And We're All Getting Sick

Two kids sick, two adults to go. Facts of life an all. Syd wasn’t nearly as bad as I would’ve expected. She spiked a fever and moved on before the next day. Char caught it and it just kept climbing. Eventually ending at 104 and staying there for a good while. It’s since moved on and she’ll be back in school tomorrow, but now it’ll be the adults turn to get sick. Continue reading

Home for a bit, so very nice it is

I’ve been rather lucky lately with how work scheduling had landed. I managed a couple of weeks at home after Korea, one week in the office, and now I’m coming into the second week of this two week stretch at home. Next week will be a week of work, and a lot of it, but thankfully all at home. A ton of wire needing to be run and managed, and they were willing to ship it here since I’ll probably be on the east coast here in a couple of weeks, and that one could be two weeks or a month and some change. Continue reading

Welcome to August

Here we are in the beginning of August, both here and at home. I still have 7 days and 21 hours until I take off on a plane for home. And yes, I am counting down the hours at this point. A lot of time spent here has been nothing but boredom and more boredom. A few moments here and there that would get me rushing around to fix things, but generally boredom. Continue reading

The things you see in Korea

Just another 10 days until I can get on a plane and head back to all of you. Just 10 more days. It’s felt like a lifetime in the 25 days that I’ve been gone now. But I know why I’m here, and I know what it’s gained me being here and how it’s benefited our family in the end. Still sucks in truth. One thing I wanted to share was the various odd things in Korea that I’ve noticed. Continue reading

The things you see in Korea

Just another 10 days until I can get on a plane and head back to all of you. Just 10 more days. It’s felt like a lifetime in the 25 days that I’ve been gone now. But I know why I’m here, and I know what it’s gained me being here and how it’s benefited our family in the end. Still sucks in truth. One thing I wanted to share was the various odd things in Korea that I’ve noticed. Continue reading

Yet another day away from home

Korea is an interesting place. The people are generally very very kind and gracious. It’s a culture shock to find cars waiting for people to cross the entire street, whether it’s a 2 lane road or an 8 lane avenue, they just wait. Everyone uses manners at all times, never leaving a thank you or have a good day unsaid. They insist on paying for everything when out to dinner or a show, even if it is the 3rd time in a row they’ve done it. Continue reading

She's Almost Home

Being here, I lose track of simple things, like days being different compared to home. Brooke reminded me that Char gets home for a week today. I knew it was close, but I just hadn’t realized how close until just now. I’m so happy she’ll be home, but I was also left really sad when Brooke told me that she called me by name instead of by Papa while on the phone. Continue reading