Our Love Story Begins Today

Good job taking today off. Thanks for letting me swim. Hopefully your family isn’t mad at me for leaving you at home… Your phone call cost me the game, but it’s okay. I think Pink was mad since I messed up that hand and had an extra tile. You guys need some rest for our trip tomorrow. 🙏 

I appreciate the sacrifice you make to feed Vinh when we go out to eat. I wish he could eat on his own or let me feed him… I will always do my best, but I can’t always do things like the way you want when it comes to Vinh. Just know that I’m not trying to hurt him, but rather finding ways to make it work better.

Your mom said to be nice to you and not argue. I think I did a good job of that. I hope this year is good for you. I hope you are able to better yourself for yourself.  Best Uyen is best  for everyone. We still have to “celebrate” it, but it’s a formality as the new year is here. 🥳 

Money isn’t everything, but it’s definitely important to a lot of things. It’s also how I measure success and failure. Unfortunately, there have been a lot more failures than successes. But I keep on trying and I try new things. I’m gonna get it before I retire. And I get to try again tomorrow. 🧧 I cleaned out the salad for Tet.

It’s almost Tet. Are you excited? I’m excited for it to be over lol. Holidays are great, but sometimes the anticipation of the holiday being over is more exciting than the holiday. I’m happy for another chance to reset.  I don’t know if the year of the snake is good for us. I will Google later. But regardless, I will make it a good year as best as I can. Hope it’s good for you and Vinh as well 🙏. 🐍 

Maybe it’s time to try something different. In hopes we get different results. 🙏 I’m gonna just ask you one time from now on. That why you don’t get annoyed and I don’t get annoyed. Maybe it will help you be more decisive too. The other thing I’m gonna try to do is not buy you food unless you ask for it. Just know that I think about getting you food whenever I go out. Hopefully this will have positive results. 🙏 

I hope I’m not stealing all your joy by doing most of the errands and chores. It gives you more time with Vinh and I do it a lot more efficiently I think. I hope you understand and appreciate that. It’s not just for me. I also hope doing this will allow you to better focus on what you need to do. Maybe someday multitasking will be an option, but I will try to help minimize the drains on your attention. 🙏 coffee doesn’t keep me awake.

Today really tested whether it’s better to be golfing or not golfing, but I’d still rather be golfing. It sucked, but I got a chance to work on my other clubs (driver wasn’t working…) I can’t remember the last time I shot over 100. Last Friday I shot 50 halfway through, but I doubt I would have shot more than 49 on the back 9 if I continued. Sorry you had a rough morning, I was gonna get you bambu, but I’ll work on helping you be better by not tempting you with food. Just know I thought about you and I for myself coffee so I was here…

Good thing I thought about what kind of car I wanted. It’s unfortunate (fortunate) that I’m a practical person. I don’t want a fancy car. I am even fine with a used car (I’ve never had a new car). But if I go with the RAV4, the used price/deal isn’t that great… I’ve gotten great use and value from this car. Probably won’t get the same for a new car, but life doesn’t stay the same. There’s a new model Y, but I don’t want 2 Teslas. Sorry. If only someone would buy your old one, but there’s no value on that for the buyer…

Life is always going to have setbacks. You can do all the preparing and planning, but you can’t control the universe or other people. That being said, it doesn’t meant you shouldn’t keep trying or that you should give up.  You just need to figure it out. Try something different. Accept that it might take a little longer than you expected or be a slightly different result. Unless it’s not important enough to you…

We spend.a lot of time in the present worrying about the past. That being said, today I was thinking about us. I know you worry, but when we retire, my pension should be enough to take care of us. I just need to make sure I stay employed until then. What I need from you is just to be more compatible so we have less conflict in our retirement. Thank you!

You got what you voted for. I never asked you why you voted for him. I’m assuming it a single issue, but I could be wrong. Anyhow, it’s like anything else. I hope you end up happy with your choice. God knows I’m not happy with Gavin Newsom. Forgot about him when we were picking names for Vinh. Now Pink always reminds me about it, “How’s Newsom?” I just pray for a better world, not just for us, but for Vinh. 🙏 

Someone got some well deserved “me” time today. I’m sorry your esthetician was not friendly. Hopefully the results will still be good. I hope you believe that I really planned on staying home if they had players, but they needed me. I appreciate you letting me play MJ. It’s my relaxation and recharge. I’ll poke you when I get home. TTQD!!

Today was a mixed day when it came to potty training. Some successes and some failures. I appreciate you taking the lead on this. Good job on intentions. My phone battery sucks. Anyhow, thanks for letting me go MJ. I know you want me to pop your coochie, but I’ll do that tomorrow. I tried to do it after the nap, but you weren’t interested…

I’m practicing for retirement. Although I might start to play golf early on Tuesdays and/or Fridays before work. I’m getting okay with playing alone. I’m also okay just playing 9 holes (half a round), but once summer hits and the sun is up at 5, I might start playing 18. I want to make sure I’m home by 9ish so I’m not super late for work (officially). I sucked at golf today, but it was nice to get out. Thanks for taking care of Vinh. 😘 

There’s a saying that life isn’t what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. There’s lots of variations of this saying as well. When you mentioned about the miscarriage and the conversation about Nga’s accident, I felt bad.  But then I remembered other situations and your reactions and I hate to say it, but you ever think it’s you that needs to figure it out? Which brings it back to that saying. You can’t control what happens to you, but you can control how you react. I think you can do better. If that offends you, I’m sorry, but it needs to be said.

