Day #6

I am working on an essay right now prompted by the recent fatal shooting of 6 Asian-American women in Atlanta. It's about being an Americanized Korean adoptee, what that means and how it has effected my identity. I started writing it on Wednesday. It is taking me awhile to write because I realized that I am really figuring it all out as I go along. Today I found the words for something I had been stuck on for a few days. It's a small victory but feels really good.

I also finally made a bolognese sauce I had been want to make. I printed out the recipe and it sat on a recipe stand on the kitchen counter for weeks. It came out pretty good even though the recipe said to keep it simmering for another 30 minutes. I started around 5:25 which was much too late for a sauce that was suppose to cook for 2 hours. I've decided that next time I'll start at 3:30pm. 

It's looking better and better for our private Don Benito 5th grader end of the year trip to Big Bear. By the time we go, the end of May, it looks like most, if not all of the moms will be vaccinated. I didn't think that would be the case. We are all hopeful that it will happen for our boys.

When I challenged myself to blog every day for 7 or 10 days straight, it was before I started working on my essay. Since Wednesday, I've been writing for a minimum of 3 hours a day on it, sometimes more. So, that plus the blogging is a little much, but I haven't let it stop me, yet.