All the Small Things

Okay, okay!
Thanks to my silent readers who are not so silent only when I don't update my blog, I am renewing my commitment once again to keep up with this d*mn thing.

I'm a big believer of things not working out for a reason--in other words, it's not a coincidence that I've failed to maintain a blog so many times. Simply put, MY POSTS ARE WAY TOO LONG!

In order to cut me some slack (and for you too!), I will attempt to get to the point quickly. Short and sweet. The more the merrier. One little event or thought per day, period.
I am also going to point out some of the idioms and slangs that might be difficult for non-native speakers to pick up. Hopefully, that'll clarify what I'm saying. So here we go again.

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My beloved Russ (yeah, I will be stopping the whole code name thing too--I can't keep up with the big ol' list!) departed yesterday to Alaska to find his inner fisherman. 7 days of nothing but fishing.


As I was driving home from a quick trip to the lake with the boys earlier, out of the blue, I had a flashback of my mom saying, "Husbands are best healthy and away." Although I suspect that she meant something completely different, I could not agree more that we do need separate time here and there to appreciate each other.

As beautiful as the drive was, I kept on wanting to look over the creek or the hills or whatever else that we were passing by in order to really have a closer look at things. Only to realize all this time, while I've looked around and commented on this and that, there was Russ who was driving us home, shouldering the whole responsibility of our family's safety without a single complaint. How often did he just want to sit back, relax and enjoy?

So I decided to update my mom's saying.
Husbads are best healthy and back.

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cut some slack = 大目に見てあげる
out of the blue = 突然・何の関連もなく