Wednesday, February 10, 2010

6 More Sleeps

So there are 6 more sleeps until I leave. I have to be 2 hours early they say since I'm taking an international flight, and since I'll have Mags with me I'll need another 30 minutes, so the plan is to be at the airport for about 7am. Not so bad, but that means leaving Mom's around 5am, yuck! Oh well, adventure awaits, sleep can come later!

Mags conquered her carrier yesterday, I put her in it for the 3hr drive to mom's place, and after feeding her a couple of french fries (and later a TimBit) she was a perfect angel! (no lecturing me about feeding the dog people food, it was just a bribe to make her think the bag is a happy place!) Who started that whole thing anyway, ordering your dog a TimBit at Tim Horton's? And why is it that I feel guilty if I stop there and don't bring one for my pup?? Can't say I've ever watched a commercial or heard a radio ad about it, those guys are sneeeeeeeeeeaky!

After much conversation with S. I think I've come to the point where I am happy to bring 'less' with me to the airport, rather than heading out to buy more before I leave. I'll have my clothes, my puppy, my cameras, laptop and Wii, that's probably enough "stuff," and I'll just get the rest of what I need when I arrive. I'm getting SO excited to see my apartment, I'll post a couple of the photos here so you can see it empty - eeeee! Though it looks small it's bright and open, I can totally imagine it working out. I'm already busy decorating it in my head and scanning my memory for the location of a particularly great plant shop I saw in the neighbourhood once before so I can outfit the window ledge!

While I had wanted to spend a week somewhere hot and sunny with a chance of scuba diving, it became more important to spend time with loved ones, so here I sit with cold toes and frozen fingers, staring out the window at the snow-covered yard. Puppy is curled up sleeping in my lap, mom and her dogs are still asleep, and I'm thinking it's about time for that first cup of coffee, and I should probably get started on that assignment I have due tomorrow! Here are a couple of photos of what are most likely my new digs (most likely because in Korea you can't really be sure until you actually get there!)... Have a wonderful day!


1 comment:

  1. you'll be here so soooooon! and the apartment looks awesome!!!

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My to-do List (May it Continue to Grow!)

Take a 'real' Korean class (check!)

Spend a weekend in the country (check!)

Try some kind of art class (maybe painting?)

Take the ferry to a farming island and hang out for a weekend minbak-style in the summer

Check out some kind of art exhibit (check!)

Go to Everland and see the animal safari

Go to Caribbean Bay in the summer

Take a martial art for 6 months consecutively

Cliff dive over near ChiriSan, if I can find the spot

Practice yoga for 3 months (in a class maybe?) (check!)

Take a digital photography course

Spend my weekends doing stuff (check!)

Make Korean friends (check!)

Visit JeJu Island

Do the Vagina Monologues again

Go to the fun concerts that visit (check!)

Work as a counselor in one of the schools

Reconnect with old friends (check!)

Join a hiking/touring group and do stuff (check!)

Let go of my obsessiong w/converting KRW to CAD (check!)

Do a 5km run just for the fun of it

See the Broadway shows that visit

Climb a mountain (check!)

Go to the mud festival in July (check!)

Keep in touch regularly with friends and family back at home

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