First time skipped the whole weekend - Catching up today

I was so forgetful this weekend that I didn't remember to blog at all. I was a little stressed. Nothing major. I went through my boxes again on Saturday to look for my I-20. This time Sylvia was here to help me as well. We didn't find it, but she did get rid of a lot of junk for me.

We had lunch at Hong Yei after seeing the line outside the first restaurant we went. This place was quite busy too so we needed to wait a while to get our table. The staff was friendly. Our table was right in the front of the kitchen door. Since the restaurant was so busy we didn't have a choice. We were too hungry to care anyway. We ordered chung king cold noodle, spicy chicken cube, and leek with tofu skin. Everything was seasoned well and extremely tasty. The noodle had that buzzy goodness, so was the chicken cube. We were both saying to each other how yummy and authentically Szechuan this place was.

After lunch we went to see CJ7 with PK. Sadly I didn't love the movie. I thought it was trying really hard to be cute, or dramatic, I didn't like some of the harsh, cruel scenes either. Some of the acting were off too, like a little over the top or uneven, I wasn't sure why Stephen Chow let some of the scenes played out that way. I did laugh aplenty. Overall it was not a bad movie, but for a Stephen Chow movie I was hoping it would feel less artificial or forced. I miss his earlier sillier films. 

I took Sylvia to Vietnam Restaurant for dinner. It was full again. This location has seen many different restaurants. How nice that this owner finally gets it right. We had the rice wrap roll, and two 44a, the same vermicelli dish with shrimp paste and spring roll I always ordered. The food here was exceptional and affordable. We were very happy with the dinner.

Sunday I didn't do much by myself. I went to the gym, did grocery shopping at Ralph's and Asian supermarket. I made the soup for the week. This probably would be the last time I made the soup before the winter. The weather is getting warmer so I can go back to be lazy in the morning.

Today I went to work and called the university to request the verification letter. I was working on an email for the director as well. I needed to make it sound serious but not to the point where people would feel like they were being burdened. I sent the finished draft to the assistant and attached a separate email for the director. A couple of hours later the assistant wrote back and said they could do the verification letter. I looked at the form she asked me to fill out, it was very standard. I wish I could customize it but I understand it would be too much trouble if everyone wanted to make changes. I made copies of the form and filled it out like 6 times. I kept making small mistakes because I was so nervous. Finally I had the right one in my hand and I scanned it to PDF. I sent that file to the assistant and told her I will also send her the paper copy tomorrow.

Not much planned tonight. This verification letter and resubmission deadline have been on my mind. I am making good progress each day. I hope for the best.