I just gave my mom $5k so she can travel to Korea to visit her sister and my cousins and to get some much needed dental work for herself. We've both never been back since we came here when I was 7 so I'm excited and happy for her. I guess that's me trying to play the role of the good son...
But what about what I want?! My life's goals and dreams? I told myself I'd only work in this stressful environment for 5 years before pursuing my goals and dreams. It's now been 5 years and I see no end in sight. Don't get me wrong, my mom is absolutely amazing and she gave up her life for me so it's my duty and privilege to do the same for her and she never asks anything of me... but I'm starting to feel like this responsibility and life is starting to wear me down...
I'm just venting. I've had a ridiculous migraine for the past two days, took literally 18 pills of Excedrine/Ibuprofen/Advil in the past 48 hours and slept less than 7. I think I deserve to vent once in a while. I wish I could scream but no one would hear me anyway.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Touched by an Angel(s)
You know... with my history of judging people and thinking I'm all high and mighty and at one point, having almost no friends at all, I'm constantly amazed and feel so lucky to be surrounded by amazing friends and people in my life now...
I met Liz and Lori on a business trip to Chicago a couple years ago. They worked in my company's Chicago office and they were nice enough to introduce themselves and take me out to dinner with some other office peeps when I visited. I really didn't think much of it then, I thought it was office politics and they were just trying to make people from the San Francisco office feel welcomed.
Then a few months later, my stepdad passed away. And a couple weeks after that I received a random HUGE box just filled with food, snacks, candy, letters, and most importantly, LOVE. It was from Liz and Lori. They found out about my stepdad's passing through one of my coworkers and sent me a ridiculously giant care package. I honestly couldn't believe it at the time... Two people who I just met for a day or two showed so much more care and love than some people I had known for what feels like a lifetime...
I was in Chicago for work and play recently and again, I was amazed at Liz and Lori's generosity and kindness. Liz literally wiped off whatever was on her schedule for the weekend and drove me around everywhere and bought me lunch/dinner and even let me stay with her and her boyfriend for the entire weekend! And Lori currently lives in Hawaii but was in town for a visit and brought me chocolates and coffee from Hawaii in addition to buying me lunch/dinner in Chicago! And honestly, it's no easy feat buying me food when we go out so we literally fought for the checks, had a foot race to pick up pizza, secretly paid our waiter before anyone noticed, and many more shenanigans... Oh and they picked me up and dropped me off at the airport too...
Long story short... Elizabeth and Lori, THANK YOU. I can honestly never thank you enough and you guys are two of the most kind-hearted people in the world. I wish I can be even half as good of a friend to you guys as you guys are to me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
I met Liz and Lori on a business trip to Chicago a couple years ago. They worked in my company's Chicago office and they were nice enough to introduce themselves and take me out to dinner with some other office peeps when I visited. I really didn't think much of it then, I thought it was office politics and they were just trying to make people from the San Francisco office feel welcomed.
Then a few months later, my stepdad passed away. And a couple weeks after that I received a random HUGE box just filled with food, snacks, candy, letters, and most importantly, LOVE. It was from Liz and Lori. They found out about my stepdad's passing through one of my coworkers and sent me a ridiculously giant care package. I honestly couldn't believe it at the time... Two people who I just met for a day or two showed so much more care and love than some people I had known for what feels like a lifetime...
I was in Chicago for work and play recently and again, I was amazed at Liz and Lori's generosity and kindness. Liz literally wiped off whatever was on her schedule for the weekend and drove me around everywhere and bought me lunch/dinner and even let me stay with her and her boyfriend for the entire weekend! And Lori currently lives in Hawaii but was in town for a visit and brought me chocolates and coffee from Hawaii in addition to buying me lunch/dinner in Chicago! And honestly, it's no easy feat buying me food when we go out so we literally fought for the checks, had a foot race to pick up pizza, secretly paid our waiter before anyone noticed, and many more shenanigans... Oh and they picked me up and dropped me off at the airport too...
Long story short... Elizabeth and Lori, THANK YOU. I can honestly never thank you enough and you guys are two of the most kind-hearted people in the world. I wish I can be even half as good of a friend to you guys as you guys are to me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
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