Having completely neglected this thing called a blog for weeks upon weeks, I thought it might do some good to let everyone know that we're still alive.
So much has happened since our last post. That was us on our way home. And now we've returned from the cozy comforts of our childhood homes, back to a land so foreign from our own... yet still somehow familiar.
Is it crazy that we've grown accustomed to such quirky customs that makes this land so strange? Not that I've necessarily missed these things, but they just feel normal now - optional stop lights, cars driving along the sidewalks, getting packages of pickles alongside your pizza order, seeing old men gather for soju and cards in the middle of the subway station during the midafternoon bustle, and watching old grandmothers text away madly on their cell phones, while sitting next to a young couple who are not holding hands, but rather huddling together so that they can both see the screen of their cell phone-sized TV, which is broadcasting their favourite Korean romance. Yes, this is our home.
There's a lot to catch up on. I'll try to be brief, though we all know that this is a fight I can never win. Our time at home was awesome. We did the requisite family and friends stuff - it was awesome seeing as many people as we did, though of course, we would have loved to have seen more. Our schedule was so busy seeing people that even though Jen and I did virtually everything together, I still felt like I didn't see her at all.
Let me elaborate. Jen and I had lived together before we arrived in Korea, but there was always lots of other people around too. Though we have lots of great friends here in Korea, they are all so far flung from us that it is relatively uncommon for us to see them outside of weekends. As a result, Jen and I are stuck with each other. We see each other and no one but each other all week long. And being surrounded at work all day by people who rarely speak to us because so few of our colleagues can speak English... well, we've grown quite close together to stave off the isolation of our schools!
So, while back in Canada, we were both so busy catching up with our friends and families, we had little time for ourselves. It wasn't until we got back on the plane to Korea that I had a chance to slow down and realize how much I felt I had missed Jen. To go from having hours together every day to the bustle of our visit home was a bit of a shock. It was such an odd feeling having spent so much time together and yet still having missed her. Weird.
Anyway, I digress.
This thing's getting too long though. We'll provide some details of Erica's wedding when I'm not too lazy to post some pretty pictures to go along with a post. Suffice it to say it was a great trip home and an even better wedding - jetlagged and all, we still managed to shut down the party!!
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