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May 21 Wifey's Coming HomeIt's been 16 days since my little wifey left the country to visit her family in Korea. She does that every couple of years and it's always a bizarre time for me -- on the one hand it's cool to be a bachelor again for a while, but on the other hand I really miss her and things aren't nearly as fun without her to share with.
It also reminds me how much of a grounding force she is in my life. Nothing really changes for the first couple of days after she leaves, but then things start going to hell in a handbasket: my sleep schedule gets kooky, I start eating cold cereal for dinner every night, and I work late because there's no real reason to come home. I'm not unproductive, though... when I get lonely I do things that I know she'll enjoy when she gets back, like pressure-washing the patio or cleaning out her car (I also replaced her headlights with SILVER STAR ULTRA bulbs, wheeeee!).
Her flight gets in tomorrow morning at 9:30am, and she will have been travelling for something like 20 hours. She'll be jetlagged, sore and tired from trying to sleep sitting upright, queasy from airsickness and multiple airplane "meals", and probably a bit cranky. But I'll be glad to have her back! I can't wait!
- Jas
P.S. Just for kicks, here's a pic of me, Shawna and my mother-in-law last time we were all in Korea together. It was taken at our overseas wedding reception, and we're wearing our traditional Korean "hambok" attire. Well, it wasn't completely traditional... tradition stated that my hambok was supposed to be pink, but they had mercy on this American boy and let me wear blue instead!
May 08 I Wanna Be A CowboyWithout getting into a political discussion, I just wanna say one thing: Guns are fun. They're big and loud, they're kind of scary, and they belch smoke and flame as they invisibly and instantaneously punch a neat little hole in a paper target several yards away. If you've never fired a gun, I highly recommend trying it out someday. It's an eye-opening experience.
Bill and I decided it was high time we and our little ladies paid a visit to the range. We all had some experience with the pistolas except for Katy, who was a complete newbie and not convinced this was something she was even remotely going to enjoy. She got spooked when we walked onto the range and saw a large man in a bulletproof vest firing an extremely loud large-caliber handgun, but it turned out to be an off-duty law enforcement officer working on his aim.
After warming up with a little .22 revolver, we moved up to a .357 magnum revolver ("just like the one used by General Custer", according to the rental staff) and also fired a box of rounds through my Makarov 9mm. I had beautiful groupings but low accuracy as usual and Shawna and Katy were strikingly good for beginners, while "Wild" Bill upheld his moniker by being the only one who broke the PVC piping that held the target, but also the only one who nailed the bull's eye in the dead center.
In a complete stroke of luck, I snapped a flash photo of Shawna at the exact instant she pulled the trigger and ended up with a neat pic of the .357's muzzle flash. How's that for high falutin' shootin'?
- Jas
P.S. Katy had so much fun that she wrote down the make/model of the .357 so she could bring a friend down to shoot it the following week :)
Shawna having a blast with .357
Bill and Katy lookin' sharp in ear and eye protection
High precision, low accuracy
Sun Lovin'Just as the relentlessly overcast Seattle skies had nearly smothered all my faith in the Sun, Hawaiian Airlines swooped in with bargain-basement prices and whisked Shawna and I off to the hot-hot beaches of Waikiki! It was just what the doctor ordered: warm sands, sunny skies and great food, topped with a sprinkling of hiking and snorkeling. Let me tell you, we perked up in a jiffy! Our hotel room was the size of a postage stamp, but it had a great view and was two blocks from the beach so nobody was complaining. Some folks have nothing good to say about the tourist-packed Waikiki neighborhood, but Shawna and I love the people-watching and the smorgasbord of great restaurants to chose from (one of which was, in fact, a smorgasbord). We spent a day snorkeling at Hanauma Bay, and part of the next day hiking up to the panoramic views at the top of Diamond Head (an old volcanic crater), but for the rest of the time we occupied ourselves squarely with outdoor dining, sun-tanning, swimming, and otherwise soaking up every drop of sun we could get. It really charged the ol' batteries... let's hope they last until we finally get a little Sun lovin' over here in the PNW. - Jas On the beach at Hanauma Bay Japanese seafood in Waikiki Lovin' the Sun on Waikiki Beach |
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