What a day...

So... things work out weird sometimes.  I got the email about the cancellation of the trip from Seoul on Wednesday.  So Wednesday night I emailed the group, and I am expecting a refund.  Thursday I was scrolling thru FB and another group stated that they are also going to Namhae Island.  This group is going to be leaving from Seoul on Friday night, will be doing more active kinds of stuff, and turns out that it's cheaper.  Not surprisingly, I booked it.  The trip has so far been salvaged, but I'm not 100% positive that it's actually going to happen.  Call me a pessimist, but the 'rona seems to be a vengeful bug.  I'm excited for the trip again, even though that Friday will see me trying to sleep on the bus on the way down.  Hopefully I'll be able to catch a few mins of sleep.  I'm really excited because we will be staying with Korean families on the island, so we can have some traditional food and get to know more of the culture.  No green tea fields, but meh... at least I'll get some quality beach time in and the sea kayaking sounds AMAZING!

Otherwise, I'm just dealing with other stuff.  Kids are back and that's nice.  There are certain changes at work that are a pain, but it is what it is.  The scale hasn't really moved lately which has me pretty well bummed out and I'm forced to ask myself if I stay the course or (shudder) add in exercise or something.  I'm also just kind of in a bummed-out place this week.  It's been a week of ups and downs - and I'm not good at being a yo-yo.

 Life can be hard, but at least the flowers are pretty.

In an attempt at 'self-care,' I purchased a face mask from Lush called Rosy Cheeks.  It's supposed to help with the redness on my nose.  It makes me laugh when I wear it, so I figured I'd share with you.  I did have the thought that if I wear a face mask when I'm out and about then all I have to worry about is a sunburn on the top of my nose and my forehead.  LOL.

 Look at me, being all taking-care-of-my-skin and stuff!!

I also went shopping today and you can kinda see the red mark that is still on my shoulder from the backpack and bigger bag that I used to carry home my groceries from Costco.  I'm telling you, friends, be happy you don't have to carry groceries home in a backpack and take a bus.  It's a pain in the shoulders!  

The good news is, I'm stocked on nuts, apples, chocolates for my kids, cookies for my co-workers, chicken boobs to cook for J with, smoked sausages for me, Listerine, and I splurged on a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream.  Then I came home and decided to give in to the weirdest craving I have EVER had (had to go to OK Mart for some ingredients)... for the first time, I'm making tuna salad.  That's right, never really ate it back home, but for some reason I'm CRAVING it here.  I had gotten some tuna in a pouch that I had with my crackers and that was nice, but apparently no, I want the whole shebang with mayo and mustard and celery and I want to eat it with a whole sleeve of Club crackers.  I also got my friend S some red pepper flakes for his pizza and it came at a cost... I'm going to be storing some of the chicken and sausages in his freezer since mine is still kinda full of bagels.  That and I don't want anything going bad before we can eat them.  I also stopped in at Paris Baguette to see if they had the salad that I love (they did) and get some cream bread.  It's like a sweet roll with whipped cream in the middle and almonds on top.  Might sound weird, but MAN they are good.  J asked me the other day what things I would miss about Korea - cream bread is one of them.  

So now I am home on a beautiful Saturday - the sun is shining and it is 82 degrees outside today.  I have successfully had the 'we have food at home' conversation with myself, so I have decided that I will not be venturing into Seoul today.  I will instead do my laundry, make my tuna salad, have it and my chicken salad, have some drinks, and probably end up watching Zombieland Double Tap since it's finally on Netflix.  I might even get wild and watch Train to Busan.  This may also be the day that I finally deep clean my bathroom, but let's not get totally out of hand here.  Anyway, another lazy weekend is planned for me.  I hope all is good for all of you and I'm sending lots of love and hugs from Korea!  MUAH!  :*