long time no blog

first let me just say i have the "death hurt" this means that my right gland in my neck is swollen and hurts REALLY REALLY bad. it means i'm doomed for sickness. DOOMED. ive been stocking up on vitamin C but we all know where this is going. sick city.

second something funny: tuesday i had my picture taken for a newspaper ad, again. This will be the 2nd time i've been in the newspaper for DDD. yes, i'm that hot. or something. anyway, i wore a nice shirt instead of a regular tee-shirt and as i was leaving for lunch my boss pats her stomach, points to mine and says, Traci, you're not fat! i say, um...thanks. I want to reply by patting my stomach and saying You, too! but decide to just get in the elevator. i think it was a complement.

and now--we returned from china sunday. had a minor issue that could have been major with customs trying to come back in, and tuesday was my birthday. beards birthday was today (wednesday) which is also a national holiday. i'm not sure why and i don't really care. i'm just really happy to have the day after my birthday off work. as is beard,too b/c as with most years, he starts out his birthday hungover b/c i was born a few hours ahead of him. tuesday i went ot WA bar with CH and had a pilsner urquell and then we went to bisan for red chicken, aka yum yum chicken. then we went to jenny's and then back to my apt. eungyung, ken and his gf yubi, sandy and his gf tidha, and keith all helped us celebrate the bdays. eg brought a delicous chocolate with chocolate mousse cake and then ordered this great chicken dish.

this AM, i woke up fine and ate pizza, sat, showered and met jenny and CH at homeplus. stocked up on some goodies, taught for a bit, saw CH's apt and then went out for dinner with beard. pork galbi.

and now i'm at home. going ot get off the computer and read a decent amount of the book i just started. tomorrow--back to work and studying. this weekend--jinju and lantern festival and mini gumi reunion.