Tiring Sunday

Today I went to San Marcos to spend some time with Anna. I started the day extremely early in the morning so I could do side jobs in San Antonio. I left at 3:00 am just so I could get to San Antonio as stores were opening at 6:00. As I walked into the first store (the jobs I worked on were to capture pictures of HBC endcap), there was an Asian woman following me in the dark parking lot. She  stayed about 5-6 feet behind me. She had her phone out but didn’t have earbuds and was listening to something that was very obviously from North Korea (the communist part). A couple years ago, I got hooked on YouTube documentaries about North Korea, and I learned that when they talk, they speak extremely dramatically and fake. South Koreans speak the same language but have a wider vocabulary and a normal tone. This definitely sounded like something from North Korea. I actively tried to avoid her twice, both times giving her dirty looks. She kept following me. Finally I went into the family restroom, and when I came out she was gone. I didn’t see her in the store anymore. This was in San Antonio, so it was weird. I don’t understand Korean, but the way North Koreans talk made an impression on me that I never forgot, and this was definitely it. 

I did five side jobs before Anna texted me to pick her up and by that point I was only 30 minutes from Texas state. We went to lunch, and I took her shopping and on other errands. She really likes it there but is homesick!  I miss having a little kid, but I’m proud of who she’s become. One thing that’s getting to her is that she wants to work. I got paid yesterday and sent her some more money on PayPal. I brought my own student loan balance to $16,100. Plus I shopped, paid the phone and car insurance, and I have to get my registration sticker.