Airport hotel, the night before Christmas, I mean, um, Korea!

Sitting up at the airport hotel (nice place really, good bed, 8 feather pillows piled up around me, just out of a hot hot bath... talk about loving my life!) with MTV playing in the background... something about Mariah trying to break out of her doll box so she can run around in a realllly tight nurses uniform, I'm so lost (maybe I'm too old for this channel now). I've booked my wakeup call, puppy has been for a few walks and though I have a few things strewn about the room all's otherwise well.

It was really nice to have the week to spend with family, especially mom. It was nice to just chill out, relax, hang out and visit without any pressure of time or activity. I feel pretty lucky to have had the time, and she said she was happy to have done it too - so yay for family time! Mom, if you're reading this, Hawaii for September vacation? Huh? Huh? Well, are you at least thinking about it??!  :)

I can't WAIT to get on (and then off!) that plane, I have no words! I wonder if I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. I'm supposed to be finding articles for the paper I have due next week on Monday, so far I've not had any luck with that, way too distractible (but I have to get it done tonight!). It'll be nice to use my laptop on the plane if I feel like it, I have a couple of movies tucked away in case the inflight one sux... of course there's always sleeping too!!!  :)

I've emailed the school and the recruiter and asked them if they would arrange to have a taxi take me directly from the airport to the school so that I don't have to transfer 3x with all of my luggage, and of course in typical style I'm still waiting to hear back about whether or not they'll do so. Their original plan is just too much of a pain and I'm not doing it... just have to figure out how to make them pay for it!!  We'll see, I think I was reasonable, and in true Korean style it leaves all the opportunity for a good dish of face-saving... fingers and such crossed, back to school I go!!

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!