Homecoming

Woo!
It has been For.E.Ver. I'm back in the S to the K, with a little extra bling on my finger...

It was so great being home after so long, and I really did NOT want to come back to Korea. It seemed like the plane ride over here wasn't real, and it didn't hit me until we were walking from our plane to customs, when I got really sad. I do not like it here at all anymore. It was fine for the first two years, and maybe I just got burnt out on the place, but the past two years made me so sick of being here. It's a combination of me not liking the culture, not speaking the language well, missing home too much, and feeling out of place all the time. It's also about convenience. You can make a somewhat comfortable life when you are away from your home country, but you have to make do without some other things. Or, you may have to substitute in order to make it more "home-like." For the most part, it's little things, like getting used to the taste of cake or pizza here. If you have a sensitive sense of taste like I do, you can tell the difference between the cakes and pizzas here and the ones in the States. It leaves a lot of room for cravings you can't satisfy.

But I've adjusted since getting back from the wedding. Knowing that we are now saving for our future makes the time we are going to spend here seem like it's going to fly by. We may end up in a different country, and at that point, I may realize that all I needed was a change of scenery. We'll see.

I did miss my kindergarteners, though. It is really great to see them every morning, happy and smiling because I'm there. I'm happy because they're happy, so it works! I'm also getting excited about Christmas coming up. My husband (!) and I were talking about how we wanted to celebrate it this year, and we want to keep it a private thing this time around. Last year, we have people over to his apartment and had a gift exchange. It was nice, but it didn't really feel like Christmas. Hopefully, this year will be slightly different, because we are making it about spending time with each other and enjoying our new married life, with no distractions.

Now if I can only figure out what to get for him this year. . .