stressful day

suhee had a minor surgery today to remove some "membrane" from her uterus. they think it might have been part of the placenta from gideon's birth. the surgery seems to have gone well. thank you to those of you who have been praying for us.

lately i've been feeling so stressed out. mostly because of today's surgery, & partly because of the headache of preparing to move. i've been working as the "resident manager" of my apartment. up until recently, working w/the larger management company has gone smoothly. everyone there has been super-polite and competent at what they do. then last week, one very incompetent person from the company tried to blame me for something that she failed to get done. she was so rude, & i felt so disrespected. the following day she kind of apologized to me in front of the guy in charge of the company (who also happens to be her dad). it's funny how one bad experience makes me think of the whole company in a negative light. (i guess that's how many people feel about church.) but it's weird how that one small experience got me so angry. sometimes it's hard to be "big", & so easy to be "small & petty".

last night i showed an empty apartment unit to a couple that just came from russia. i proudly told him how my wife did her first year of college at moscow state university (very prestigious in russia & eastern europe). he one-upped me by telling me that he is a professor from there. he is here in california to teach astrophysics at uc berkeley.