:: Brinna's ::

:: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 ::
:: my last week in korea ::

I am now alone (with Alice) in Korea...which isn't so bad really. I enjoy it here. It doesn't feel a whole lot different with Andrew gone, which says more about my personality than my feelings. Today I've done nothing but browse the internet and watch a Korean movie. I'll probably watch another soon. They've got a good selection for cheap, and all the movies I've seen so far haven't been that bad. Maybe it's because they sell them on the street, and they don't bother trying to sell the crummy ones.

The New Years' thing went pretty well. It wasn't so much a ball as it was just like any other party, except that everyone dressed up. There was no great music, in my opinion, and they never played a slow song that I remember, so we didn't dance at all. I enjoyed it, but it just wasn't a dance really. If I was to think about it, I'd be disappointed by my Christmas season, because I only got to dress up twice, and it didn't really feel like Christmas. But I did have a good time. I got to see my husband, host a Christmas Eve party, and experience a bit of a foreign country.

I wouldn't mind staying here with my husband, but I don't know where I'd live. He very likely wouldn't be able to live with me, anyway, because he's not E5 yet. Also, he's going to be in the field 75% of the remaining 4 months or so, so I wouldn't get to see him a lot anyway. Not enough for the expense of living here, which in Seoul is akin to New York City. Also, I have a snowboard package I haven't used yet, and a lift ticket season pass I don't think I could get a refund for. Andrew likes it here too, though, so we'll consider returning to Korea, especially since there's such a demand for English tutors. You can get really good money teaching English.

Alice has been sitting on her own beautifully, and is starting to scoot around. I'm not looking forward to her trying to crawl around in Colorado, it's either muddy or dusty there, impossible to keep the floors clean.

I'm just about done with my Christmas shopping, post-Christmas. :) And that's 2005, not 2006. I've gotten a few things here...hopefully I can make use of the rest of my week and finish up.

Well, really not a whole lot happening...other than that every day is an adventure here. I don't get near as bored as if I were alone somewhere in a small American town. This place is the size of LA, I've heard. That and I don't exactly know Korean! :)

:: Brinna 10:50 PM [+] ::
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