Wow- jet lag is a bummer! I arrived last night at around 5 pm to Seoul. My flight was early so I got to people watch and hang out in the airport. My other two flights were 1-2 hours late...interesting the difference between Island time and this...we will have to wait and see if this is a trend or not?!?!?
I was so tired that I was falling asleep in the car. I felt like a child nodding off and scolding myself for doing so. Somehow when I was asked if I had eaten dinner yet my answer of no brought me to a Korean "American" all you can eat buffet restaurant complete with many steak options. I was not even sure I could eat the buffet let alone the steak and had to decline the wonderful meals on the menu (I am not sure if this was okay or not, but oh well). I imagine that utter sleep deprivation looks very much like being under the influence of certain questionable substances. My head was swimming and I felt like a Kindergartener again- when in Kindergarten I remember having that feeling, not knowing what it was and thus not being able to control it before I promptly vommitted on the classrooms brand new alphabet rug! Traumatic memories. This time I am adult and I started deep breathing and praying that I did not lose anything :) which I did not although my grandparents would disappointed in the amount of food i ate at this "all you can eat" and would not have thought it sufficient.
The night ended with my arrival at the Park family apartment. It is beautiful and they are so utterly generous. I am being hosted by an Elder of my friend from the seminary's church in Korea. I feel so utterly blessed. But when I tried to go to the bathroom I could not figure out how to flush the toilet and had to ask because it was written all in Korean (before I went, of course)- What I actually asked my poor modest host about was a bidet which embarassed him and he replied it was a woman thing. I finally found the flush and all is good despite both of our embarassment! :)
No pictures yet. I was left alone today to my own devices to plan for the coming week and entertain myself. I promptly took a nap- Jetlag is a killer!
Now I am off to try to make some connections. Blessings on you and I will try to post some pictures when I figure out how to get my own computer connected to the internet- currently using the family computer which can be rather difficult because everything is in Korean...sometimes even the keyboard but I have learned how to fix that one!!
blessings- beth
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