B's grandpa gave Ro a "disguise" set that is wonderful.
It's been a while. The main reason why is because I just haven't wanted to sit in front of a screen. Or I just want to play a cell phone game if I do. Maybe I'll just make it a more common practice to do on Sundays at the library after knitting group.
| New set of animals, in case I haven't sent this yet |
It's a lot easier to get my thoughts down with a full keyboard. My little Surface keyboard just doesn't have the same feel. B and I were talking about upgrading my desktop to connect back to the internet. Otherwise, Ro doesn't have a change to practice typing at home. B's uncle (dad's brother) bought Ro a refurbished iPad for Christmas. We bought a cheap bluetooth keyboard to go with it, but Ro noticed it lags, which makes playing the fast typing games online frustrating.
Current goals:
> Stop biting nails.
> Stop looking at social media/new so much. Stare at walls instead.
> Exercise 30 min/day.*
> Try to keep eating out only three times a week
*I did an 8-week online weight loss class through Kaiser from late Jan to early March. The funniest part was that everyone else was older and having trouble logging in through Zoom. I also got frustrated by the same people trying to teach the class instead of the instructor (My thoughts: Why are you here if you already know what to do?) By the end of the class, those people were endearing and I had an idea of how to get back on track. I switched to diet cola, started exercising with YouTube videos every day, and started logging my food. I've lost 8 lbs since then. I'm still heavier than peak pregnancy, but I guess I have a system now. I also seem to be getting sicker more often. Em thinks it might be more of a seasonal thing. I'm blaming exercise.
Work is still going well. I passed my probation and my boss likes my work ethic. It also helps that I'm more social and appear more motivated than the other two guys. I still do the thing where I sign up for more than I really have time for and get overwhelmed, but then I can't quit anything so it all goes on my resume as a success. Lately that's looked like working as an agenda Planner for an internal statewide renewable energy workshop and trying to get projects off the ground while trying to not let long-term compliance fall to the wayside.
Ev's wedding was nice and so is her husband's family. There were maybe 40 people and mostly the groom's family. His parents are still together so he had grandparents from both his mom's and dad's side of the family. His dad is half Korean and half white and has two sisters. His two cousins and younger sister also went. For Ev, Mom, Dennis, B, and Ro went. Ro really likes Ev's new husband. I think it's because he listens to everything Ro says with rapt attention and says yes everytime Ro asks to play.
B and I didn't really have much to say or much in common with Ev's husband or his cousins because they're so young. Her husband is seven years younger than her and he is the oldest in that generation so he was the first of the four to get married. I sat near his sister and we had control over the wedding playlist. Thanks to that, there was a lot of Phineas and Ferb soundtrack music and Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song." They were really awkward dancing to their own "first dance" music and were more natural when we played the Hannah Montana theme song towards the end. I realized though that there was a lot of generational gap stuff because I'm sure I'm at least ten years older than the groom's sister.
Speeches were nice but kind of awkward. Mom and Ro were the only ones who gave speeches for our group and Mom spent the whole time crying. I didn't hear what Ro said at all but maybe the videographer picked it up. The groom's family said all kinds of stuff with crying.
Highlights since Christmas 2024:
> I went with Mom to a cousin's wedding in M'sia (Ismail's middle kid). There was apparently some family drama going on, but it was fun. We flew in to Taipei on standby, bought tickets to KL, bought tickets to Alor Setar, bought tickets to KL, bought tickets to Singapore, and left from Singapore. I also almost ended up living at the Singapore airport due to issues with boarding passes.
| Cool masjid in Singapore's Arab Quarter |
| Cool Chinese New Year display at the Taipei airport |
>B, Ro, and I went to Guadalajara in early February. We stayed at a nice hotel in Centro Historico that Ro really liked hanging out and watching shows dubbed in Spanish at. He hated translating for us the whole time because he just wanted to be the kid. My Spanish has definitely degraded since I stopped working for the Ag Department. We did a charro lasso lesson and horseback riding, Ro experienced his first tasting menu, and we did a lot of birding.
| B and Ro at the Jose Cuervo tour |
| Ro's first tasting menu. This mushroom soup was his favorite. |
| A very colorful mutmut that we saw at Bosque Colomo. |
I hope things are going well for you. We love you and miss you.
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