hi everybody... muahahaha. i haven't written in forever.

all you college folks... school is much better than working so don't be in a hurry to get out, ok?

yay for:

1. thanksgiving break

2. weddings

3. facebook

4. sharon

5. coffee prince

6. doggies

7. cute and cuddly cousins

bye bye sharon and facebook... gotta go to sleep. conferences with kids and parents tomorrow.

oh my goodness. the craziness continues. and things have been so crazy for so long that i feel like they're not crazy anymore.

monday morning. job interview. felt i answered some well, some not so well. left feeling a little ambivalent, maybe a little on the negative side. interview thoughts left my head as i drove to see chundoong at the hospital. not doing well. turned his back on me.  still needed to be hospitalized. went to church. craziness.

on the way tp westport. the bus breaks down. steaming radiator.  so on I-5 S by olympia, we unloaded and reloaded a bus full of kids ranging from preschool to 7th grade, adults, and luggage.  do you know how dangerous that was? at the time, it was just normal, but now that i think about it, scary!

expected running around, preparing, gathering, explaining, directing, etc. etc. at retreat. very busy. kids cute and funny, good food, awesome weather, good helpers.  more on this later.

calls from the hospital. chundoong needs more surgery. leakage from original surgery. more money, but no more money. chundoong in lots of pain, maybe dying.  figured out finances and left the rest up to God.

tuesday night, hospital call. after discussion with other doctors, surgeon felt that there were alternative methods that could have been taken to prevent his situation, so they decided not to charge for the second surgery.

wednesday, driving home. finally, reception. (i was using moses' verizon phone.) 2 missed calls from the principal, asking for some documentation. drop in today after getting back from yoonyunboo retreat. get hired. 7th grade science and english teacher at narrowsview intermediate in up. school starts on tuesday. have less than a week to prepare. (I HAVE NOTHING RIGHT NOW...) tomorrow district meeting where gihae adn i will be presented as new staff members.  

go to hospital. chundoong ate some chicken and went on a walk. back to his old personality but weak. tried to bark at this big dog going ddong but not too effective. (weak barking.) maybe come home tomorrow?

moral of the story: 1) trust in God. 2) when you are helpless, God is freaking awesome.

whew! now i can work to pay off my dog's doctor bills.

chundoong had surgery this morning. they found a peach pit in his intestines and had to excise some of the intestines out because it was basically dead.  so sad.... i visited him with sharon and my grandma a little while ago and he was so skinny and weak.

why is everyday so crazy, especially weekends? tomorrow morning, i have a job interview, handling chundoong coming out of the hospital, and yoonyunboo retreat all by 11 a.m. i feel crazy!

and right now i'm in the library parking lot using their internet signal. it's kinda freaky out here...

i've been going to a lot of mariners game lately.

gihae and i went to the game last tuesday - ground level seats for free! - and showed our (actually her) love for kenji:

i hope the musashi's lady taught us right. for those that know, does this say "we like you a lot kenji, do a good job"?

gihae also prepared to show some personal mariners spirit:

hahahahaha... we were quite popular within our section. everyone asked what our sign said and smiled and nodded at us, especially japanese people. this one girl who looked like gwen stefani (her boyfriend even looked like gavin) took a picture with us. 

on a different note, yesterday, chundoong was admitted to the hospital!

he's been throwing up since monday morning. he throws up often just because he eats stuff he's not supposed to (like his collar) a lot, but this time it was different; everything he ate just came up pretty violently, even grass. by the third morning, we were too worried, so we took him to the doctor. she told us that he needed to stay over night for IV treatment and x-rays and blood tests and urine sampling... chundoong experienced much better health care than i have ever received in my life.

here he is all sick and weak...

aw, poor dog.

my grandmother and i visited him later that day. he was druggy from the anti-throw up juice in his IV..

look at the little IV planted into his arm! (leg?)

i know he's sick and everything, but i thought it was pretty funny... hahahaha... i kind of expected him to be rolled out on his white bed with a nurse pushing the IV stand because of the human treatment he's been receiving.

off to retreat! rethinking faith.