Month Eight (8) Ate

Yesterday was officially month eight of our time in Korea. Parts of me still can't believe it's been that long and at the same time I feel like I have been here for years. Time is tricky.

Time can either make you or break you. It can wear you down or build you up. There never seems to be enough time, especially when there is an end point in sight. Time can seem like it is never ending when you are waiting for something. Time can make you sick, make you laugh, make you cry. Change your mind, change your heart, change your habits, change your character. Time can heal all wounds, or create entirely new ones. Tricky tricky...

Spring is here. And it is lovely. I can almost forget how terrible the winter was when I see all the trees bursting into color and life again. The sun is so hot already that I can tell soon summer will bake us all. But it is nice right now while the air is still cool, but the sun is warm. Makes for perfect outdoor activity weather.

The thing I really like about Korea is that they have very separate seasons. You can tell where one begins and another finishes. Something that Tennessee has trouble with. We had fall, it got progressively colder until winter was here. Then we had winter, which was consistently frigid. No fooling around, getting warmer and then colder again, it just stayed COLD. No rain, no strange weather, just pure coldness. Then one day, magically, spring came and now it is progressively getting warmer. Which leads me to believe that summer will be insanely hot, with no relief, just like winter was cold with no relief.

I am counting down the days until I get to go home. Back to things that are easy and familiar. Back to English, fat people and venti coffee. Back to traffic rules that apply to ALL people, sidewalks not stained with mucus, malls that don't have 16 stories, wide open spaces and trees!!

And that is all I have to say about month 8. More to come...

Michelle