for the sake of the call, II.

Man. I sat in on a meeting today (as a rep for SEND! b/c Joe wasn't here...) between ____, Ryu, and Terri to discuss stuffs for after ____ leaves for East Asia... We talked about all the logistics about what to do in the event that something were to happen to her, things like what to do with her mail, how to handle communication between her and the church, etc... I had known that she would be leaving for Central Asia for two years, but for some reason, it didn't hit me until this afternoon how real this call is in her life and how much is going to be demanded of her. I think I've grown accustomed to people leaving for short term M trips and coming back after a few weeks or a few months, but a few years is a completely different story. But if you think about it, even a few years is still short term! Living as an M for the rest of your life - wow. That's legit. Not coming back to the US for two years, adjusting to a completely foreign culture, saying goodbye to all the things and people you grew up with... man. You really are leaving an old life behind to take on an entirely new life. Definitely some heavy things for me to wrestle with as I think about my life, too.

I'm pretty sure I had another post on this earlier, but here it is again....

We will abandon it all for the sake of the call

No other reason at all but the sake of the call

Wholly devoted to live and to die

For the sake of the call

apple butter

I made this amaaaaaazing apple butter at work the other day. It seriously was one of the yummiest things I have ever had in my life, and I really wanted to make some at home and jar it up to give as gifts to people! I bought 10 pounds of apples from the farmers market, jars from the container store, and after work on Saturday (at 3AM), I started making a huuuge batch of apple butter. Who knew that it would take me THREE freaking hours to make 10 tiny little jars... :( Cutting, cooking, blending, passing through a strainer... It is now 6:37 AM and I am finally finished. I gotta wake up in 2 hours to get ready for church...

I don't know what is / would be more sad: the fact that the apple butter I made at work tasted better than the one I made at home, or the chance where people aren't grateful for all the hard work I put into it...

BUT, aren't they cute?? They even have my little embossed "Kitchen of Nancy Wu" sticker on them :) The mini ones have a "Nancy Wu" cupcake sticker on them too! Wheeee.

my worried family

As soon as I got off work today, I checked my phone and it went CRAZY alerting me of all the messages that I had received from my dad while at work...

NINE new messages, 2 emails, a text from my sister, ALL telling me to call home! ALL in the span of 4 hours...

and look at this gchat convo w/ my brother...

me: hi buinzzzz

Sent at 2:07 AM on Tuesday

Kevin: whoa

arz! you're alive!

hi!

Ah sigh. I should probably call home more often so that my parents don't assume the worst...

good eats

Occasionally, cooks from the kitchen will drop off some foods for my (pastry) Chef, and he'll offer it to us pastry cooks to eat :)

Some dishes that I've had in the past few weeks:

Duo Of Beef black angus short ribs with stewed lentils, caramelized salsify wagyu tenderloin, red wine glazed pearl onions carrot confit, sauce bordelaise (sidenote -- eating this dish made me feel like my arteries had just clogged. IT was sooooooooo heavy... yummy, but supperrr heavy).

Red Wine Braised Monkfish Tail Coated With Bacon Chipspommes lyonnaise, cipollini onion tempura grilled porcini, bone marrow-bordelaise sauce

Pumpkin Seed And Speck Ham Crusted Sea Scallopscaramelized endive, glazed jerusalem artichoke, doppelbock beer jus

OH. Anddddddddd a white truffle pasta dish, which if you ordered off the menu, would be a $100 supplement to your bill!!!! My chef was like "hurry up and eat it before Daniel (THE Daniel) comes over and smells the truffle on your breath". Hahahahaha... Because if he found out we were eating such an expensive dish. . . oh boy.

shoutout!

I must say.... I think I have the most supportive roommates in the world! Even though I don't see them literally at all during the week, minus Sundays, (sad, right?), they do a lot to show me that they still care about me and are rooting for me to get through each super long work day!

Jane Jeong to me

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11:05 AMJane: nancy i <3>

haha

i love seeing your name on gchat

bc that's like equivalent to seeing you in person now

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Catherin Yu you're awesome! some ♥ to help you thru the long week......! heartheartheart*

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    Jane Jeong omg catherin!! we think alike. this is what i wrote to nancy today on gchat: me: nancy i ♥ you

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    Catherin Yu pueehehehe :)

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And yesterday morning, I woke up to find this little surprise waiting for me on my desk! Hahaha...oh Sherry =P

Thanks Catherin/Jane/Sherry! You guys are the best. :)