And then I started thinking of silly things he says or does. We went to have pho the other day... Why is that stuff is so good? J: Yuck, I hate food smells on my clothes. I stink! I don't know where he comes up with this stuff.
S was gone all last week. He called me one day to say hello. Maybe it was the mountain air he was breathing or just that he missed me… but his voice was so sweet and gentle and like cotton candy. It's like all of a sudden he was speaking with a soft-focus filter through the phone. It's been years since I've heard that voice, who is this guy? So I was floating on air the rest of the day. I was reminded of that phrase, "swept off my feet"… where you feel like everything's soft and dreamy and you could just float or melt away.
But I can't stand the smell of it lingering on my clothes, my hair, my skin afterwards.
S: I like food smells.
J: Maybe if I walk around I will attract some Vietnamese boys that like food smells.
S: Then you can sing: "My pho smell brings the Viet boys to the yard and they're like 'It's better than yours… "
Cracks me up. 
I went to see my opthamologist today. I was contemplating all week if I should cancel b/c I haven't been using my eye drop medication. I didn't want to waste his time and didn't want to get in trouble. My friends are like, "What's so hard about putting in eye drops?" I'm just a slacker. The eye drops are in the fridge so I have to go there. And then when I put them in, I have to close my eyes and pinch the insides of my eyes for 5 minutes. Do that twice a day. And it's just… a bother. "So you rather have dried up eyeballs?" Well… no… But to my surprise, he was still nice to me. Have I told you how much I love this doctor? He is the best! Not that he didn't scold me… but that I know he's always looking out for my best interest. He thinks outside of the box and doesn't give up and say, "Sorry, that's it for you". I don't know how he remembers me when I only see him a few times a year, but he asks me about my job, my family… I'm not in and out in 5 minutes. He'll spend as much time as he needs to, explaining things to me. I can go on and on about how great a person he is. Anyway, doctors like that are rare. I wish I could give him a gold medal. He plugged up the tear ducts again on my left eye. This left eye has been a real bugger these few days. I can see clearly though! Oh, how I love clear vision! But I feel like there is constantly something in my eye. They've both been crazy red these past few days. I look like someone from a horror movie. Still, that does not stop me from watching Korean dramas.
I am turning over a new leaf. I will start using the eyedrop medication again starting today!
When we were in Taiwan, our Aunt/Uncle took us to check out the AnPing Tree House.
So instead of a house built on a tree. It's a few trees that grew into/around/above a house. It was built between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of Japanese colonization to act as a warehouse for a salt company. When the place fell into disuse, the banyan trees took over! It's such an interesting place to walk around, tree roots reaching across floors, whiskery things hanging down from the ceiling, tree roots growing down walls, creating their own window/doors/ceilings… The place has been updated to provide beams to give more support to the house. Stairs were also added to allow guests to climb above the warehouse and take a look from higher up. What a sight to see… and the breeze was so nice up there.
You know I won't be planting one of these trees anywhere near my house.
Missing Taiwan... especially the food and the being-on-vacation.
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