Catch-up: The good, the bad, the ugly

Lots of things have happened, so I'll give you all the digest version, in no particular order of importance:

• I have a native speaker in my 4th grade class. I am giving him lessons on the side, so that he doesn't lose his English. We will start by reading "The Phantom Tollbooth"
• Tequila gets me in trouble. Get drunk, kiss inappropriate people who then text me for...you know.
• My teacher's class is the most boring, painful part of my week. And now they want to use a textbook, which means...EXTRA boring.
• I got an oven, and baked an apple dumpling to celebrate! Delicious, minus the fact that Korea doesn't actually have good apples.
• School lunch is disgusting. Soup, salty, swimming in grease, some sort of pickled, peppery veggie, kimchi, rice, and assorted indigestible others. MUST commit to bringing my own lunch, and brave the awkwardness of stepping outside of the norm.
• Got invited, and the uninvited on the 6th grade class trip because one of the teacher's felt "uncomfortable" sharing a room with me. This message was repeated, then translated, all to people who thought it was ok to pass it along. I was then re-invited when the principal found out what happened. By "re-invited" I mean coerced, and I had to pretend it was awesome even though I have no desire to associate with my co-workers anymore. I totally understand the princess and the pea. Despite all their efforts to placate me, that event has left me feeling bruised and buffeted.
• I changed my hair again - wearing out and natural for the first time in my life.
• I received my first ever 5AM drunken booty call text.  (I was asleep)
• I went couchsurfing in Busan, which was awesome.
• I joined a gym, where my workouts get interrupted by old men asking me my age, where I'm from, and if I have a boyfriend.
• My co-teahcer, Ghey, is utterly distressed by my lack of urgency to find a boyfriend, get married, have babies, and be as bored and unhappy as she is.
• Talking to Susan is still a snoozer, but I try to be nice about it.
• An engaged friend asked me have a threesome. Nope, his fiance was not included in that mix. (I said no. I mean...he's engaged.)
• I am waiting for a day warm enough to try Baskin Robin's blue aloe ice cream. Looks amazing!
• It's finally Spring in Korea!