A Comedy of Errors

Yesterday was a day where everything seemed to go wrong.

Ryan and I decided to have lunch before he flew back to Vancouver. We tried out a nice little coffee shop near my house. We ordered two open face-sandwiches. They turned out to be neither open faced nor sandwiches. It was basically a salad with 4 pieces of bread stuck into the bowl. This was your kitchen sink type salad with different types of lettuce, kiwi, 3 or 4 stinky cheeses, salmon, tomatoes, oranges, almonds, Italian dressing, and whipping cream. It was not necessarily bad, but not what I had planned either.

We left lunch not being quite full. We had Jaeyoun call for a taxi to meet Ryan at an intersection near my house. After loading all of Ryan's luggage into the cab, the driver realized that he was not supposed to pick us up, but was intended for a man that had just arrived at the scene. So, we had to unpack all of Ryan's luggage and wait for about 10 more minutes.

I got home around 3pm and choose to clean up the apartment. I have been needing to clean out the coffee maker, so that was my first task. My coffee maker is getting a little old and doesn't work exactly right. You used to be able to remove the pot while the coffee was still dripping and have your first cup while it continued brewing. These days it will not stop dripping when you remove the pot. So, guess what happens when you turn it on and forget to put the pot underneath. I guess I was lucky that it was only a mixture of vinegar and water that I was using to clean the thing, but it was a whole pot's worth.

I cleaned up the water and never noticed that water was pooling underneath our kitchen table. The water actually pooled on, in, around, and on top of the power-bar that most everything in our kitchen is plugged into. I obviously didn't notice this and went on cleaning the house. I did notice when I heard a pop and the saw that the microwave and rice cooker's displays were not showing. Somehow, I threw a breaker and it took me forever to find the magically hidden panel that hides our breakers.

I started to clean up the rest of the house and moved back into the kitchen to put our dishes away. I was putting glasses into one of our cabinets when the damn door come off the hinges and almost on top of me. The only thing keeping it from falling down and shattering was a small thin rod. I was stuck there trying to figure out what to do. If I let go it was going to fall down and there was no screwdriver in reach. Luckily, I was able to unscrew the thing with a butter knife.

I think today will be much better. I am trying to get caught up on some work and Jaeyoun is off getting a perm. I gotta pick up some new glasses and try to get organized for the week. Jaeyoun and I are also talking about going to Thailand or Bali when our contract finishes. We talked about it shortly last night and wanna check some prices for that kind of thing. So, if anyone knows of any great hotels/beaches that we should check out feel free to send me an email. I may also have an interview for a Saturday gig that I am trying to pick up to pay for the trip I also have my eye on a Canon 70-200mm lens that I would really like to buy. I don't think that I can afford either unless I pick up a little Saturday work.

I also want be posting any more of my Korean studies here. I started over at The Learning Dog last week and will be posting all of my notebook, vocabulary lists and struggles over there. I hope this causes me to study a little bit more and to help me with my Korean typing. I am still struggling to make the time commitment that is needed to getting a handle on this language.