Today’s being late is not your fault per se, but it cooks be prevented. I don’t know if showing up 15 minutes early to work makes sense, but maybe check your gps an hour before you work on later days and maybe an hour and a half earlier on days with expected heavier traffic? Anyhow, I usually assume the gps will be 5 mins more as a cushion. But that’s under normal driving conditions. If you’re driving at 7 or 8 AM it could be more. But leaving at 6 or 9 AM the 5 min rule is probably sufficient. Don’t take my word for it, but I was only late once in 14 years….

You’re beautiful. You may not have big boobs or a big butt, but you’re not ugly. In case I never told you or in case you didn’t know.  Yea your breath stinks and farts are deadly, but Vinh gets his looks from you. I’m glad you are trying to take better care of yourself. Hopefully you can work on the emotions and mental health too. 🙏 

Tet happens exactly 4 weeks after New Years. We’re about halfway to Tet now. There’s something psychological about important dates to make important changes. I failed to meet my New Year’s resolutions already, but I’m thankful there’s another important date coming up to try again. As long as we don’t give up on trying, we will have a chance to get better. Good thing I don’t go to the office everyday…

That we had a miscarriage. It helps to think it’s God’s will. It’s not anyone’s fault. All we can do is try and be careful/healthy. The rest is up to the universe. So please don’t blame yourself. Anyhow, we’ll try harder next time and leave the rest in God’s hands. Vinh may not understand yet, but when he gets older, he will know we tried. That’s all we can do. Try and pray. DLLC 🙏 

Today at lunch I was thinking you do a good job of feeding Vinh and eating. I could probably feed him, but I appreciate that you do.  I know you avoid reading the blogs after we have issues, so I won’t blog about it. I just hope someday we can learn to be open to change and be fair.

You’re doing a good job with getting Vinh to feed himself. I’m hopefully for similar results from potty training. Bring your same energy to that task. 🙏  This is why you don’t refrigerate garlic. Also you should separate it unless you’re gonna peel it. I still eat it though. I pick out the green parts, but I think they’re edible. Anyhow, cheers to the weekend. Doesn’t look like I’m swimming tonight. Maybe I can lose $20 to you 😆.

Vinh is very cute. The laundry is done. Dishes are cleaned and put away. Tesla is charged. Vinh got fed, changed, dropped off, picked up, and taken to the gym. Being a stay at home husband is hard and I work. Rice is cooked. I gotta go give meds to my mom in a bit, but I’ll be back shortly to fold the laundry and put Vinh to sleep. Then I’ll try to get some work done and repeat tomorrow. Unless I swim.

This is the moon last night, not the sun by the way… Anyhow, I’m sorry you’re always tired. I don’t know how to help with that. I’m doing a lot. While I was putting Vinh to bed I was thinking about all the things I could be doing. I think you were just laying there. Then you went to sleep. I would have done laundry. Anyhow, I hope the bird nest helps…

I got clean shaved today and wore “your/our” shirt. It’s past the American New Year, but it’s still early for the Asian one. It’s also an opportunity for you to do better. Today you yelled at Vinh.  You may not believe me, but I only tell you these things because I care. You’re acting like Trang does with Lucas sometimes. If you can comment about her, then I can comment about you. He’s a kid. He’s still learning. He didn’t ask to be born. You wanted him, so you need to remember that when you get frustrated. Your behavior isn’t helping anyone. Don’t take it out on him. Call someone to vent, but how you acted today is not okay regular behavior. You said it would get better once your parents left. Maybe it’s not your parents…

God knows best. I pray God’s will matches our hopes. I hope you don’t get too emotional about it. Just don’t want you stressing out. IIWII. 

Are living things. Like plants and animals. If you don’t take care of them, some may survive in the wild, but many are domesticated and will wilt without TLC… Whether it’s family, friends, work, or strangers, we should always strive to be like Jesus and treat people good. You never know what they’re going through, or how it can affect them, us, or others. It’s like Vinh says, “Be nice.” He’s wise beyond his years…

That’s like almost 4 years of posts since we got married. There were some tough times and there will probably be some tough times ahead. I think we’re strong enough to make it through. Just don’t throw a bowl at Vinh okay? The new year is young. I hope you’re doing well to be better. For yourself and for those around you. I’ll be doing the same. 😘 

That’s what I need. I think I’ll have to pass on MJ tonight. Hopefully they don’t ask. I’d also like to get some work done. It’s been hard to focus lately with the cough and so much going on with work and life. Taking a quick breather, but I’m on phones today so I can’t nap. Gonna go look for gogi berries now. Checking Costco first…

Still hurting 😆. Anyhow, guess what I got you? Checks all the boxes. Something you want. Something you need. Something that was a good deal. Hope you appreciate it extra since you weren’t expecting it. Cheers to 2025. Hope it’s going better for you than me. Looking forward to a new year of FSA and medical benefits. Woohoo!!!

I feel like shit to start 2025. My stomach is burnt and my back hurts so bad. Now I’m gonna be worried every time I cough once this goes away. It also hurts when I blow my nose hard. Have to do everything gingerly now.  Only tears of pain currently, but I’m looking forward to a good 2025 for Team Boba. Love you guys!