b once said after moving to chicago that you don't realize how awesome you have it in mpls til you're gone. she's totally right.
was in mpls briefly this past wknd. after many mtgs on friday, i raced thru traffic in my little rental to st. paul to meet up w/my family at the festival of the nations. my parents used to occasionally volunteer at the korean booths at this annual event, and thus, always volunteered me in the process (they would say they needed someone who spoke english well, but nobody at any of the other country booths spoke english well so why care???).
this year tho, we spent the evening wandering around, visiting family friends who were suckered into volunteering, and eating a ridiculous amount of food from everywhere. in addition to a gyro, rice, and chicken curry, my brother yong and i polished off some german potato salad, 6 mo mos (JL, i totally tho of you!), and a french pastry. and i was still able to put down 2 pints that night w/o keeling over. amazing.the whole point of the wknd (besides work mtgs) was to see my family, relax, and remove myself from the chaos i call atlanta. so i left the rest of the wknd w/minimal plans: breakfast saturday and sunday, and a hair cut inbtwn.
and i have the most amazing friends! people would call and suggest places to go, and all i had to do was show up. it was FANTASTIC. my brain is so fried from this job that i can't think for myself anymore. seriously. when asked what i wanted to do or where i wanted to go, all i could muster up was some feeble response like "i dunno" or "i don't care" cuz i really didn't know and i really didn't care. thank god my friends are so patient cuz i would've smacked myself for being so flighty...speaking of flighty... i totally forgot to pack underwear for the wknd. (see, i really can't think for myself anymore! first the battery pack while in europe, now the underwear while in MN!) i mean really, WHO FORGETS TO PACK UNDERWEAR??? evidently i do. problem was resolved w/a target run, but unlike some people, i have concerns about what touches my ass so i HAD to wash them before wearing them. unfortunately i didn't remember this til fri morning when i attempted to wash and dry a cute pair of cotton blue bottoms in my hotel bathroom before a 7am mtg. for the record, it takes FOREVER to dry w/a hair dryer. LOL.
and now i'm back in atlanta til friday when i leave for beijing. my suitcase is already packed w/underwear.
(top to bottom, L to R: some of the festival food booths, korean drums just before going on stage for a demonstration, me and roy at the muddy pig (thanks jeffy!))
4 comments:
No one makes mo mo's like in St. Paul. Had some here and they just weren't made of yak. :(
Too funny about the underwear!
only i would forget underwear. seriously, what is wrong w/me???
my mo mos were made w/chicken, but we pretended it was a mountain goat. close enough, right?
I'm sooo sorry I missed your call, AND THEN, forgot to call you back (my bad!). I've been just as flighty as you described--I just didn't forget any underwear. :) We'll definitely have to get together next time you're in town--or whenever I decide to invite myself to ATL for a visit! KMJ
no worries at all! if anything, neither one of us would've been able to make a decision. i can totally picture it.
me: where do you wanna go?
you: i dunno. where do you wanna go?
me: i dunno. where do you wanna go?
you: i dunno...
LOL.
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