Seems like so long since I sat in my cozy lil room here in Korea.  I had a great time at home visiting but it sure is nice to get back into life here.

I left Dallas on Jan 21st at 5:45am.  (Sorry for Sarah who graciously took me to the airport at 3:45am)  My plan was to try and stay awake on the flight to Atlanta and then sleep from Atlanta to Korea.  Yeah, I was asleep before we pulled away from the gate.  lol.  After the short flight to Atlanta, I had a couple of hours to kill so I visited the McDonalds for a McGriddle since we don’t have those here.  It was at this point that my little pink rolly carry-on thingy gave up the ghost.  It lived a good life.  (though it did slightly break the very first time I used it on the way to Taiwan.  Can’t expect much from a $10 walmart bargain)  It has been my faithful companion in many countries.   RIP my little pink rolly carry-on thingy.   You will be missed.

Moving on…

I finally got to board the plane to my happy place.  As I found my seat, I noticed a young korean guy sitting on the aisle side of my row.  The handle on my aforementioned lil suitcase got stuck and wouldn’t go down.  Of course there were people coming after me waiting for me to get it up in the overhead bin.  So the nice little guy took it, fixed it, and put it up for me.  Sweet kid!  I moved into my seat and started buckling in for the almost 16 hour flight and the middle seat occupant came in and sat down.  As soon as we both made eye contact, we immediately recognized each other.  She sat next to me on my way to the US!

She screamed a little and gave me a big hug.  She speaks about 3 words of English, but on the way over, we discovered that we live in the same neighborhood in Suwon, and the friend she was with lives in Yeongtong, where one of my friends lives.  This lady was trying to set me up with her son on the way over and on the way back he was with her! lol.   Like I said, sweet kid.  Just a bit young.    Anyway, it was just too random.  I still can’t believe out of all those people on the plane, that we ended up on the same flight in the same seats as we had on the way to the US.  So weird.

A mere 15 1/2 hours later, we landed in Korea.  After customs, getting bags, buying a bus ticket, and riding the bus back for two hours, I was back in Suwon.  My little friend Jo met me at the bus stop to help me get my bags home.  He only lives about 5 mins from the bus stop so it worked out perfectly. I was so glad he was there to help.  I would have never made it with all of that by myself.

I spent my 1st day back unpacking and organizing.  It turns out that I got a lot of stuff at home.  And now my under-the-desk storage area looks like a minature walmart.

Or like I’m preparing for Y2K.  Could go either way.  Regardless, I’m happy for all the fun stuff I got at home.  It will be nice to have those little comforts over the next year.

Ok, as is the case in most of my blogs, I’ve rambled on way too long.  Perhaps b/c I only write about one of these every couple of months.  Whatever.

Aside from a couple minor glitches, today was possibly the best day I’ve had all year. I dunno, maybe my attitude is just better. No.. no, it was a good day. Great day. And I really needed it. Thanks Lord!

1. I was told last week that I had been misadvised and am enrolled in a class that I do not need for graduation. It happens to be just about my least fave class this semester so I wasn’t a happy camper to hear that I was in it all for naught. My advisor called me today and said that she could get it taken care of for me since it wasn’t my fault. Soooo…. I got to drop the class with no penalty or anything!! So now I’m only taking 3 classes. **does a happy happy dance of joy** That was happy thing #1 but the hits just kept on coming…

2. God must have known that I was craving restoration to some relationships b/c today, I somehow got to talk to my 4 long lost bros who happen to be on 4 different continents. Very nice chat with Esa, texting with Nelson, msn with Alex, and a surprise phone call from Jim! All in the same day! Ah! I miss you boys all SO much. Thanks so much for spreading across the globe all at the same time and abandoning me here. Real cool guys. After all I did for you…..

3. Hanging out in the LC with Dr. Garrett and KayLynn. Love love love KayLynn. Though somehow I worked myself into speaking in two of her classes tomorrow. (cool. You know how I love public speaking so…)

4. Korean class! I’m in love. Best (and cheapest) class I’ve ever taken at DBU. Do I already know most of what we’re learning? Well yes. But it’s still soooo much fun. ^^

5. Spring sing with Vina and Jess. The admissions office skit had it all….. Esa n Nelson’s roomies dressed as bandits and dancing, Guitar Hero, singing, DTR’s and dating Jesus. Very dbu-ish. Twas amazing….

6. Chick Fil A and sweet tea. (nothing more needs to be said here)

7. An amazingly long convo with my precious roomie about hunger (hehehe) and fishing (for goldfish with muscles…lol) Korea and several other things I won’t mention here. I’m SO blessed to have her in my life. Thanks Jim for introducing her to me over a year ago!

I was gonna do a top ten list, but I think u get the picture with just seven. Seven is a good number. God liked it.

Weird news for the day:

~ I woke up with my headphone cord tangled up in my hair (hair’s in curly mode now) so my head was tied to my computer with the cord somehow. So when I rolled over to turn off my alarm, the laptop came along with the cord and hit me in the head. Pretty sure only I could manage to do that. And maybe Tubby.

~I learned recently (and it was confirmed tonight with much fanfare) that DBU is changing to an all Coca Cola campus effective June 1. No more Dr. Pepper. (which I think does not bode well for the Dr. Pepper Shoppe) I’ve got to tell you that Dr. Pepper is the reason I came here. Yeah, I mean, there were other reasons I had an interest in dbu, but once I came and saw it was an all DP campus, I felt like I had received confirmation of my calling here. Scripture confirmation was good. Godly counsel with Alan was great. But when I got soft drink confirmation, I knew I was meant to be. I was being called to a land flowing with Diet and regular Dr. Pepper. You know what I think about the change? I’m not putting up with that junk. I’m sooo leaving the country in protest. I hope ur happy DBU. *shaking head*

I believe that is all. Even with these two things (oh.. and the inet not working as usual) it was an amazing day. Pretty sure my fave was talking to all my bros. I was reeeeeeeeeally needing that! But the rest of the day was great too.

I hope ur having an amazing day too! And if not, lemme know and I’ll share some awesomeness with you.