I'm getting excited and sad as my time comes to an end in Korea. I have spent about three years of my life here and never managed to eat dog. I'm happy about that one, but the other day I tried chicken feet. It wasn't too bad. It was like eating spicy cartilage. Every time something seems to be coming to an end with me, I think, "I must do everything I can before I go!" I still need to do a few more sauna trips and bare it all with Korean women, as Uncle Shan says. I've still never taken the ferry to Japan!!! When am I doing that??
There's so much of the world to see and so little time. Phillip's sister kind of put that into perspective for me. She said that there are old people trips and young people trips. The cruise to Alaska I wanted to include in our All Around America Adventure honeymoon is one of the old people trips (and expensive), so save it for when I'm old and decrepit. It makes sense, but I'm still sad about not going. I was even picturing us being surrounded by old people and we're all dancing with our significant others. They're giving us worldly and knowledgeable advice about our future together then asking our plans and telling us how great we are, as old people do.
But now there is just a black cloud over our future plans. I'm excited about them and Phillip is as well, but we've recently gotten job offers from a university in Saudi Arabia. When that country is mentioned in the West, so many negative things come to people's minds. Granted, I haven't been there yet, but I've done enough research and met enough people from there to be excited at the job offer. It's just people to share in the excitement are few and far between, and now at my wedding when family from all over the continental US are coming in, we will probably have to spend a great deal of time explaining ourselves or answering questions. Geez...that's a downer. I've thought about making an informative video to show family and friends, but I figure what's the point. No matter where we live overseas I don't think they'll be happy. Here there is the threat of North Korea, blah, blah, blah. Some will not be happy until I am sitting and working in Mississippi. If any of my family reads this, I'm sure you know which ones I'm talking about. I love you all and appreciate all the support you give me whether you agree with my life decisions or not. I know it's only because you love me.
Anyway, back to new and exciting, much happier things. Phillip is about to finish his first semester of his masters. The wedding is pretty much planned, just a few tiny details left to hammer out. We intentionally picked a venue that would do the decorations for us. Lovely! We still have to get the wedding rings, but I think that's better put to when we are in the States. That doesn't mean I can't look around for fun and to see what's available. We have our flights home from Korea. We leave on June 12th and arrive 40 minutes after we left. Going back in time is always fun, just jet-lag isn't. I'm mainly excited about the twelve days in Korea with no work!!!! We'll be able to explore. Maybe we'll get to take that ferry to Japan after all...
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