To North Korea We A-Go....

I was so soooo sooooo excited, I was going to North Korea.  It was something I wanted to do since the moment I started planning this trip. We were also going to a few other places, this was going to be an all day DMZ tour. The tour started at about 11:30 am, not to early. So had time for 6 am breakfast and a nap before we headed out. We were going on a tour bus and there were a lot of other people going from the hotel, so other english speakers to interact with. Our tour guide name was Mark, im pretty sure that was a fake name. He was a Korean who's English was okay, the best I have encountered since being here. I have noticed that this place is not very English friendly. Even people who work on post and have to speak English as a job requirement only do a fair job at best. It makes things really difficult and frustrating at times, but im not at home so oh well. Okay back to the main point. Mark was a very good guide but it was very hard for me to understand with his accent. I had to have Rich translate his English for me a lot. We left late waiting on people who didnt show up, oh well...lets roll. An hr bus ride and we grab lunch first. 
          We stop at a place called IMJINGAK. It only had two options for eating, Popeye's or a traditional Korean place (Mark's words not mine.

Train to Casey

Im still not sleeping okay. Got damn sleep schedule still not right. Up again at 5 am and cant sleep. So breakfast and a nap before we hop on our way to Camp Casey. Taking the train in Korea is not like back home. Its more like European trains, than the el city system. It is very busy in the afternoon no seats available so everyone is packed and standing. It seems everyone has a smartphone and their heads are down and hands busy. You cant go 2 ppl over without one having a smartphone. I also noticed everyone seems to be wearing glasses. Even more than had the smartphones.  I wondered what about living in korea gave ppl such bad vision. I asked richard,  he said the Katusa told him it was seen as a sex symbol here. That even if people don't need them they wear them to make them more desirable. So they are just as shallow as us...good to know. Another thing that is like the states is people get on the train and sell stuff. The lady was yelling in Korean so it was easy for me to block her out. Good too because we had a long ride. Train ride..... train ride ... train ride. ..hour and a half later Camp Casey. This post looks sooooo depressing.  Everything is grey or brown. The people walking around look so sad. We needed to hurry up and drop my stuff off and leave.  So we do then we go to 2nd Market. Not sure why it's called that ...I assume there is a 1st market somewhere.  It is mostly food and a lot of it I want to try, but we are going to dinner from here and I can't get full. It's cold and im hungry so cut trip short let's go to dinner. We walk see a b

FIRST DAY OUT

               THE DAY IS HERE...THE DAY I FINALLY LEAVE POST AND GO OUT AN EXPLORE KOREA. SINCE IM STILL A BIT TIRED AND JET LAGGED WE PLAN TO TAKE IT EASY. JUST A BUS TOUR AROUND SEOUL. REALLY THE EASIEST WAY TO SEE ANY CITY. BUT FIRST WE DINE...JUST STANDARD BREAKFAST AND BACK TO THE ROOM FOR A NAP, WAS UP AT  6  AM, I AM STILL NOT ON ANY TYPE OF SLEEP SCHEDULE. WE GOT OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND GOT DRESSED, READY TO GO HIT SEOUL...NOPE NOT YET HAVE TO GO GET ME A TEMP ID. BORING BORING BORING....BUT WE DO GET TO WALK A BIT IN THE CITY, NICE BRISK DAY....BORING BORING BORING ID. NOW LETS GO.

