no.458 140802 Thank you for helping me choose a meal over a junk food

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People think I'm pretty patient, but sometimes I think I'm such an impatient person. Okay, maybe "patience" isn't the right word. Perhaps it makes a better sense if I say I get easily frustrated. Like today, I rushed home because I was starving after work. Just before I got on the subway, I called my mom so that she knows that I was on my home. The entire commute home, I was thinking about sam-gyup-sal that we were having for dinner… thinking that I will be able to eat as soon as I got home. 

I opened the door, hoping that I would smell a delicious meal but I was wrong. My home was super quiet and my sister was studying at the dining table. Okay… this wasn't the picture I had in mind. Where is my sam-gyup-sal?! I was getting cranky, I was getting upset at my mom for not being home for dinner, and and I was ready to dig in some junk food to somehow show that I was in an unhappy mood. I know, I know. I sound really childish. However, I was craving sam-gyup-sal so much and when I saw it in the fridge, I had to take it out and grill it. I also heated up the leftover dwen-jang-jji-gae from breakfast - which makes an awesome combination with the gogi. Yumm!! There has to be some grilled kimchi when you eat sam-gyup-sal. So I ended up cooking a whole meal. My sister and I enjoyed it very much and it definitely was happy in my tummy:) I was thankful that I chose to eat a proper dinner over some junk food… I'm also thankful that I tried to be more patient today and didn't let out my frustration as usual.