Book Board Chat

Good morning from SoCal, where it finally feels like fall. It's downright chilly, and the heater actually came on in the house.

Tonight at midnight DH, DD and I leave for Korea for DS's wedding. First, a 13 hour flight from LAX to Beijing, then a 3 hour layover, then a 2 hour flight from Beijing to Incheon (Seoul). that's 18 hours of travel time. Take into account the time difference and we arrive at noon on Monday. We'll spend the day in Incheon (or maybe Seoul) and then do the 3 hour drive to Daejeon the next day. This is all very exciting, but 13 hours on one plane is a long time! I know Jim-the-board-resident-world-traveler is a pro at this, but I confess to being a bit overwhelmed and anxious. One really cool thing about the travel is when we come home we arrive a half hour after we left. Traveling across date lines is kind of mind boggling.

DS is marrying a lovely girl, and marrying into a great family. They came here a couple of weeks ago and stayed for a week. We speak no Korean and they speak no English. Ah Young (my DIL) did all the translating for 12 people. She had her work cut out for her but did a great job. There was lots of fun and laughter. We also got to take her 4 and 6 year old nieces trick-or-treating. They were VERY excited about that, since they 1) don't do Halloween there, and 2) don't eat much candy. Every time I told the candy-dispensing person at the door they came all the way from Korea to go trick-or-treating, they dumped an extra hand-full in the little girls' bags. Their eyes got so HUGE, and soon they were saying, "Sank-oo!" before running off to the next house. Excellent first English word(s)!

The wedding is on Thursday. My DIL asked if I want to wear traditional Korean clothing (Hanbok)
https://www.google.com/search?q=hanbok+wedding&rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS448US448&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=672&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTt6-uk7XQAhUCj1QKHXnzDyMQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=hanbok+mother+dress+wedding
It's so beautiful! It's also going to make my rather large American body look that much more bulky, but I can live with that if it makes Ah Young happy 🙂
Just in case they don't have any big enough for me, I bought a long formal dress as a back-up. If I don't need it I can always return it.

This will be the first time in my adult life I haven't spent 3 days cooking for Thanksgiving. I'm kind of excited about that! With all the excitement we have had this fall, plus starting a new full-time job AND continuing to do estate sales, I may carry that through and not do Christmas either. No decorating, no big meals. Just finish off the year relaxing with family.

FB friends: please don't mention any of this on Facebook. I don't want to advertise online that we will be away from the house for a week. I'll post pics when we get back.