Good morning and thank you for joining me on this first Sunday of 2018. Wow, it’s been a while. The last #DSFWeeklyRewind was on Christmas Eve and since then, a lot has changed.

First of all, as I mentioned in my previous post, I am almost at my first weight goal. Woohoo! And this week will be my last full week at work.

My mom had been constantly asking me if I really want to quit my job and I told her many times yes and I am not changing my mind. Why should one work at an unhappy job? We have to work most of our lives, shouldn’t we choose to work in an environment we’re happy in?

Now, let’s talk about last week. After all, this is a “rewind”, not a “fast forward”. My mom and I along with her friend visited my former student’s mother on the 30th and ended up spending most of the next two days with them.

Park City

When I asked my mom why we’re taking them to all these places, she explained that if we show them all these places now, they will be able to find their own way to these places in the future without our help.

Excellent logic, mom. 

So from early morning to late at night, we were basically together with these people. I felt I had a hard time communicating with them because I don’t speak fluent mandarin and they don’t speak a word of English. At times, I found it difficult to explain my thoughts in Chinese. I really hope I get to work in a English-speaking environment after I come back from China because I can feel my English declining as I speak mostly Chinese not only at my current job but just about everywhere.

Speaking of, yes, I am going to China in 9 days! I purchased my ticket on the last Thursday of 2017. This will be a short trip and I intend to make the most out of it. Hopefully I won’t gain five pounds while over there.

As for work, last week was a very busy week as I begin to close the 2017 books. It’s quite messy because the others seemed to be stalling in giving me their expense paper work. Hopefully, I can get it done by the 15th because that’s my last day. Ugh, I think I’m way too responsible sometimes.

As for gratitude, as I stated in my earlier post, I am grateful Mother Nature brought snow and rain because otherwise, I would’ve had to wake up at 5 AM to join my mom and my former student’s mother for a one-day trip to Bryce Canyon. I definitely would not be ready to wake up at 5 AM on the weekend.

However, since today’s weather is nice, my mom made plans to go to West Wendover, Nevada. I spent most of last night debating with myself on whether or not to go because I really wanted to go clothes shopping but at the same time, tagging along might be a good opportunity for me to collect some new photos of the Bonneville Salt Flats.

I guess we’ll see. Until next weekend then.