Our Love Story Begins Today

It’s nice to have time off when everyone else is working and Vinh is at daycare. I have wanted to take a mental health day, but didn’t and this was kind of like one. I had plans to do lots of stuff, but ended up doing nothing, which is okay. At first Vinh didn’t like this, but I told him to try it and he was okay with it. Didn’t have time to wait for him to finish the Gogi berries before eating yogurt. I wonder if he noticed I used his own line on him 😂.

Not to come back here even if it is free, but I might have felt as bad if the weather wasn’t so shitty and I played so bad and I got this headache. At least the food was good. When I enjoy stuff I feel bad you don’t, so that’s why I want you to get good food too. My bad was sitting in rain waiting for the car to open. Love you lots.

Today he asked me to take a picture of him at church. Cute, but difficult. Definitely gets that from his mommy. Thanks for letting me golf today and tomorrow. It would have been great to swim to since I didn’t swim last night, but maybe I’ll swim tomorrow night or Monday. Hope you feel better 😘  soon. Hopefully the body stuff is coming to a close 🙏.

I remember I bought my cousin who canceled wedding a journal with prompts. And now I’m reminded after 2 days of swimming that I should also follow some of the prompts that I used to do. One very easy one is to count a blessing (or blessings daily). If I can’t find one, I’m probably not thinking hard enough. Didn’t get to swim twice today, but I’m glad I got to go once at least and I got to get home early. #blessed

Some issues do resolve themselves, but most don’t. Ignoring things doesn’t make them go away, sometimes it’s better (often) to prevent bad things from happening, rather than waiting and dealing with aftermath. Glad the damaged tire held air, but we do need to change them all soon. I don’t want to wait until we blow a tire or get another flat. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Good advice to live by. BTW ATEN!!!

Got free lunch today at work. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any left to take home for you or Vinh. Also the dessert wasn’t good and there was only pancakes leftover from breakfast. Maybe I should remember to come in monthly when they have free lunch, but it seems like a lot of “work” for get free food. Blessed to be employed here. Hope to be able to retire from here. Even though some coworkers suck.

About your body issues. And that I was annoyed today. I can’t fix your body issues, but I can fix my annoyance. Next time we’re out together I’m gonna show you how to use an air compressor at the gas station with the gauge.  We also need to take you shooting. While this annoyed me, your inability to handle a gun could get us killed or hurt. 

I’ve been having some neck pains. I wonder if it’s sympathy pains for my dad. I’ve been trying to drink lots of water to see if it helps.  Blood pressure seems fine, 118, 82, 64. Dad doesn’t want to go to doctor so I’ll cancel appt and see what doctor says about it. She could use better bedside manner…anyhow, here are my golf rounds for trip and add the extra round (World Tour Golf Links) you let me go on. Gonna be an expensive year…

What I was gonna blog about today. Anyhow, hope you had a good day. Sorry about your body issues. Oh yeah, that’s right. I wanted to remind you that it’s important to do things the right way.  Sorry, I didn’t have a family photo from today. I’m always reminded of a phrase that is important. “If you don’t have time to something right the first time, how are you going to have time to redo right the 2nd time.” It’s also like speeding if you’re late, getting pulled over isn’t gonna help. So just a reminder that rules and directions generally (not always) exist for a reason…

Baby don’t hurt me, no more. Just kidding, but no, not kidding, don’t hurt me. But this is love: I mean really though. I’m pretty confident that I do more for you than anyone I know does for their partner. If not, please let me know who does more and I will try harder. But I’ll also ask what their partner does for them. TTQD. Sorry about your 🚪.

You see the post on the bride that promised her husband he could always golf as part of their wedding vows? That’s not us 😆. Can’t believe it’s sprinkling today. But should be okay. Anyhow, thanks for letting me golf when you can. I know life changes and priorities change, so I appreciate the opportunity when I get it. 

I think a sign of maturity is to be able to take the advice you give others. I’m sorry about your miscarriages. I can’t imagine the toll on your body, but you seem okay. What I can understand is that there isn’t anything you can do that you aren’t doing already. You’re going to the doctor tomorrow to talk about it. That said, you really shouldn’t dwell on it or let it impact you negatively. Move on. #UyenSaidIt

The rooms I saw today were clean and the dishwasher was emptied. You know what wasn’t emptied or cleaned? Deez nutz 😆. Anyhow, just wanted to let you know that your efforts are not unseen or unappreciated. And also that deez nutz are always available to be emptied and cleaned. ✌️ 

Pretty uneventful, which is a good thing. Dad worries me, you worry me, Vinh worry me, work, other people, but nothing got worse today as far as I know 😰. Could have got a lot of free stuff, but I was lazy so I ordered online and got 3 orders so I could get 3 free body washes. I tried to get change at the bank, but it came in all new bills and I wanted older bills for the golf trip. Anyhow, that was my day. 

