Boring

Even by my low standards, these seemingly endless rainy days are wearying in their sameness. I want my old boring days back, where I could at least kill some time with a hike. Well, I’m going to Hash today, rain or shine. And the forecast is for more wet weather.

In the meantime, here’s what happened yesterday: nothing. At least, nothing until I headed out for the feeding at Hideaway Bar. It’d been so long since I’d been for a walk that I decided to document the journey to Hideaway as if it were something special.

An Alta Vista view. I was blessed that I only had to endure a relatively light sprinkle of rain during my trek to Hideaway.
An offroad escape from the ‘hood.
I managed to negotiate this “slippery when wet” downward path without a fall.
Algae-covered sidewalks have their own form of peril.
The relatively wide-open spaces of Gabaya Street.
And then onto the always dangerous National Highway.
Popping into Jewel Cafe to order the food to be delivered to Hideaway.
The Hideaway alley.
The Hideaway.
Inside Hideaway.
The route of my 1.75K journey.

Exciting shit, eh? But wait, there’s more!

The food from Jewel arrives…
…and gets eaten!

Then it was time to cross the highway and join Swan for dinner at John’s place.

We usually sit in front of those windows to dine, but the rain has found its way inside.
Swan couldn’t decide between birria tacos…
…and pulled pork. So, we got both and shared.

Ain’t love grand?

First stop after dinner was Red Bar.

Our patio perch.
That girl who puts up with me.
The downpour outside.

We did our nightcap at Jumpin’ Jacks. Once again, the music was the highlight, although this time it was country-western. My curiosity as to why was answered when a guy wearing a cowboy hat came out of the CR (comfort room/restroom). It turns out he’s visiting from Texas and plans to move to San Narciso with his Filipina in the near future.

Nice to meet you, Troy!

When Swan finished her wine, we grabbed a trike for home, and so ended a rainy Sunday.

It’s my dearly departed mother’s birthday, and Facebook greeted me with some photos of her I posted over the years to mark the occasion:

Before she was my mother.
1960-ish
With her favorite boy camping on the Kern River.
And as a grandma down on the family farm in Oklahoma.
That boy of hers rockin’ it in the 80s.

Back in April 2010, I wrote a post about a night out in Itaewon with the wife, her daughter, and my nephew Justin. Life is full of unhappy endings, but the memories along the way are sometimes nice to embrace.

Eight years ago, the DHRM team bid a final farewell to our building on Yongsan Garrison and relocated our operations to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek.

Today’s YouTube video shares the stories of some foreigners learning the meaning of FAFO.

Let’s finish with a smile:

Stop, you’re killing me!
Which side do you like your bread buttered on?
Left hand = right mind.

And that’s all I’ve got. We’ll see how the wet Hash goes.

4 thoughts on “Boring

  1. Maybe get in good with this Texan: his future place can be the starting point in San Narciso for your over-30K walk.

  2. He has not started building yet, and I’m too old to wait. I can wake up early at Mope Resort and hit the road from there. I just need to find where I left my motivation…

  3. I don’t envy you a 30-something-K trek in all of that heat and humidity.

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