May 4: Ugh...

Language: Started a new unit today. I know all the vocab but my concentration was really lacking today. I also received my final grades on the test. I scored a B+ on my speaking test so my average for Unit 10 is a B+. I need to do better than that to go on the immersion trip.

My mentor was very excited to see my comics.... Eh. Screw it. This whole "You don't know what my language is!" thing is getting too obnoxious to maintain and interfering with what I'm trying to say. So I showed her my Korean manhwas today. She borrowed this silly one about a traditional Korean story involving two brothers, melons, and magpies. Then she decided that she and I would discuss the book sometime next week. Now I need to get it back from her in order to reread it so that I know what is going on!

Military: Bad day today... A few Marines got NJP'd. My new platoon commander is not pleased as today was his first full day and it's all jacked up after our old platoon commander said how great we are. The CO is not pleased. I also had to chew Louie out today for his attitude and then he went and jumped the chain of command to talk to Corporal about a matter before I could handle it. It's challenging trying to figure out to get people of different personalities to change and comply.

Personal: I replaced the lily this morning... I managed to get it through the rain without getting wet or smashed. The Momrine and I quoted Lords of the Rings ("Is it secret? Is it safe?") and had a good time. Despite the fact that her eye is royally jacked up. I love it when medical doesn't listen to people so that a condition deteriorates! She had to be rushed to specialist, had her eye (painfully) scraped for cultures, and now she can barely see. There's pretty much nothing I can do too. Grr.

Then the Hooah invited me to dinner as she was in a good mood. We chatted about this and that. It was nice. The Chinese... Not so much. We had never been there before and decided to give it a shot. It was edible but not something I'd pick again.