The most productive day ever was very exciting for me, it was filled with "Wow, I can actually do this" moments. The first was grocery shopping. I spent 45 minutes shopping for some supplies, including but not limited to: eggs, milk, butter, lunch meat, cheese, and jelly. I used the sales I found in stores, compared prices to similar products, and overall made off with a lot of food for under 40$ I was pretty proud, and I actually looked like a responsible young-adult buying reasonable food. I didn't spend $40 on cookies, chips, soda, and candy, I spent it on things to keep me going and keep me healthy. Except the dinosaur and spiral mac and cheese, that was all for the fun of it, and they were on sale.
After groceries, I decided it was about time I attempt the most dreaded feat for many of my fellow collegemen, Laundry. After struggling with the card reader (I swear it still hates me), the rest of my laundry went pretty fast and painless. Nothing was shrunken, overly wrinkled, and none of my socks came out pink. Once finished, I was left with that small voice of confidence inside saying "If I can do this, then I can do anything!"
Later on that evening, Kevin and I, were invited to a Korean barbecue meal at our friend Mary's apartment. The meal was fantastic, as all of her meals are, and it was nice to hang out with some other asian americans for a change of pace. Normally most asians here are international students, who on average, aren't very social with us "American-Asians", sorry for the generalization. I understand that, likes go to likes, so most internationals stay amongst themselves. But this makes it hard for me sometimes to find other people who are like me. But Mary, being the wonderful person she is, invited me to about 5 different events where I can meet and interact with other Korean and Asian-Americans, as well as adoptees and even a christian group.
Well thats all for today, I have my first real day of classes and events. So I guess I'll see you around!
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