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I’m starting to learn hangul, for reals!
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It’s 11:13 pm and I’m waiting 17 more mintues until I can take my anti-nausea medicine that cost well over 50 bucks because we have no insurance. If there is one thing I would reccomend to any ex-pat coming home it’s this: square away your own personal insurance plan well before you head home. Life happens and sometimes you just don’t see the stomach flu coming.
This medicine is the kind you have to put under your tongue and let melt until it’s all gone. Think 5 minutes of straight disgusting taste. So lousy. But what it lacks in taste it sure makes up for in relief - it’s the only way I got home from Tahoe tonight without puking on the windshield. Sorry, TMI. But I have been cooped up for two weeks straight, enjoying nature, and being cut off from the world. So there’s loads to over-share. I’ll probably limit it to just that one detail for now to save subsequent later embarrassment or deleting this post in the morning :)
Speaking of posting… I honestly don’t have much to say about life as of late. I’m sure once our next plan / adventure unfolds itself it’ll be time to create a new blog and keep everyone up to date with what’s up, but honestly do you really want to hear how I slept in til 11 for the 3rd week in a row, jogged around the lake / farm, ate lunch and various other meals and then went to bed? Life is officially simple and boring over here and will be for quite some time. Plus can I even post on our Korea blog now that we’re not in Korea anymore? It seems wrong / weird / strange.
I cannot tell you how deeply I miss that place, those people, all of our students and friends… I could cry a river about it I think. They say that’s part of culture shock. Which I would say I am definitely, 100% in the midst of. Like for example who are The Black Keys and why does everyone adore Adele so much? Since when are we electing a new president?! Does anyone not shop organic/whole/prissy anymore? Whole foods and Trader Joes are at cult status. And don’t even get someone started one the benefits of buying local. Whew. And how on earth am I becoming one of “them” a little more each day? Since when did Ashton and Demi break up?! Or Ali Fedowtow and Roberto? My celeb couple crushes have disappeared! My world is slightly upside down just standing in a grocery store line these days.
Ahhh well, at least we are in the best place possible to re-group, rest easy, and get through this transition in a solid, healthy way. Matts parents are seriously the best, their house is awesome, going away to Tahoe with them was so needed, and I am loving plain, old, simple life out on the farm :)
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wow applying for jobs is exhausting! who knew there is so much involved in the application process these days?!
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North Korea says leader Kim Jong Il has died http://t.co/5zVP8eFB via @latimesworld
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It’s our last night in the beach house and we have so much to be thankful for: Family, friends, amazing memories, meeting my nephew Henry for the first time. I want to jot it all down and wrap it all up so I can remember every part. There’s a ton to process on so many levels… Re-entry/culture shock, initial family and friend visits, all the fun memories we’ve made in the past few weeks, the last weeks in Korea, all the family/friends we’ve yet to see, the holidays and trips and the list goes on…. But I’ll save all of that for my journal and spare you the long, emotional posts. Suffice it to say we are happy and content to be right where we are and taking it all one day at a time. We’ve had a lot of questions about what’s next and at the moment it is all very much up in the air. There are more questions than answers and I’m ok with saying “we’ll see” on all fronts of our life right now. Bottom line/ in a nutshell: Life is good, Korea is missed, God has been so faithful, and we are so happy to be home. The end.
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First night in our beach house was AWESOME. Feeling so lucky!
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Has anyone else seen this?! Freaking genius - a credit card swiped for your iPhone! http://t.co/JolaKNMC perfect for self-employed folks!
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- Me and Matt are laying on the floor downstairs in Kelly's house listening to the new teacher get a tour of our old apartment (and by old I mean maybe 3 hours old)...
- Upstairs: wah...wah,wah,wah,wah...stomp, stomp... wah, wah, wah...
- Matt (impersonating the new teacher in a British accent): "Huh, I wonder if I should take the big bed or the big bed..."
- Life is a little rough tonight. But I'm glad I have my funny husband to at least make me laugh about it.
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Last Night With Jenny :(
“Jenny let’s take goodbye pictures! You do the pose names, ok?”
“Ok… Number 1 - I love you! Number 2 - Don’t leave me! Number 3 - Kittens! Number 4 - I will see you again!”
Isn’t she perfect?
So, so, so sad tonight. The first of a handful of goodbyes we need to make in the next 72 hours and boy did I start off with a doozy. My eyes welled with tears at select moments through out the night. The first being when I gave her my old iPod so we can FaceTime on weekends and she danced around the whole house. Then when she told me, “I must be dreaming, this is a dream right?” or “I’m the luckiest girl in the whole world! Well a little bit unlucky because no more Paula Teacher.” I taught her how to do everything iPod related and then we ate pizza with her mom. They gave me a gorgeous scarf - Korean style with fur! And Jenny made me an adorable card. I told her to open a card shop. We played and download free English apps then finally said our long goodbye. I tried to stay strong for her but lost control of my tears when she said, “I will never ever see you again, huh?”
Oh kill me now with all the sadness of goodbyes!
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Just downloaded like 15 books for my Nook and our plane ride - how many books can you read on a ten hour flight?
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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And they served it for us too!
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check out the feast the parents prepared for thanksgiving at school today!
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So. Very. Cold. Winter came to Daegu in a single day. I will be next to the space heater for the next 13 days straight. http://t.co/PP4hQLRJ
