Since, these days have both worn me down a good bit, I'm just going to gripe and complain about them both right here. Actually, I can't gripe and complain, because I've enjoyed them both no matter how tired I've made myself.
Tuesday is the one day of the week that the bathhouse is always closed. Usually that means the family here takes a road trip somewhere. So, due to a fun Monday night of watching Super Bowl commercials and a nice little Skype chat, both Woo Yeup and I were a little tired when we woke up. We left about 10:30 am, and headed to Yeocheon, where Momma Koo's family is from. We arrived an hour or so later at her Mom and Dad's place, and we all had to bow again. I got another envelope with about 20 bucks this time, and was kind of shocked to receive it. We sat around and chatted for a bit, and ate some fruit, while we waited on one of the aunts to come meet us there. When she arrived, we went to eat some beef at a well known restaurant there in town. The food was great. Woo Yeup and I stuffed ourselves. His little seven year old cousin came and joined us as well.
That kid was a fire ball of energy. I walked with Mr. Koo, Eun Byeul, and the little guy through the city park, on the way back to the Grandparents' house. I ended up hauling the kid on my shoulders for almost the last twenty minutes of the walk. We then ended up wresting with the little fellow (Woo Yeup, Eun Byeul, and I) for a little while in one of the bedrooms. Then all of a sudden Woo Yeup and I just laid down on different sides of the room and fell right to sleep.
I woke up from this beef induced coma, and joined Eun Byeul, and her cousin in the living room, where he became my best friend for the short term. We left Yeocheon around 4 pm, and the little guy even kissed me on the cheek when I said goodbye to him. Another car ride, another nap. I've always been blessed with being able to sleep very well in the Koo family car -- it's a Hyundai Santa Fe, just like Momma Tower's is. We arrived at the house around 6:20, due to the rush hour traffic of good 'ole Daegu.
I packed up a bag and headed to the other side of town, to the MMA gym where I used to train. I was a few minutes later than I planned on, but I jumped right in, and started learning how to do some wrestling take-downs. When we finished with that, it was time for some MMA sparring. I was a little hesitant when it came to throwing punches at first, but I had no problem throwing knee kicks at my opponents. One of the guys whooped on me, another was a draw, and I whooped on the last guy. I am definitely not in the great shape I was in when I used to train with those guys consistently. I was super happy to see all of those guys there. I did some Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for a little bit as well.
So what would I end up doing after that hour and a half of MMA-related stuff? Go on to the health club, and get some weight training in. I told Woo Yeup that I'd meet him there at 9:30, but I arrived at 9:45, so he and I did some shoulder exercises together. He's going into the ROK Army pretty soon, so I'm trying to help toughen him up a little bit. We got home at 11, and ate some crab that the old man from the bathhouse gave to Grandma yesterday.
So I thought I would post Tuesday and Wednesday together, but I am falling asleep right now. There will be a re-post of this same post in the next 24 hours though. Please feel free to check back then.
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