First of all, some good. It was birthday week in my family. My mom, my older sister, and my brother had birthdays this week. Thursday (my mom and my sisters b-day), we went down to Fayetteville and went to Hohhot's (not sure on the spelling). It is a Mongolian BBQ joint. Great concept and good food. We got to pick our food-meat, veggies, mushrooms, peppers, sauces, etc., and then they cooked it on a giant grill in front of you in kind of a stir-fry way(Ciao in Mandarin-just in case you wanted to know what I learned in China...lol, though there was no wok), if that is possible. It was really good. I have such an amazing family, and they were all there!!! I ate too much, of course. On Friday, me, my bro, and my younger sis played board games for a while, and then my sis went to bed and her husband joined in as we played some Halo on XBOX. I am absolutely terrible, I mean REALLY terrible, at it, but it is good to hangout with the guys. Saturday, I seen my old boss (who is also a good friend) at Wal-Mart. I was supposed to go to my grandma's for a work day; instead I hung out with him for the day. That evening, for my brother's 18th b-day, we hit up some casinos and went to Olive Garden. Nobody really won big ( I think my sister won $30), but it was a good time at the casinos--the first time for my brother. Sunday, was another great day at church--always love being there.
And the bad...I guess there were 2 bits of bad news that I received on Thursday. I woke up that morning when my girlfriend called. She was supposed to be on her way to the USA from France (where she is from), but her uncle was taken to the hospital so she decided to stay to be with her family. I hope her uncle gets better and the family stays strong. It has already been 5 months since I have seen my girlfriend--I was so excited to see her--I hate that I will have to wait longer. We have spent more time apart (10 months) than together (8 months--1 of which I don't even remember after the fall) since we started dating. Long distance relationships are hard. That is a whole conversation in itself so I will go on. That afternoon, I had a consultation at the eye doctor. The good news is that they think my eyes may be able to improve. The bad news is that there are no guarantees of that, and they want to do a 40 week program. Unfortunately, they don't take insurance so I will have to pay out of pocket. It will be $5400, which is a lot, but at the same time, not that much. The problem is that I just paid close to $10,000 in hospital bills in China (nothing compared to the $250,000+ that Medicaid paid here) so I am pretty broke at the moment and do not even have that much money to my name. And to top it off, I can't drive or work to make money to pay for it. Vision is important, and if I can improve on mine, it will be worth it. I just hope I can find a way to come up with the money. Ok, that is my bad news paragraph. I am not too down or anything. I know I am still very lucky--just thought I would get out what I have been thinking about. Hope it all isn't too boring for you. To make it better, I will put a picture of me and my gal on here. It always makes me smile at least. :D
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