my parents are here! they arrived on the 6th, left for china on the 7th, came back on the 10th, took us all around korea on the 11th and 12th, left the 14th for jeju island, will return on the 20th for a few more days in korea and will leave for chicago on the 22nd. as expected, their visit has been jammed packed. lots of family and friends who want to see them, feed them, and catch up. 

last weekend was a lot of fun. we went to imcheon como's farm in the countryside, spent time in my dad's hometown, bounced over to my mom's hometown, then went through seoul to incheon, then back to seoul for dinner with my mom's only living uncle, and finally made it home where we all passed out from exhaustion and over-eating.

even though our work schedules have made it impossible to spend more time with them, it's been so good to have my parents here. just seeing their things in our place--my mom's curling iron, my dad's electric razor, their tiny shoes--makes me happy.