Myriad of thoughts

So, I followed up with the St. Vincent de Paul Society. They now have my name and contact info and I have received my first group email.    Check.

Reminder: don't take probiotic capsules. Oh my gosh, I took one yesterday and today I was miserably ill and constantly running to the bathroom. Finally feeling human again.


Missing my North Carolina grandbabies while I had a delightful time on Grammie duty back here in MA filled with teddy bear parties, trains, and ND football! Wishing that the kiddos could spend more time together - they have so many of the same interests.


Little Man #2 and music. Wow! I'm totally enjoying the fact that he loves and is interested in the music that Grammie listens to - he likes CNBLUE, 2PM, GOT7, Highlight, KNK, and SF9. And he enjoys teaching Grammie about the music that he likes: Pentatonix, Raffi, Moana, and selected songs from Hamilton. He totally "rocks out" when he hears a good beat.

That's not to say that my other grandbabies aren't musical - because they are! They just aren't as interested in my Kpop but they do support Grammie in going to see her groups in concert <3

Working more diligently on learning to read, write, and speak Korean. While I was out of town, the Boston meet-up group has actually expanded into lesson times. I will definitely have to check on times and places to see how feasible it would be to attend. In the meantime, I have purchased a concert ticket to see SF9 at the Wilbur Theater in Boston on the evening of November 19th. This is the first time that I have even heard of a Kpop group coming to Boston - grateful that it is one that I know and like (saw them perform at KCON NY 2017!).

Waiting to hear whether or not I have been selected to go to Korea for a variety show called Seoulmate. They bring in foreigners to stay with celebrities for a couple of days in their homes. Honestly, I would be super thrilled to be able to do such a thing!

I have my favorites (my biases) but there is no one that I would refer to as an Oppa (big brother/ boyfriend) like so many fans do. I may "fall in love" with a character in a show but all the idols/actors are so much younger than I am that it is like cheering on my children or my former students. I delight in their accomplishments and support their endeavors in both their public and private lives. They could call me Imo/Auntie and I would be happy. Unnie/Noona are reserved for someone who is more like an older sister - that might be more appropriate with some of the older stars that I like but since they don't know me what does it matter?

So, I need to plan a get-together for my mother as she celebrates 90 next year. I am grateful that she is still extremely healthy - the conundrum is that her birthday falls in winter and during the school year so it is not a great time to plan a family get-together on a grand scale since no one else lives in town. But my Mom is very big on celebrating on the day of.....Thinking of having two celebrations - one with us (her kids) and another with all of our kids, aunts, cousins, etc....


Due to that and other schedule conflicts it seems as though Ireland will have to be delayed once again. Life happens. Maybe, just maybe, I will make it to South Korea for the show at least.....Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel might be a place to still have a get together with my girls? (Somewhere in Time is still one of my favorite movies - although I might cry the entire time).

My husband got to travel so many places over the years while I have never been off of this continent. To Mexico when I was a kid (family vacation extension from Texas) and I think that I might have been in Canada 3 times throughout my life? The one cruise that I got to go on was from New York City to Halifax, NS - and a freezing but fun time was had by all. I have never been to the West Coast and I just made it to Maine (the home state of my grandfather) for the first time ever last weekend. With family spread out, it makes more sense to spend any free time visiting with them (or possibly with my friends whom I greatly miss).

And I should wrap up those thoughts tonight. Take care and God bless!