Contact

I am hopeless!

After many years of debate and failing eye sight, I finally decided to take the plunge and get contact lenses.

I was very nervous about putting the contacts in my eye. I should have been more nervous about getting them out.

I've ripped a total of 3 lenses so far. I've had contacts less than a week. I ripped the right lense first - they were stepped on (I thought I'd put them in the case after removing them from my right eye, but I had not - I dropped them on the bathroom floor). Then I ripped the left lense (same thing - thought I put it in the case, didn't, fell to bathroom floor). The third incident was the new left lense. I took them out, put them in the case and leaned in close to make sure the lense was in the case and not stuck to my finger or hanging on the side of the case wall when I noticed something that I thought was white debris or air bubble. It wasn't either. It was a rip.

I'm upset. Ripping your contacts is a normal thing when you first try them but three in one week? That's just a sign from God that you shouldn't wear them, or in my case, handle them.

Alex told me these things happen when you first get contacts and that it took him a couple of weeks before he got the hang of it. But here's the thing....it took him a few weeks when he was a grade schooler, just a grammer school kid! So if we were to translate that time in 'working professional' world/age that would actually be about 2-3 days!

I think I will ask for a month's worth of contacts so that I can practice for the next two weeks.

All Done!

Say/think what you will, but I love cleaning. It brings me a sense of control over my surroundings.

Today, I made great efforts after Jack was put down for the night. I also like making lists, so here is a list of cleaning that ensued after Jack went 'night-night':

Kitchen floor - dry and wet Swiffered
Kitchen counter - wiped down
Bathroom floor - dry and wet Swiffered
Bathroom counter - wiped down
Toilet - wiped down and scurbbed
Bathroom sinks - wiped down and scrubbed
Freezer - organized (bad food thrown away)
Fridge - wiped down (bad food thrown away)
Dining room table - wiped down and scrubbed
Dining room chairs - wiped down and scrubbed (Jack uses chairs to lean on when scaling through the house)

Tomorrow, all that is left is vacuuming! So we can enjoy the rest of our day going out for brunch, grocery shopping and a trip to Toys R Us (Jack needs a train) without having chores left to do.

I love Sundays with Jack.

Harry Potter Done

I've finished! And it only took me a little over a week or so? I cannot remember, time becomes a black hole when you have child.

Don't worry Alex, I will not give anything away!

But I will say that this is NOT one of my favorite out of the series. I'd put this as my second least favorite. I guess the logical person in me just can't buy into how things were resolved in the end.

I will say that I enjoyed the adventure of finding out anyway! Unlike my sister who bought the book (yes, she went to the midnight sale of the book) then promptly read the last 4 chapters as soon as she got home (yes, I know I know!) so that she did not have to live/read the adventure with her stomach in an anxious knot wondering what will happen next.

I am glad to have read all the books. I may even start all over again from the start just for the fun of it. I haven't felt this way about a book since readign 'The Selfish Gene' (yes, I know I know, I'm a geek!).

Go East!

I got a chance to head East due to a death in the family (Alex's uncle passed away). It certainly wasn't the best of circumstances in which to head to my husband's home town, but I'm glad I got the chance to see his old stomping grounds nonetheless.

I was sitting all the way in the back of the mini-van with Jack so I could not see Alex's expression, but I could hear the excitement in his voice whenever he spotted a building, neighborhood, or street corner he recognized.

I saw the elementary school he attended, the grocery store he had his first job, the highschool he attended, the apartment complex they lived in (his mother and grandmother used to manage the building as well), China town and much more.

I began to imagine what it would be like and how I'd feel if I were to visit my childhood place....BOTH of them.....the one in Korea and the one in the south suburbs (La Grange Park).

One day, I would like to go FURTHER East and see my old house in Korea. That would be cool.