Busy, Busy...

Language: Today was more of the mind-numbing level 2 material... But today it seemed like the teachers took mercy on us so it wasn't as bad. This is the kind of stuff I'm supposed to understand (at a minimum) by the end of all this? Wow. We also surprised our teachers with a card and donuts as yesterday was Teacher's Day in Korea and one of them actually cried. I also had my military topics mid-term, which I think I did well on but you never know how you'll be nickeled and dimed in the end. I'm also trying to coordinate things with the Marine I am supposed to tutor... we all call him Giggles... and I don't know where to start. He just isn't motivated. My schedule is also jam-packed.

I had speaking practice this afternoon with one of my instructors and we just chilled in a couple of leather chairs on the balcony. I mentioned that I had started taekwondo and that I wanted to practice my honorifics so that I didn't offend the master when I spoke. Not only did we do that but the teacher also taught me some good words to know for taekwondo. We chit-chatted about this and that and it revealed that my knowledge of the old material is rapidly deteriorating... I need to go over it while Giggles is learning it.

Fitness: Punishment PT this morning! The squad's been kind of shaky lately (and I showed up in the wrong uniform) so Corporal decided to lead us in a smoking session. It was fun, actually.

Combat: As I was a bit sore from this morning's PT I opted for taekwondo instead of running. Tonight was defensive rolls and paddle kicks. A defensive roll is just a forward shoulder roll... I don't know what it is but I was actually able to perform a defensive roll with some measure of skill, unlike the forward shoulder rolls in MCMAP. As for the paddle kicking, I dislike how it reinforces the idea of snapping your leg back after a kick but it does help me work on coordinating my legs. My weak (left) leg is especially... well... weak. The stretching hurt, of course, and I'm one-upped by every little kid there.

Personal: I took care of a few random errands today. I'm still feeling a bit overwhelmed by my schedule. It isn't that it's too much. It's just that my time management skills are poor so I'm wasting precious minutes here and there. Tonight I'm going to get started by making sure I am in the rack at the right time.