america was bliss

i've been to america and back in the last three weeks.
i managed to squeeze in as much friend and family time as possible, attend a wedding in Florida, drink embarrassingly large amounts of coffee, eat fish tacos, hamburgers and other fabulously mom-made meals. It all went by entirely too quickly.

i got back to korea on friday night.

i went to church yesterday. rude awakening. i had hoped all this was just a bad dream.
i'm going into Seoul today through tomorrow to see what kind of celebrating the koreans do for New Year's.

then, i go back to work on wednesday.
oh mercy.

in less than 4 days...

i am soon to board a plane bound for the americas.
first, i fly to tampa, to a friend's wedding.
then, on december 17th (a mere 7 days away) i'll be home for christmas.

i am craving fish tacos.
and hamburgers.
and coffee that does not come pre-sweetened and sell for $4 a cup.

i'm craving driving.
and being able to drive when and where i want to.

america will doubtedly go too fast.
i'll be back in korea sooner than i'd like to think about.
so, we'll not think about it.

farewell, my eskimo friend dudebuddy!

it's not like i've never said goodbye before. it's not like hannah has even been my friend for that long. it's just this place. this situation. it makes you ache with loneliness to the bone. and makes loosing the one friend you have burn like fire in your belly.
before hannah left this morning, we had accumulated a list of 53 things we have in common. things that are fairly unique. though i'm confident there were more that we never wrote down, seeing as hannah's memory is terrible.
i've spent all day fighting tears. loosing against the tears more often than not. everyone is hugging me and telling me it'll be ok.
and it probably will, but...
again, it's this place, the daunting thought of 9 more months here, and the reality of having someone so like-minded, so similar, so funny,...gone.
though the people here are sweet, no one here really gets me.
and, though hannah hasn't been my friend for very long, she got me.
and, it's just this place. this situation. the lonliness. the 9 months looming over my head.
it really helps in surviving a bad situation to have someone who gets you.

peace out dudebuddy.

happy birthday to me

my birthday is basically over here in korea. the time difference made me older faster than usual. at church, they got me a green tea cake (hannah told them green tea would make me happiest). more people at church knew or/remembered by birthday than i expected would.
this afternoon, and hannah and i were invited to one of the korean teachers' house for dinner. yummie spicy chicken and potatoes. then, hannah i watched the bourne identity.
that was my korean birthday.
yesterday, hannah and i went to visit our cow friends.
tomorrow hannah leaves. leave leaves.

these boys have no mom or dad