Mom's visit

eating mom's delicious cooking / a walk through washington park

hiking at chautauqua park / lunch at boulder

eating crepes in downtown denver / mom making kimchi

My mom came for her annual spring break visit last week, and we had a great time. The photos above are a pretty good summary of what we did here - show her around Denver, take walks/hikes and eat! She cooked lots of delicious food as usual, and made a few months' worth of various types of kimchi.

I wanted to take her hiking and got a recommendation from a friend for Chautauqua Park in Boulder. The length and difficulty were perfect for what we were looking for. W and I are thinking about tackling the 14ers, which are the mountains that are higher than 14,000 ft in elevation. There are 88 of the in the U.S. and 53 are in Colorado. Originally, I wanted to take my mom on one, but after some research realized that even the easiest one is fairly challenging.

The weather was perfect during her visit, and although spring is more of a gradual transition here than it is in the midwest, I'm enjoying watching the city become greener as leaves begin to appear on trees, and soaking in the beauty of flowering trees before they're gone.

Happy Mother's Day

Photos from my mom's graduation (top), and from her trip to Chicago in 2009 (bottom two).  I hope everyone enjoys a wonderful day with their mothers!  I send love to my mom from Ohio.

Mom

 My mom visited us last week and went back to LA on Sunday.  I had such a great time with her.  We got free veggie burgers at Northstar for Earth Day.  Among other things, W, mom and I took a nice walk Saturday morning along the reservoir and discovered some cool new spots that I want to explore more with W.

the bird attack

in my last post i mentioned that i got attacked by a bird. i got an email from my mom this morning in response to that:

Dear Boyun,
How are you doing?
I checked your blog, you were attacked by a bird.
Are you OK now?
I send another addition on the conference note, would you correct the part of TC xxx's reponse and Corrective Action Plan?
Thanks again.
I love you!

one thing about being long distance is that i get more emails from my mom. i love getting her emails! so funny! i've been editing some of her written work so that's what the other stuff is about.

update on the bird attack: i was a bit traumatized by the attack so when i went running the next day i kinda freaked every time i saw a bird. but when i approached the site of the incident, i noticed that there was a row of trees along the path whose branches hung really low. i think my head got too close to a nest or a bird that was in the tree and that's why it decided to attack me.

i think i'm okay now. thanks mom.