Since it is almost Valentine's Day and I find myself single (no worries, it is by choice), I somehow have lots of extra time on my hands, therefore I decided it was a good time to take back up some writing. I know that there has been a huge gap between my last posting and this one, and I am not even going to try to justify it with an excuse. I am simply going to begin this posting where the last left off. Last time I mentioned that I was sick at the time and ended up being sick for almost a month and a half right before Christmas. It was terrible! I got 3 or 4 shots in the butt, so many prescriptions from the doctor that I was taking about 7 pills for each meal, and I went through lots and lots of tissues! It finally cleared up in time for me to head back to the States for Christmas.
Christmas was very expensive but well worth the trip. I ended up getting several Korean gifts for all members of the family. On the way to the U.S., I actually had 2 suitcases full of gifts and very little room to take any clothes. It was so good to see my family after not seeing any of them for almost 8 whole months. I picked up several things that I noticed I would be needing for when I headed back to Korea as well. I made sure to take medication with me so that I wouldn't be sick for a long amount of time like that again, a few new clothes/shoes because they don't have a shoe size bigger than a woman's size 7 here, and some of my warm winter clothes that I had put away in storage. My flight back to Korea was on New Year's Day at 6:30 in the morning. Mom and I stayed at a hotel near the airport the night before so we wouldn't have to drive the 1.5 hour drive to the airport that early in the morning. What we didn't realize, or what I had forgotten, was that on New Year's Eve, people like to rent out hotel rooms and throw parties in them. Needless to say, we were kept awake until the wee hours of the morning and even encountered a few stragglers headed in on our way out that morning at 4:00.
While I was back, I realized there were so many things that I missed. These are things that I didn't do for almost a whole year! I have compiled a list.
- Eat at Taco Bell
- See an English television commercial
- Buy a pair of shoes
- Sleep in a soft bed
- Eat good home cooked American food
- See my cat (who is now very fat btw)
- Take a shower in an actual shower
- Take a bath
- Drive a car
- Order something from a drive-through window
- Actually be able to read and understand everything at the grocery store, restaurant, doctor's office, shopping mall, etc.
- Hear and be able to speak the English language to anyone and everyone around me
- Walk around and not need an interpreter anywhere that I went
- And of course...See my family!
My delicious Christmas dinner!
The flights were very long, but I did catch up on some much needed movie time. I honestly think that I watched a total of 12-15 movies on the whole flight both ways. I am not a good sleeper when it comes to places other than my bed, so I got almost no sleep on the 13-15 hour flight to the States and even less on the way back to Korea! When I got back, I had to work immediately the next day. That week was not so fun! The jet lag really kicked in heavily.
Don't get me wrong, even though this place is totally different and there are things about the U.S. that I miss, I do like it here very much! Since Christmas, I have done many new things in Korea. I went to the 6th largest museum in the world, shopped at Asia's largest underground shopping mall, and I went to a snow theme park. All of these were very fun and very exciting. There are many new pictures on facebook to check out.
Until next time...
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