“Jesus is God” was written on the window. “PAR” was part of the license plate. Thought it was a sign that I should golf. I waited until the last minute before deciding to go, only to be told I could only play 9 holes because it was muddy… I was worried about avoiding the rain, but it only sprinkled on the 2nd hole. Too bad they didn’t let me play 18. I probably could have used a cart and been less tired. But bad golf is still better than no golf. I bought you guys some lottery. Maybe today will be a lucky day for you and Vinh 🙏 

I can’t remember the last time I had one. I was walking from gas station to Bambu today hoping I would have one, but nothing. I was also hoping for one in church today. Maybe I need to spend some time thinking about nothing… Maybe I haven’t needed one in a while? Well I’ll keep an open mind about it and hope something comes. 🙏 

I finally got up. Ate some pho which wasn’t that great. Sorry I had to waste some of it. But it was noodles and not meat. No birdies today, but golf was pretty good. Just goes to show, a little cough isn’t enough to throw off the game too much. 

Can’t remember the last time I had a cough where my throat hurt this bad. Sadly, I don’t know who gave it to me or how I could have avoided it. Hopefully I don’t get you guys sick. At least I didn’t have to play MJ tonight, but I gotta golf tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Or Vy Nha and then you can call her “Vee-Nah”. I was just thinking about that today as I was driving home. If you have a baby sister for Vinh that could her name. Too bad we know a Vina and there’s a porn star name Vina. Anyhow, besides waiting to long to have kids, you can’t really blame yourself for what’s going on. Just relax and accept it. Go with the flow. Being mad or negative isn’t going to make it any better…for anyone…

As long as we are honest about it and do what we can, it’s gonna be okay. The problem is that we often don’t believe we’re capable of doing more. I was listening to a podcast the other day that talked about things too often being defined by the current circumstances, but if you put that same scenario and changed the situation, the results would be different. And that’s what we need to do when we are asked about our limits and actions. Like I can’t dunk a basketball on a regulation height. Even if you threatened Vinh’s life I couldn’t do it. But for something else I think “I can’t do”, it could change to “I can do” if Vinh was at risk…

Has started and it’s kind of broad, but I’m gonna try and focus on being aware and better this Lenten season and beyond. It’s very easy to blame others, but in all cases, because we have control over ourselves, it’s really our responsibility. Hopefully Vinh learns soon to stop saying what not to do and starts not doing it without saying…

Lots of failing today for sure. But it’s about what we do after failure that matters. I hope we all do better today. Some things aren’t in our control, but most things are.  I heard a podcast today about marriage counseling and they said that when you get over the “I can’t”, you learn how much you can. It can be applied to failure as well. We’re never gonna stop failing, but as my high school teacher always said, “fail better”. 

We didn’t get to take advantage of any of the free stuff we paid for. No my gym, zoo or museum. But I hope you the spending was worth it for you. 🙏  for tomorrow. It’d be nice to finally get going on this next child for our family. I’m sorry it didn’t work out that I could go with you. Lorraine was willing to help. Maybe it’s a good sign for good news.

Hope you found your retreatish event to be worthwhile. Vinh and I are okay. We found stuff to do. Daddy daycarish. Vinh enjoyed the sea lions, parks and snacks and milk his mommy packed. No accidents so far for him too. Still have dinner and drive home. I don’t get to swim tonight. Www. But if you had a good time, it’s my sacrifice. 🙏 

It’s a money losing venture. Good thing I have a regular job. I think this store overcharged me, but maybe it’ll be lucky and the tickets will be winners. What did Vinh pick you ask? He got lifesavers gummies so he can share them, but we left them in the sequoia. He didn’t get gummy bears cause we have them at home…

That’s how it felt and what it was except for taking Dad to a doctor appt. Anyhow, now is as good as any time to begin/continue the journey to our best selves and being living examples to the world of living God's words. Whelp, tomorrow is Friday. Www. No meat isn’t so bad. Daddy daycare is gonna suck. Aren’t you lucky, it’s not mommy daycare? Remember this when I’m gone ok?

Let’s give up being late to stuff for Lent 😆. Hopefully you found something to challenge you to grow and be better through sacrifice this season. I’m still deciding what to do myself. 40 days and 40 nights until Easter. That’s just enough time to build new habits. Hopefully good ones that are long lasting. DLLC. 🙏 

See what I did there? Lol, maybe not. The Lenten Season is upon us now. As I enjoy my last meal before it begins I’m reminded of the importance of the season and need to think about what I can do to better myself during this time… I also thought about what you can give up. Give up not giving 💨 😆. Anyhow, seriously, I hope the season finds you well, the unborn child remains healthy, the vessel betters herself during the season with lasting results. 🙏 

We kind of had a routine going for the few days, but it fell off again. I finally feel like I can get into a routine now with your new schedule and being back to work at home and in office. Vinh woke up early, ate, put on sunblock and went to school. I could get used to this 😆.

Tom asked me tonight for Vinh’s shirt size, but I didn’t reply in time. No free shirt sorry. Anyhow, I appreciate you letting me swim. It’s nice to relax a little before the work week, even though I lost today. I’m glad Vinh behaved even though he is handful. As your reward you can have pho tomorrow. You’re welcome. So what do we do Tuesday? 😆  S

You’ve been good this week. Keep up the good work. My only constructive criticism is that you find a way to be more patient with Vinh. However, I was pleasantly impressed when you took responsibility for Vinh’s nap issues today. Good job. I was thinking of what advice I could give Annalex about marriage and I think the beer advice I could give is to remember how much love and happiness is in their day. And let that motivate them to always love and take care of each other so they can keep having that love and happiness. I don’t think I felt any extra love or happiness on our wedding day though, just relief so I dunno…