Work has been stressful lately… same with our Taiwan trip. I’ve been so exhausted that my dSLR is still sitting in my camera bag. I haven’t touched it since we were in Taiwan, which basically means that I haven’t uploaded/looked at pictures. My blogging is at a minimum and my mind constantly feels exhausted from battling jetlag. I love traveling but jetlag always brings me down. Even with a good bottle of Advil PM, it took me a week and a half to finally get over it. Last night was my first night where I fell asleep naturally at a decent hour (1:30AM) and slept through the night. I feel like some absurd new mother monitering a baby’s sleep.
I feel like I’ve been spiraling downwards the last few weeks and just need a breather to get back on track. I feel like I need a vacation from taking a vacation since Taiwan was filled with seeing relatives and getting our studio wedding photos done. My close friend Jenn and I just finished planning out a quick weekend girl’s getaway up to the Emerald City to get away and recharge our emotional batteries before tackling the stuff going on at work and home.
Not a paid spiel, but I just have to shout the glories of Priceline. I managed to snag us the Seattle Westin, blocks away from the Pike Place Market and next to the heart of the shopping district for only 70 bucks a nice. BOOYAH! Whatever money we save on lodging just gives us more spending money on food. Our adventures of gluttony shall commence soon…
Since I realized that I have my point and shoot camera, I shall make a quick comment on Costco and Taiwan. On our second day in TW, we went to Taichung to visit my dad’s side of the family and prior to hitting the road to go to Chiayi, we stopped by the Taichung Costco. I love Costco. Especially in Taiwan. You can get all sorts of goodies that you can’t get here and besides, there’s something about seeing that guava and passion fruit comes in bulk just trips me out. Also this is where I stock up on my silicon baking paper. 😀
The food court here is equally awesome. Since I was moping over the lack of mangoes, when I saw that the food court offered mango shaved ice/ice cream with frozen mango, I was all over it. Especially when it was less than $3 US.
MMMmmm… Mango Ice Cream. I was a happy camper all the way down to Chiayi… 
Nothing like a bowl of ice cream, mangoes, shaved ice, mango puree to make the hour long drive feel fast.