I think it's time for another countdown post. We will officially be home in only 102 days! 102 days, can you believe it?! Just yesterday I was thinking about coming home and the actual day that we will be leaving Korea and on the plane to LA. I got butterflies in my stomach. It was weird because I also was remembering when we left Spain and my feelings at that time. When I left Spain, I was excited to come home (especially since it was the holidays!) and to see my family, but it was also bittersweet. We both fell in love with everything about Spain. The fact that we were so passionate about learning Spanish also made leaving the country hard because I knew I may never have the opportunity again to be fully immersed in a Spanish speaking culture. Plus, I got to see Doug everyday in Spain, which was way better than a few times a month like during the school year. And I was returning to UCLA, which was a lot more difficult than my studies in Granada. Maybe something had to do with that, too ;)
But leaving Korea will be a lot different. And that feeling doesn't mean I don't like it here-I know I will have moments when I miss Korea-but the circumstance is just completely different. I think because so much has changed in our lives in this past year and we are excited to share that with our family and friends. Maybe it is also because returning home means starting an exciting new chapter in our lives rather than returning back into our routines. I feel like we will officially be starting our life together: getting an apartment, unpacking our stuff, decorating, getting a car, etc. This past year (more like the past five years with school and moving around so much) has felt so temporary and being in a long-term place sounds so refreshing. I
can't wait to actually live in a place for more than two years. It'll be so exciting coming home after our first year of marriage and getting to start an awesome second year together with our families and friends so close by...
102 more days!!
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