Okay, okay, I sure haven't been good about keeping up with this blog. I've been busy. More on that later.

Anyway, today we had my dad's 60th birthday bash. His legal birthday was actually before mine on February, but we decided to have the party closer to his lunar birthday (the actual day they remember it being) since it would give us more time to plan. We tried to keep it as simple as possible, but boy, it still took some coordination!

For any of you that don't know, the 60th birthday is big in Korea. It's sort of like the 100th day, 1st, then 60th birthday were your big milestones. The first two because if you lived past those dates, then you were probably going to keep living. The last was if you were actually lived long enough to see that age, it was a big deal. Anyway, modern medicine has made these milestones more symbolic than anything else. But hey, any excuse for a party.

Anyway, I had less-than-subtle hints from my grandma that this had to be done, so craziness aside, we buckled together and put together something simple and not too much work -- which means at a restaurant. It was at the Chinese restaurant that my family's been going to for years. We know their food like we know Mom's cooking. I hope they didn't mind the gaggle of people. More showed up than we expected. Kinda like our wedding, actually.

Wow, my dad's 60. That means we're getting old. As much as our relatives want to call us kids, we ain't no mo'. Heck, we're about to pass out of our twenties very soon, and my sister already has. It's also kinda making sad to realize that while my parents probably have 20+ years left in them, they are in their late autumn years and they're not too far from retiring. Perhaps like Whateley's parents, they too are looking forward to seeing grandchildren and whatnot. I'm glad to see their lives getting better after decades of struggle, too.

Anyway, I guess I'd best be signing off. Whew, one more thing off our list!