Good people and good people leaving.

1. What did I do that was "good" today?
I paid for my friend Jane's lunch... mostly because she's leaving Korea on Tuesday, and I'm going to miss her. I also helped an elderly woman to find the right subway line at a huge transfer station. She actually went in an exit that only directly goes to line 5, so she had to walk through line 5 to get to line 4 (and I was going in the same direction to get to line 2), but she was having so much trouble with the stairs. I wanted to help her more, but aside from carrying her, all I could do was wait for her at the bottom of the stairs to make sure she was going the right way. After expressing her discomfort with walking down the stairs with some soft moans and utterances, she tried to keep from smiling when she realized I had stayed with her the whole way down all the flights of stairs. She told me she knew where to go now and so we said goodbye and parted ways.

2. What did I learn today?
I learned that "no" in Russian is нет or "Nyeht." I learned this from listening to the woman in the Russian restaurant I went to with Jane today, and I heard it again while playing Battlefield 4.

3. What is something I'm thankful for today?
I'm thankful that I got to meet good people in Korea, and that even when my friends leave, I still have the fortune of meeting more good people. I'm also thankful that even though we all change and maybe grow apart, my friends and I still think fondly of each other on the most part.

4. What is one thing I hope for tomorrow (or the future)?
I hope that my throat will stop itching. I have a little itch, almost like I have a little stand of hair or fur stuck in there. It's been bothering me for about a week now, after my nose started clearing up (my right nostril was super stuffed up for a while). I also hope I'll get to see Jane again, possibly in the USA when she's back from Finland on holidays.

5. What should I change about myself or the way I think or behave?
I need a better sleep schedule. And I need to read more again.

Crying for Red Dog and I seem to write a lot about my dogs.

My five daily questions:

1. What did I do that was "good" today?
I watched the Australian movie "Red Dog," and I cried. I know it seems simple, but I very rarely cry when I read stories or watch movies or even in my life situations. I feel saddened or frustrated or angry or whatnot, but crying is just something I tend not to do, but I do shed tears when a character in a film is dealing with a sense of loss, when someone has died and the character is struggling with coming to terms with that permanence of that loss. I don't know what it is, but it really moves me to tears; it's the only thing that has thus far ever moved me to tears. And when I do cry, I feel like I'm dealing with that sense of loss as well; and that's good.

2. What did I learn today?
I learned that my friend Lisa is going to start being a mentor at our church today, and that Lindsay bought her wedding dress for $200. :)

3. What is something I'm thankful for today?
I'm thankful for my sweet puppies who are always so happy to see me, even if we were separated by the stairs just for 30 seconds or if I am coming home from being away for 5 hours. They're just the sweetest little guys.

4. What is one thing I hope for tomorrow (or the future)?
I hope I'll get a good night's sleep. The weather and Eddie have been making it difficult to sleep through the night.

5. What should I change about myself or the way I think or behave?
I wish I could be more patient with Einstein when we're walking. I think I get rather mean to him because it's hot and I'm cranky and also having to take care of Eddie. I'll have to figure that one out.

First day of my five daily questions.

My five daily questions:

1. What did I do that was "good" today?

2. What did I learn today?

3. What is something I'm thankful for today?

4. What is one thing I hope for tomorrow (or the future)?

5. What should I change about myself or the way I think or behave?

So I'll start with yesterday:

1. I was a bit pissed off with the taxi driver when I was coming home, but I calmed myself down and tried to make us both feel better by remarking on how quickly he got me home even though he went a different route than I wanted.

2. I learned (or relearned) the word "irascible" from my coworker, Ian. It's an adjective which means "easily angered" or having a short temper/being hot headed.

3. I'm thankful for air conditioning and summer dresses. It's soooo hot. Arg.

4. I hope Eddie, my foster puppy, will find the best home, and that I can be rest assured that he'll be happy for the rest of his life.

5. I should try to not let the heat make me so irritable. I tend to get irritable when I'm too hot, hungry, sleepy, etc, so... yeah... I think I'm running into some fellow irritable people and getting really upset about them when what they think or say has no consequence on me or my life. I am used to most people being very pleasant, so I have to figure out what's causing the fuss, and I think a chance in my attitude may help.

:)