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the start of a new year...

happy new year!

it's hard to believe that 2008 has indeed started. i rang in the new year on an airplane flying over the pacific ocean. in all technicalities i didnt even have a december 31 at midnight this year. by the time it was getting to be that time at home, i was crossing the international date line, so i had missed it all together. time is quite a funny thing.

i find myself not very eager for 2008 and i'm not sure why. i think a lot of it has to do with the fact that i'm not sure where my life is going. this little stint in korea has lasted a lot longer than i had ever imagined when i first got here. i am loving it here, and i'm happy to have had this time in korea, but what is my life like outside of korea? i have sort of forgotten what it's like to not live here and to interact in a different culture. i praise God that i AM so comfortable here, in this environment, but i'm afraid that it's caused me to forget...
my time at home was a good one. i got to see a lot of people who mean so much to me. and it was great to be with my family for christmas. it was truly a special time with so many people and i fear that this year was one of those years that will never quite be matched.

my first few days back in korea have been good. it's been nice to catch up with friends again and even to be back at school. although, i am thankful that i came back to only a three-day work week. i dont think i could have handled a full one! i have a feeling that school is only going to get busier and busier the closer we approach march. the school year goes from march to march here, so in march things at school will change quite a bit. i think the change will be nice, but i am a bit anxious about a new set of kindergartners...


i find myself with this collision of things from home and things in korea. i brought back quite a bit of stuff with me... mostly food items, such as the snack to the left, and it's always kind of weird to enjoy things in korea that are truly specialties from home. it's almost like two parts of my life meeting for the first time. this world is truly becoming smaller and smaller.
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Katie said…
I know exactly what you mean about the world getting smaller and smaller. It's strange when things from the two sides of the earth collide.
07 January, 2008
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