Oh Well

I took a visit to see a friend in the city...another friend leaving me...it's nothing new, yet i still can't get used to it. I wonder why God places certain people in my life for only a moment. What have I to gain from temporary laughter though the memory of it lives on forever? What can I do but take on my daughter's wisdom and just say, "Oh well." She is brilliant.

Although I hate goodbyes, I enjoyed the trip cuz I didn't drive...took the train into the city...played Sudoku on the way there, looked out the window on my way back. It could have been a Good Will Hunting moment if I didn't fall asleep with my mouth half open...so it was more of a Homer Simpson moment...drool...aaaggghhhh....Ha ha! You thought this post was going somewhere, didn't you? Ha ha! This is how the Park family deals with life...we make fun of it...there would have been no other way to survive! If my character was on Lost, every other sentence would be a punch-line and I, thrown into the ocean by episode 4.

Real sport

Ellie said, "I'm a princess!" a couple of days ago. I shook my head.
Ellie said, "I'm a ballerina!" yesterday. I shook my head.

We were watching Olympic skating last night then Ellie started to imitate the skaters...jumping, twirling, making dramatic faces, singing.

How ironic would it be if Ellie became an ice skater? For those of you who don't see the irony, let me mention that Ellie's father does not believe ice skating is a "real" sport...whatever that means.

Penguin

Ellie loves her pajamas from Grandma. She is now a proud owner of 2 Penguin pajama sets. Ellie loves penguins.
And here is Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte 2000 puzzle piece completed in under 8 weeks.

I am the puzzle master!

Invasion

I've settled down a bit regarding the superbowl. Why I have a hard time letting go, I will never know. Anyways, I've been cleaning the house lately, I mean really cleaning it and keeping it clean. And that's another issue right there, but I realized our home is not as crazy as it appeared to me. The whole task of moving about the entire house seemed daunting to me. My body reacted in a similar way. I can imagine my brain saying, "i feel alive and useful again!" but it also must have sensed some panic at first because a lymph node near my jaw line ever so gently made its appearance on my neck. "It's a tumor!", I cried. My sister reassured me that I was out of my box and said glands near the neck can get swollen when they are trying to fight off bacteria or virus.
My brain---"Why is she cleaning? She's way past PMS/Nesting Urge Operation. Is she alright? She must be sick. Better call in Captain Lymph Node to secure the area. "Captain, we have reason to believe this woman is sick or she's out of her box. Either way, update us immediately on the situation."
My lymph node---"Yes General. Right away. I shall try a scare tactic by popping out of her neck like a marble. If she ignores that strategy, I shall try to distract her by giving her an ear ache. If she continues to clean the house, we shall deprive her of food and water by making her throat sore whenever she swallows."
My brain---"Excellent." (Mr. Burns)

#7 Again

Yes, I wore #7. I cheered, I jumped, I yelled, I fell, I ate, I gave a horseback ride, I jeered, I sighed, I complained, I denied, I stared, I promised never to become a Steeler fan.

Really stupid human tricks

What am I doing instead of tidying up the house and finishing the "cursed" jigsaw puzzle? I'm practicing moving only my pinkie toe. And I ask why Ellie's not potty trained yet.

Mom's birthday

My mom's birthday is tomorrow...thought I'd list some interesting facts about her. I still don't know her half as well as I should. She doesn't look a day over 58. Ha ha ha.

Birthday-February 2, 1948
Favorite color-yellow
Favorite chinese dish-jjah-jjahng-myeun
Best dish-kimchee mandoo and koeng nah mul bap
Worst dish-there are none!
Favorite stone-opal
Favorite ice cream-butter pecan
Most disliked flavor-mint
Current car-honda civic
Prefers Coke over Pepsi
Favorite english speaking movie-Forrest Gump
Favorite pastime-perming hair, straigtening hair, talking with Ellie, perming hair, playing with Ellie, straigtening hair, organizing her Ellie shrine, perming hair, and bringing dinner to her daughters' homes even after they've told her they have had dinner.
My mom loves to-laugh, tell secrets, shop at thrift stores, and watch Korean dramas.

Elway #7

This is my repulsed look of watching the Steelers pummel my Broncos during the playoffs. All I had was my dog and box of Cheez-It. I hope the Seahawks humiliate the Steeler franchise in the Superbowl. And yes, you'll find me on the couch once again with my dog, my box of Cheez-It, and my #7 Elway Jersey on behalf of the Bronco spirit.

The Box is Here!

My husband likes to order "things" online. So there are days like yesterday when I'll hear a knock on the door and automatically assume it's a delivery guy...dropping off some box containing some sort of computer-related thing-a-ma-jig and not answer the door. FedEx knows when we've changed the look of our foyer. It's that frequently sparatic drop-offs, kind of like my husband's shopping habit.
Chloe heard the knock yesterday and started barking and Ellie jumps up. She says, "daddy's home!" I told her "A box is here! Let's go open the door." When I opened the door, I saw FedEx pull away from the curb as the driver gave me the "what's up" nod out the window.
We've all become conditioned. Every time Chloe started barking today, Ellie jumped up and said, "the box is here!"

Flattery Will Get You Nowhere

After a long, one sided discussion of what's going on in Lost, Jae started to drift off. I could tell when his head hit the table and pretended to sleep. "I have no idea who or what you're talking about." Then I said, "We just saw that episode last week!" Sigh. I will have to save those discussions for hyungboo.
Anyways, we decided to play Gin Rummy. It started out as an innocent game...something to occupy the little free time we had when Ellie slept. Of course, I was kicking butt and Jae says, "Lets play to 500 pts." But when the score was in his favor in the 300's he says, "Lets play to 400 pts." We wound up playing to 500, but he kicked my butt towards the end. It was my head that was resting on the table at the end, "I feel so defeated." Jae must have felt really sorry for me because it almost seemed like he made up a game on the spot so I could win it. The sad part, is that I lost that one too. I can't even win a made-up card game. I'm pathetic and my husband is way too competitive.
So Ellie has not touched her potty since the day we started potty training. I'll excuse this deliquency due to the fact that she says, "Mom? I love you.", or "Mom? You're punny (funny)." out of the blue. She melts my heart and is saying a lot of interesting things, other than flattering me.