So I pulled my back again this week. It’s not bad as the one from May, but I was in a lot of pain. So I didn’t go to the Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt’s place. I didn’t go Black Friday Shopping either. Other than going out for a brief brunch with my friend on Friday morning, I was stuck at home for three days. Now I just returned from my weekly acupuncture and I feel a lot better.
And this morning, our heater broke. Great. The good thing is that i have a mattress heater, so I can always hide in my bed until the heater gets fixed. Maybe it’s because I was stuck at home for days, I feel pretty depressed these days. I still wake up every five hours when I go to sleep, which is unheard of in my standards. I started to eat meat again and some junk food like french fries. And I can feel my body reacting to it.
I really need to get back on my diet. Maybe my back pain is also related to my diet as well.
Anyway, moving on from the all the depressing stuff. The good news is that I’m doing well with my new boyfriend. It’s really weird for me to say the word ‘boyfriend’ because I’ve lived so long without it. As I mentioned before, we are moving fairly fast. It’s been exactly a month since we met, but he already gave me a copy of his house key. Yes, that’s crazy. I thought that was a bit too fast, but he gave it to me as soon as he asked me if I could be his girlfriend. He said I could always drop by and also hang out until he gets home from work.
Another news is that he’s going to meet my parents some time next month. We are already boyfriend and girlfriend, but he still wants a permission from my parents. (not the permission for marriage. No. Just permission to date me) Yeah, he’s pretty old school. He’s trying to do everything in order and in right way. He feels he needs to be careful and do everything the right way because my parents and his uncle have mutual friends. And Korean community is pretty small in MD and he doesn’t want any bad words flowing around.
We both are thinking about marriage at some point. It’s not like we are definitely going to get married, but we wouldn’t be seeing each other if one of us felt the other one was not a marriage material. I told him I want to move slow and have an actual relationship instead of jumping to such a serious matter so fast. I said I want to date, go traveling and actually have a fight with him before we seal the deal. He agreed. But he made me promise that no one should go home when we are in the middle of fighting or still have that anger left. I guess it’s like going to bed angry for married people. He doesn’t want that to happen.
He definitely has more experience on relationships, so I’m going to let him navigate in a way. I told my friend the other day… I feel so at ease with this guy. I feel like I don’t have to pretend like I’m someone else. I’m confident about this relationship that I actually trust him. And that’s a big thing for me. I trust him. And plus, he’s a great kisser. 
He’s not the greatest sweet talker but he shows it through his actions. He stocked up piles of coconut juice at his place just because he knows that I drink them daily. He cooked me delicious dinner and also packed some for my parents as well. He always comes over to pick me up to whenever we hang out. He changed his work schedule so he could be off on Sundays.
Life is good right now. I just hope my body heals soon.
