I figured that now, because I feel like a normal, sane human
being again, that I should share the good news with everyone. Many of you have been eagerly waiting for the
next installment in the O-so amazing adventures of Jack and Rachel (or you have
been thinking that I just got bored and decided to stop writing). Either way, I have returned to write a new
entry and spin tales of exciting adventure and boredom.
There is some good news.
We are finally, officially legal aliens of the Republic of Korea. It has only taken nearly 2 months of waiting
and wondering what the people who are in charge of taking care of these things
have been doing with their time. I think
we have just become accustomed to delays and things taking much, much longer
than expected. Now, because I have very
little information about why such things happen, I can only assume that it has
something to do with radical brain surgery, a sack of hammers, and possibly
squirrels who have given a nearly lethal amount of psychotropic drugs. Or they could just be incompetent. I like my first idea better, don’t you?
It has started to get very warm here. I am at the limit of my comfort zone, while
Rachel is still feeling cold at times.
Such is the way of things. There
hasn’t been too much rain, but what little we had, stayed for days. We were both still using the small, clear
plastic umbrellas that we purchased from our local 7-11 (Yes they have those
here. No they don’t have microwave
burritos, or the saddest looking hot dogs in the world). One particularly nasty day Rachel and I
decided that we needed to venture to the local mega mart/ train station/
shopping center/ Movie Theater/ fancy restaurants/…come to think of it there
isn’t much that isn’t in this place.
Within five minutes of leaving the apartment my umbrella was turned
inside out and ruined. Realizing that
the wise decision was to buy a new and stronger umbrella I proceeded to walk
the rest of the way to the mega store/ train station/…you get the idea. For added effect I gave Rachel the most pitiful
look that I could muster, clutching what remained of my umbrella, and squeaked
out the words “help me…” This was apparently
a rather amusing sight. Several locals
laughed openly, and many others were content enough to simply smile and
stare.
Now I wish that I could say more interesting things, but
alas the plague has ruined much of that.
We had a good 2 extra days off last week, however I spent most of that
time lying in bed not wanting to move for fear of either passing out from the
headache or being just plain tired. This
was a mixed blessing. While it was good
to have the time off to recover, it completely shot all my ideas for fun and
adventure. I suppose that I’ll have to
make up for lost time in the near future.
We have finally started socializing. We have semi-solid group of freaks and nerds that
Rachel and I can hang out with on occasion (we work a lot, and we work
nights) I’ll be honest that it is very
nice to talk with new and interesting people about similar interests and so on
and so forth. I am frequently amazed at
how many nerds there are amongst the other expats here. Hopefully I can return to having some regular
nerdy gatherings that I am sorely missing since leaving the states.
We are now preparing for another weekend filled with some
catch up classes and meeting a few friends for games and catching up on Game of Thrones. Hopefully the weather will stay as nice as it
has and I will continue to feel like a normal person. It should be noted though that now, as a
proud holder of the long awaited alien registration card, I have legal state
health insurance. Cheap hospital visits
and prescriptions here I come!
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