Hello, South Korea.

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I'm finally in South Korea. The trip was long, but it was generally painless -- a few mishaps here and there, but nothing serious. It was pretty hard leaving my parents and my best friend behind, I was on the verge of tears, but I kept it in. The plane to Chicago was short, didn't have an issue. In fact, all the airports besides Seoul were easy to navigate. The only issue I had in Seoul was the language barrier, which required me asking "English?" to nearly everybody. An older lady from the same plane I was on actually helped me when I landed in Seoul with my bags. She was so sweet! :) People were generally helpful and curious, there were a couple of rude people, but besides that, everyone was enjoyable. I met a couple of people at the airports also. One girl in LAX and another in Seoul (also going to Daegu), who I was able to become acquainted with. Of course, more happened than described at the airports, but I think those stories are for another time. (Aka: too lazy to type them all out.)

Adam picked me up from the Daegu airport, in his car. The car was a surprise, and it's not a bad car, I just wasn't expecting it. It's proved to be helpful though. Driving here is something I have no desire to do. It's the scariest experience just being in a car here. In fact, I'll probably make a video of it soon. It's terrifying.

Today, Adam and I bought phones. They're cute little flip phones, mine changes color though :3. I'm going to try and make a video/take pictures of it, because it's adorable. I also bought some language books so I can try and communicate easier. I'm surprised Adam actually knows as much of the language as he does. :O.

Now, with the housing situation, it's frustrating. First of all, they had told us we would get an apartment the week I arrived. Turns out we wont. Instead, we have to wait until July 2nd or 6th. This lodge will only hold us until the 27th, so then we have to leave then and find a new local hotel until they can get us the home.

This blog has been a two day process. I've had some jet lag, and I've been busy, so finding time to blog has been daunting. I'll be able to keep up with the more interesting things get, etc. Until then, I need to clean the hotel!

To Shine A Light.

Some good news. Adam recieved a call from some Army guy, and we're definitely getting housing the week I arrive. So, that means that the longest we'd stay in a hotel in 4 days, which isn't bad. The not so good news? The lodge on the base is full at the moment, so we may have to find a place off post. Ah well. Just some good news to start off the day at least.

On a side note, when C. Love and I went out the other day, we saw this near the Micky D's.


It looked like they were taking burgers out a trashcan. Odd. Getting ready to go help C. Love run errands today, haven't even slept. :(

One, Two, Three, Four.

I haven't posted in a couple of days because really, I don't have anything to post about. I'm still counting down the days until I leave, I'm still procrastinating packing, and I'm still getting nervous butterflies when I think about leaving for Korea by myself. Adam and I found out the hotel would be $80 a night, which will be stretching out budget a little, but we should be alright. (Or so I'm hoping.) What makes me most nervous is that something will go wrong on the plane, and I'll either:
A. End up stranded somewhere
B. Wont be to see Adam in Korea

It's two weeks from today until I leave! 14 days! So far, I've been living off Blueberry Bagels & Diet Dr. Pepper. (My coffee supply is low, sadly. It really kills me.) As it gets closer, I keep getting more and more excited, yet missing my friends and family already. My mom has been pretty upset about it, but she's really trying, and I can respect that.

On a side note: Why do people have train obsessions? I find it odd.

Hurry Up, Please.

The army is annoying. Not like I'm some kind of anarchist, but I have to say, they're quite unorganized.

"What do you mean by this, Laura?!!!1111one ~*~*~*~"

What I mean is, Adam went down to housing the other today to check that we have housing available. "Yes, around the 28th." Around the 28th isn't really preferred, and that's the problem. This means, we're going to have to stay in a hotel for 6 days, and pay for it out of pocket (they pay back, but still, paying out of pocket could get expensive.) Yeah, we might get the apt sooner than 6 days, but what if we get it a week or so later? They will definitely have an apartment, but we're not made of money, and I don't want to spend 24 hours on a plane to go to a hotel. I want to settle down in our home.

I know I might be coming off as ungrateful, and I swear I'm not. I'm frustrated because we I just want to finally be in my home after waiting for so long, and I feel like this should have been sorted earlier. :(