Lora CP#4

I met with Jayoung for the fourth time on July 21^st, at the community center where her daughter was going to watch a movie.  We sat in the lobby area and talked.  She brought me some traditional Korean gimbap that her husband had made and it was delicious!  She apologized that the rice was too dry but I thought all of it tasted amazing.  It was ham with pickled radish and egg, rolled in rice like a sushi roll and it was sooooo good!  We talked about me finding a restaurant for her to try with her family as I had yet to find the right one and we decided that the two of us would try the Melting Pot together next time they had a special for ladies night.  We spent time talking about her upcoming trip which we had talked a little bit about last time at our last meeting.  They had decided to expand a trip to the Smoky Mountains into a trip up to New York while stopping at places like Atlanta, DC, and the Smokies along the way.  Since I had been to NY in the last few months I shared my experience and offered some suggestions for lodging, food, etc. 

I also had asked her last time to think about a critical incident and share it at our next meeting but she didn’t know of one but she did relay her surprise about having workers over to the house.  In Korea you don’t wear your outside shoes inside and you don’t wear your inside or bathroom shoes outside.  She was amazed and I think a little weirded out when she had workers (cable I think) come to the house and walked right in with their shoes on.  I told her I could understand her surprise and how that might be a little off-putting.  Again, we spent more than an hour together and really enjoyed our time together.