dot chon's life be like

really brynne, this was such a good idea. i love hearing about how everyone is doing and i'm so happy for you all. i really wish everyone could've been at the reunion, but this will not be the last time...promise. we really missed you though :(

so i am sorry i've been such a terrible blogger. it's taken me a little while to get back in touch with technology and the real world. i think i had a sensory overload when i came back from the mish and i kinda became a hermit, but now all is good and i am back in the game.

so here's my update...

back from the mission: 4 months, 1 day

what i've done since i've been back: after taking some time to recover from the trauma of being released as a full time missionary, i finally got my old job back at the fed. i'm working in the same unit, under the same boss, but in a different office and with some different projects. do i like it? yes. it's nice to be busy again and to feel apart of something. do i still miss the mission? yes - every day of my life.

in addition to re-entering the work world, i've been super active in the church (yay for not going less-active post-mish). i've been very busy with my callings, but i love it. when i first got home, i went out with the missionaries a lot (since i had so much free time, esp. during the day). i have really came to love all missionaries. i love slipping them some cash whenever i see them on the street or buying them food or giving them back rubs (okay, not really the last one), but i just get so happy when i see them working hard and bringing souls unto Christ.

i have also really enjoyed working with the people in my ward. since coming back, i have felt this desire to help my fellow members reach their fullest potential. so i've decided to do it in the most unique way possible. how? well, they call me the ward "yenta". i basically find ways to match people together so they can fulfill the commandment to "multiply and replenish the earth". this was spurred on by a video i saw a couple months back, some conference talks that i had heard, and the realization that i and my peers weren't getting any younger. how's it going? we just had our first ward date this past weekend - it was basically a three-course meal where you had a date with a different person for each course (so 3 dates in one night). i think it was a success. everyone seemed to have had a lot of fun and some digits were exchanged that night.^^ what qualifies me to be the ward matchmaker? um, nothing. i am no expert on dating as i don't do a lot of it. but i do love to see people come together. if you have any ideas for matchmaking, please feel free to share.

and in my free time, i make trips out to utah to see friends and fam. this past visit was so much fun. i just wish utah wasn't so far away or that i could teleport. it was so fun to catch up with everyone and see your beautiful faces (which i must say everyone looked so good). plus i got to watch conference at the former yellowhouse, now blue house. funny story - i was staying at my friend's house in provo and she lives in the same ward as the former yellowhouse. since she didn't have a tv to watch it on we went to the yellowhouse and it was a surreal experience. they repainted the inside and it feels a little cleaner than when we lived there, but they don't have fun parties or climb on the roof or have a trampoline on their lawn or have barbecues or have a couch on the porch that they sit on and greet people coming back from class or have goats coming to visit or have yard sales and visits from the ice cream man or have mattresses in the living room where they have sleepovers or have the memories that we did...it just wasn't the same. but the creeper that i am, i took some now pictures of our former house.

the living room - with the heater that grace used to always lay on top of :(

our old dining room where we shared so many meals together :(

i feel blue when i see this :(

i think i scared those little boys that lived there, just going on and on about the house and the good ole days. and then taking pictures and maybe mentioning that we had a blog dedicated to the house. oh well, it wasn't the first time i ever scared someone and it won't be the last.

oh girfs, i love this house because it brought us all together. when megan and i were driving around when i came out, we were reminiscing about how times at the yellowhouse were bliss. i don't really remember any bad times because i always had my girlfriends. i am glad that everyone is doing so well now and living good lives, but i miss you all. i hope we can have another reunion soon, or at least a big skype fest in the meantime. i'm going to start saving my money so i can buy that house and paint it yellow again and then it can be our summer home.

i look forward to reading and writing more posts on this blog!! until then, 사랑해 (i love you)!