Our Love Story Begins Today

Here’s how the udon from Costco looked. It’s just missing meat. Last time I put the teriyaki chicken in there. Here’s my new office setup at work. Bigger and cooler monitors. Totally unnecessary, but they insist. Actually has a busy and productive day today. Couldn’t even leave early. TLG!!!

Sometimes it’s the little things that bring us joy. It’s so easy to get caught up in the major things and overlook the small joys in life. I’m so happy you let me get these for you. It’s also nice to hear you dote on Vinh. Thanks for finding those and many more joys. ATEN!!

We’re not poor. I’m not poor. Not financially or based on Evan’s definition. 😂 We have a baby. But someone is carrying it. Thanks for helping me to be more accountable. I spent a lot of money today, but at least it wasn’t on sports gambling and it brought my Em (and others) joy. ATEN!!!

I hope you had a great trip. I know you’re happy to be home. It’s too bad we don’t have help besides Uncle Toe-Knee… That’s my det. Good stuff. A5. Hope you’re able to recover from vacation. Busy times ahead. Man my legs are hairy. If only I could move to my head (other head). TTQD!!!

I know you’re ready to go home. If we come back I think I should check out Don Quixote for myself 😂. Also Lawsons too. Anyhow, thanks for taking Vinh and I on your trip.  It was a challenge, but good experience/practice for the future. If we learned from it, it will have been worth it. Cheers to a safe and peaceful journey home. MTTMN!!!

Got to start the blog early today with a big www. So to try to make up for it or make it worse I’m gonna get my wife some coffee. Sometimes when I walk with socks and sandals it just feels weird, but I want to keep my feet clean as possible. It was a nice walk here. There’s a political candidate standing in the same red dress as her picture waving. Feel like Hawaii is pretty political. Something Anderson…just waiting for food (another www, out of French toast). ATEN!!!

It’s crazy. If you had Vinh on the 16th, he would have been born 400 days into marriage instead of 399 (my math might be off). Man is he crying at night now and sometimes during the day. I feel like this is more “colicky” than before. He smiles pretty often, but we don’t always catch it. It seems like he goes crazy at night more often too. I really wonder what it is. Becoming a common thing, but I don’t remember it as much in Maui. More here in Honolulu. I hope it gets better. We shouldn’t need you to sacrifice all the time. TLG!!

There’s a movie called 500 days of Summer and it has to do with a guy reflecting on his 500 day relationship to see where it went wrong. I’m pretty sure this is where it went wrong 😂: Just kidding, he’s a blessing and someday I’ll know how 😂. But seriously, it’s just the beginning. So not too late for improvement. 🧋 to figuring out how to make the best Matcha Milktea Boba. ATYGN!!!

You thought this post was gonna be about the hotel huh? Nah, it’s a hotel… Just want to thank you, on behalf of Boba and Milk Tea, for putting this together. I hope you’re enjoying it to the max. That balances out our suffering 😂. It’s good to see how traveling with Vinh is. So far it’s what I expected, but the plane ride was surprisingly better than expected (so far 🙏). WTEVM!!!

We’ve arrived In Honolulu and boy was it a challenge. Vinh did not make a short flight very easy. But we’re here now. Being held hostage in a smaller place. The cuter they are, the bigger the terror. TLG!!!

Seems like the beaches we go to are by resorts, except where we stay. Reminds me of the trip to the Grand Canyon today. It wasn’t really a beach walk, but more is a pavement stroll, which is better for Vinh. I asked him to save me and he was like, “Dude, I can’t even save myself!” TLG!!!

We went to the beach today. It’s was successful in that nothing went wrong except the Kihei Cafe was unavailable for us. I’m currently in line at the place by our home, but I can’t order online. They’re pretty slow… Too bad I don’t have a picture of the may det, but this will do. Should I stop pointing out nice dets? Not sure if you’re interested or possibly offended. Just let me know. It’s soooooo hot in this shirt. WWW. ATYGN!!

Sorry for not being happy about the car rental. When that passed then Vinh-sanity began. Really www. I was gonna scratch a scratcher, but I was so tired… I think I told you, I gamble when I’m down. Figured if I lose I’m already unhappy so not much further to fall. On the positive side, Vinh-sanity seems to have calmed down. Hopefully we get into a nice groove sooner than later. Really need to take advantage of this time off. Especially since lots is happening when we get back. TLG!!

If I sounded off this morning on the drive. I appreciate you acknowledging that you shouldn’t have washed the bottles. I just want you to know that I understand time management is a team job.  I just personally hate when people are not on time “because of their kids”. In this case, we’re the only people affected so it’s not as big a deal. And we were lucky we made the flight and everything worked out. But I understand that we will rarely be on time for a while. Things happen so we’ll either be early or late. We just need to make sure we’re on the same page about when we’re okay being early and when we’re okay being late (hopefully rarely). TLG!!

I had to update the photos on my desk at work for the 1 day a week I’m there 😂. Sorry honey. You’ll have to be okay with just 1 pic of us on my desk. Like the title today, I’m also trying to change. Hopefully for the better. Like the song yesterday, I just want to make sure I’m a good example for Vinh so that no one can blame me if he doesn’t turn out good 😂. TLG!!!

I just want you to know that I do recognize all you do and sacrifice for our family. I appreciate it even if I don’t always show it. It’s not easy and it’s a lot of work. Just remember that we’re all in this together. ATYGN!!!

