July of 2012. That was the last time I wrote anything in here. I remember it very well. We had a new born baby. I was finishing up my last couple days at the middle school and I started looking for temporary gigs while we waited for YoonMi's immigration to go through. We were packing up everything we owned, selling it off, giving it away, or shipping it stateside. Knowing that she would be approved and then we would have a very short time to actually leave the country, we were trying to be as prepared as possible. The last post I wrote was about the day I became a father. Since then, we moved to Seattle, then to Mexico North. My wife got pregnant again, but I don't remember the day she told me. Not like I remember when we discovered Cameron was growing. Probably because I didn't write it down in here. I remember the absolute garbage of an apartment we lived in. Man, it was atrocious. Then we moved to Austin and it was like a ray of sunshine finally broke through the gloom of Kingsville. Will was born. November 12, 2014. It was a SUPER cold day. It was right in the middle of my super busy season but I took the whole day off. My phone was ringing like crazy, but I was totally focused on YoonMi. she had to have another C-section. This time, I got to be in the room when they were operating. My wife was awake, so she got to keep her wits about her. I remember looking over the little divider cloth they had up and saw her OB-Gyn get up onto my wife's belly and push my little baby out of a tiny slit in her gut. She said, "oh, yeah, there was no way he was coming out naturally." and then there he was. Perfect, the tops and lobes of his ears stuck out, almost perpendicular to his head. His feet and scrotum were so purple they were nearly black and he was white with the vernix. They took him out, wrapped him up and gave them to Yoonmi to hold for just a minute. It was wonderful, then they took him away and did all the stuff they had to do while they stitched up my wife. Now that I think about it, I never saw them doing that; I was so absorbed in Will.
We moved out of Austin after 2 years and down to the New Braunfels area. This place is wonderful. Small town, close to everything, great vibe to the place. If we have to live in Texas, this is probably where we'll stay.
It has been five years and 4 months since I wrote anything here. Partly because I couldn't find my way back here! Thankfully, I saw a memory on facebook that brought me back. maybe I can keep writing in here. But for now, I've gotta get back to work, it's open-enrollment and I'm swamped. Also, Yoonmi is in school for dental hygiene and I am helping her with her English and Psych work. Oh, there's also the translation crosschecking work to do, too. I really hope I can keep this going, this time. Hope you guys come back and read with me.
See you soon!
