Coffee with other moms, a new doctor, strep throat and small victories

[priyabradfield]

Today was a good day, for me anyway. I was supposed to have a gathering at my place of some moms from Maya's class. But I had to cancel that because Maya has had a fever on and off since Sunday morning. On Sunday, her fever spiked to about 104F in the afternoon. !! Scared me, but it promptly came back down after some Children's Motrin and a

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[gabbytheguy]

It's great that you are getting to meet people and learn things...

Sometimes you have to jump in the deep end I guess. Maybe you should hail a few more taxis and see what you can learn from the cab drivers!!!

Hope Maya's better soon!

[priyabradfield]

Thanks!

I take taxis all the time, but until recently have resorted to just the name of the place I'm going and pointing at a map! No more of that for me if I can help it!

Maya's Korean classes have helped me in a roundabout way as I'm starting to be able to understand others sometimes (at least a word here or there) and that's giving me the confidence to start using them myself.

[citrinia]

Go Priya! So glad you had such a good day! :D

Hope Maya feels better soon, strep is no fun!

[priyabradfield]

Thank you!! Maya is feeling better today. Hopefully, she'll be back in school tomorrow.

[dubbage42]

I am so proud of you!!!
The language barrier must be one of the most daunting things about being over there. I couldn't imagine being completely immersed in a language/culture so different from my own. I think I could handle Spanish (in one of its forms or another) because it has permeated American culture so much already, but Korean?

You Are Awesome.

I hope Maya feels better soon (NOW!).

Deb

[priyabradfield]

Thank you! :-D

I hate the mood swings I've been going through recently, but at least there are good days too!

[co_techie]

Kids always pick up languages so easily but I am really amazed when adults learn a language and use it on a daily basis .. so proud of you! :)

[priyabradfield]

Thanks! I'm finally trying to make a decent effort. It is going a long way to brighten my outlook. :-)

[sammykate]

I am so glad to hear that you are connecting with other moms there! And getting back to scrapbooking, too! I think that will make a big difference in how you feel about being there. (I know it has made a huge difference for me, here.)

Congratulations on your budding Korean language skills! I am so impressed! I remember going to a little mexican carry-out shortly after we moved to California. I was barely able to request "Rice and beans, please. 4 tortillas, please. Thank you." Hardly poetry, but I got what I requested - and they waited until I was gone to make fun of me - so I felt accomplished.

[priyabradfield]

Thanks Sam! Connecting with the other moms and getting back to doing things that I love will really help me feel connected to the area.

And of course learning conversational / survival Korean will help immensely too!!