Much respect to those who can take care of children alone or multiple children. It’s kind of sad that us 2 capable people struggle, but times are different and we can’t compare ourselves to others. Vinh is ready for some guns and fun. Here’s to hoping we over prepared and he’s gonna blow us away with his awesomeness. ATYGN!!!

I feel like I had some leftover idea from yesterday about what I wanted to blog about, but it seems like today is a good day to tell you S-O-R-R-Y 😔. For anything you feel like I should apologize for. But mostly that you feel the way you feel. I hope we can find away to move forward and be better, but I do think a large part will not be so much what you or I do, but more what Vinh and other do. 🙏 TLG!!! S

Wish I could capture and save experiences. I was walking from Starbucks to my work event and I just felt blessed and at peace. Maybe it was the nice worker guy at Starbucks or just a culmination of things, I don’t know. But it was a very serene and I wish I could share it with you. I realize that’s kinda of what I want to do. I was walking along the water to the restaurant and I wish you were here too. Not the same without you. And Vinh I guess 😂. ATEN!!!

I’m was very excited to this store when Janessa told me about it. I didn’t want to set my expectations too high, but the store did not disappoint, although I didn’t get everything I wanted. It was a nice distraction and nice memory of Japan. I would recommend. Sorry, Miss Crab didn’t win, but she tried. WWW. MCTEN!!!

On the plane today, they have my favorite movie about assisted suicide. But don’t worry, I’m not gonna look myshelf. I tried I take a screen shot of the movie, but it’s smart and copyrighted so it turned black. So here’s a picture of the bed I’m sleeping in. I’m so tired. But it was so early and I wanted to finish my milk tea. It was banana fosters flavored. Really accurate. Anyways I worry about you and Vinh. Hope you guys are okay. TTQD!!!

There’s nothing noble about being better than someone else. True nobility is being better than your former self. But it’s hard to ignore other people. FOMO is a real issue. But I realize that my actions aren’t only about me. They impact others like a pebble making ripples in a lake. So with that the two most important people to me are you and Vinh. Because of that, I’m gonna work real hard to make you guys proud of me and not be a loser. Www. ATYGN!!!

Hi Em. It’s about time I come clean. Sometimes I don’t tell you everything. It’s never been anything serious, but it still makes me uncomfortable. I think you said you’re okay with me lying to you, but I want to revisit that. You sure you want me to lie to you? Are there only certain things I should lie about? I’ve read that if I tell you everything, then you can hold me accountable, since sometimes I’m not good at holding myself accountable. One thing I will never lie about is wanting the best for you and Vinh. ATYGN!!!

I know you’re tired. I’m sorry. That’s one thing that you and Vinh share. Sleep. I can’t blame you. It’s tiring and you’re a real champ about taking care of him. It’s just funny that you set so many alarms and timers, but never get up. I’m holding Vinh now and can hear them go off upstairs. I feel bad that I have to leave you to visit Tao and eat, but at least you won’t be alone and it won’t be for long. TLG!!!

We're yellow people. My teeth are yellow. Not a life lesson. Just a random rambling. This is the Chinese version of the song "Yellow": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6NQZHyJYO8 Here's the original version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNxeF4KMsY Life is yellow now. Not bad, not great, just in the middle. Your luggage is kinda yellow. Yellow is better than black, from a rating standpoint in most cases.  I know you guys have your own thing going on and I didn't mean to bother. There's nothing you can do to make things better so just continue to ignore. ASTEN!!! (Enough money could make things better).

I hope you don’t feel like my memory is gonna hurt you. While I may forget things, it’s not often. As for shifts, I don’t think I feel more refreshed because I woke up at 5 and 7. But I probably should have went straight to sleep at 3 and not do Wordle… Still waiting for Jesus to help us more with Vinh. I’m sure he’s helped already, but I’d like some more lol. Holding him like this reminds me of the beginning when he slept in the middle of feeding. It doesn’t get better, problems just change. TLG!!!

Two cars can fit in the garage again. But I need to get those shelves up… See my fake smile? Vinh doesn’t look happy either. What’s new lol? Anyhow, I was just thinking, it is what it is at this point. Just need to continue moving forward and doing our best to care for Vinh. We’re not gonna be perfect, but hope we don’t scar or harm him. 🙏 TLG!!!

We finally got rid of the mattress, but Tony didn’t realize that Dad did use all the frame for supporting the fence so we still have some metal frame piece left. 🤦‍♂️ I should have checked, but I didn’t want to offend him…  Getting rid of stuff is nice. It’s nice that someone is wanted some of your stuff so it doesn’t all go to waste. The garbage man is actually pretty cool. I should get his name next time. He took some of the wood from the broken wedding cart. ATEN!!!

I know you’re tired. I appreciate you taking on the night shift and all you do in general for us. It’s a pretty thankless job, so I want to say thank you. I’m sleepy too 😂. Coffee and energy drink and food is not working…TLG!!!

Man I’m tired. I really thought about skipping this tournament, but it’s probably helpful to get away for a bit. Although I feel really bad about leaving you behind with Vinh. I’ve really been thinking a lot about priorities and I need to find a way to refocus my energy. God willing, I’ll get. ATYGN!!!

Today I was thinking, do you find me less attractive now? Your love for me is physical, so my attractiveness is utmost. Maybe I should crop out Vinh because he makes me look bad…Anyhow, you don’t need to worry about yourshelf. I’m not shallow. ATEN!!!