

I can't believe you would poke around where worms are lurking. I'm totally with Good Man on that one.
05/22/09 @ 16:05
Comment from: admin [Member] Email
The worms are awesome. If I can find more worms locally, I'm going to add more.
05/22/09 @ 17:58
Comment from: John from Daejeon [Visitor]
I was going to comment on the nice can of worms that you have there, but it doesn’t look like any can I’ve ever seen. Still, nice worms.

It is a bit strange to be here in a country where nearly everyone pretty much takes part in Taekwondo, yet so many people are really afraid of the most prevalent life forms on Earth, small insects.

Have a great summer. Try not to get snookered into teaching summer school if you can. There is some money in it, but the recharge time is pretty valuable itself. Plus, more time to spend with the new husband. Congratulations. Maybe you can find some decent honeymoon deals this summer. The Hawaii of the United States has some pretty good ones going on, and technically, he isn’t leaving the U.S.


05/23/09 @ 09:42
Love the worms. And poke away. Save me some okay?
05/23/09 @ 10:12
Comment from: admin [Member] Email
Hey John. My school doesn't offer summer school. Most schools in our district don't due to budget woes. However, my summer is very short because I work at a modified calendar school. Because we're having another wedding this summer, there's no time for a honeymoon. We're looking at honeymooning in December. Although...apparently we're also looking at December in Korea for another wedding.

Will keep Hawaii under advisement. When he gets advance parole, we were thinking Niagara Falls (obviously not in December) because it's close.
05/24/09 @ 09:25

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An American educator moves moved to Korea, presumably to teach English. Instead she discovers discovered that learning Korean one taekwondo class at a time is was a more captivating activity.

Somewhere along the way, she met a Good Man, fell in love, and ended up back in the States. Still doing taekwondo, still learning Korean...

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