Yes yes.  I know. It’s been three months.  But in my defense, for about 2 1/2 of those 3 months I had no inet at home.  And the other 1/2 a month I’ve just been lazy.   So yeah……  I guess it’s about time for a new one of these.

On Wednesday I’ll have been here for 3 months.  Still looking for that culture shock thingy I keep hearing about but have yet to find it.  Maybe some day.  Pretty much the only place I feel culture shock is in HomePlus on a Saturday.  Which, in all honesty, I had the exact same feelings going to WalMart on Saturday so I hardly think that counts.  I guess I didn’t have this great big fairy tale idea of how things would be here before I came.  I think that helped I dunno.  But whatever.  I’m just thankful I’ve been given such a peace about being here.  Not to mention the wonderful school, church, and friends I’ve been blessed with.   I’m not saying everything has been pie in the sky by any means, but I know that it could be a lot worse.

So Korea…..  I don’t know what to say except that I love it.  I have a nice little apartment tucked away in a little neighborhood near a school.  Not my school, but still.  There are lots of kids around all the time.  They are always the ones who will talk.  (or dare each other to come say Hi) The other older people still stare.  Every day.  lol.  I keep thinking that one day they’ll get used to me but maybe not anytime soon.  Every morning on my walk to school, I pass a little 김밥 restaurant.  The owner and his wife say “Good Morning!” (in English) every morning without fail.  I love that.  A couple of weeks ago, I got a hug from an old man on the street.  It was really random and a little awkward but after the fact, twas pretty funny.  I have no idea what he was telling me but he was very determined to make me understand.  Didn’t really succeed tho.  Maybe next time.

I think in interest of time and space, I’ll stop there.  Next we’ll talk about school and my kiddos.  They are (quite literally) the reason I wake up each day. 

Some topics you can expect in the near future are:

• Church: Exactly how many services can be crammed into one day?
• The BMW method of transportation
• Bus Drivers: Licensed drivers or actual Bats out of Hades?