            WE JUMP ON THE BUS AND GRAB A SEAT. ITS KIND OF AWKWARD THAT WE ARE THE ONLY FOREIGNERS ON THE TOUR BUS. WE TRY TO GET THE AUDIO HEADPHONES TO WORK BUT THAT WASNT WORKING SO WE JUST GAVE UP. SO WE WILL JUST FIGURE IT OUT. IT IS A LOT GOING ON IN THIS CITY, OMG. SO MANY BUILDINGS AND PEOPLE AND THE DRIVERS ON CARS AND  BIKES. THE DRIVING HERE...WOW ...LANES DONT REALLY MEAN ANYTHING. OUR TOUR BUS DID A U TURN A FEW TIMES AND IT WASNT PRETTY, I WAS WORRIED. BUT WE DECIDE ON A SPOT TO HOP OFF AND EXPLORE AND GET SOME FOOD, MOSTLY GET SOME FOOD ITS PAST NOON AND I HAVENT EATEN SINCE 6 AM. WE GET OFF IN DONGDAEMUN MARKET, WHICH I GATHER IS LIKE THE WHOLESALE MARKET OF THIS PLACE. NO TIME TO EXPLORE, I NEED FOOD NOW. WE GO INTO THIS MALL LIKE PLACE CALLED DOOTA ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP FLOOR TO THE FOOD COURT. FIRST THING I NOTICE IS THERE IS A BURGER KING...WTF??? YUP BURGER KING. WE LOOK AROUND TO SEE ALL THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO OFFER. AS WE DO WE WALK PAST THIS PLACE THAT SMELLS LIKE ROTTING SEWAGE...SO BAD I COULDNT GET PAST IT FAST ENOUGH, IT WAS HORRIBLE, IT MADE ME WANT TO TOSS MY COOKIES. THIS PLACE DIDNT HAVE TO MANY ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, MOSTLY PICTURES OF WHAT THEY HAD. SO I HAD TO JUST PICK A PLACE AND TAKE A PLUNGE. I WENT WITH SHRIMP...ITS USUALLY A SAFE BET WITH ME. SO RICHARD POINTED AND ORDER MY LUNCH. HE GOT NOTHING BECAUSE HE STUFFED HIMSELF AT THE BREAKFAST BUFFET AND WASNT FEELING WELL...HIS LOSS. WE GRABBED A TABLE AND WAITED FOR OUR OLIVE GARDEN BUZZER TO GO OFF. BUZZZ ..YAYYY FOOD..!!!

OKAY THAT IS A LOT BUT IT WAS SOOO DELICIOUS. THE SHRIMP WAS SOOOOO GOOD IT MELTED IN MY MOUTH. AND THE SAUCE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT I WANT TO TAKE IT HOME WITH ME AND EAT IT ON EVERYTHING. I ATE UNTIL MY BELLY WAS FULL. WHICH TOOK A LOT BECAUSE USING CHOPSTICKS WITH THESE NAILS IS GOING TO TAKE ME SOME TIME. OH WELL... LUNCH DONE. NOW EXPLORING... WAIT BATHROOM FIRST. I HAD THE MOST HORRIFYING HILARIOUS EXPERIENCE IN THE BATHROOM. I WALK INTO THIS BATHROOM AND ITS HIGH TECH. THE TOILET LOOKS LIKE A ROBOT AND ITS SEAT WAS HOT. OKAY SO AFTER I GET DONE USING THE BATHROOM I LOOK AT IT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FLUSH. THEY HAVE ALL THESE BUTTONS NONE IN ENGLISH, SO I JUST START TO PUSH. AND WHAT HAPPENS... THIS BAR COMES OUT AND STARTS SHOOTING WATER AT ME. WTF???? I GET HIT RIGHT IN MY MID SECTION WITH TOILET WATER. I MOVE TO THE SIDE AND WAIT FOR IT  TO STOP. AS THIS STEAM OF WATER PELTS THE DOOR AND CREATES A PUDDLE ON THE FLOOR. IT SOON BECOMES EVIDENT THIS WATER IS NOT GOING TO STOP ON ITS OWN. I START FREAKING OUT, WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? PUSH ANOTHER BUTTON??? YUP LETS GO FOR IT. NOPE BAD IDEA...THE BAR THAT IS SQUIRTING WATER JUST STARTS MOVING BACK AND FORTH. OMG WHAT IS THIS AND HOW DO I GET IT TO STOP? I JUST PUSH ANOTHER BUTTON AND LUCKILY IT STOPS. I SWING THE DOOR OPEN AND JUMP OVER THE PUDDLE. I GO LOOK IN THE MIRROR...WET SPOT ON MY SHIRT AND PANTS. I HEAR SOMEONE COME IN I ZIP UP MY JACKET AND RUN TO THE DOOR TRYING TO NOT LAUGH. I SEE RICHARD STANDING IN THE HALL AND TELL HIM TO RUN. I CANT CONTAIN IT AND START CRACKING UP. WE JUMP ON THE ELEVATOR AND I TELL HIM WHAT HAPPENS. HE IS NOW LAUGHING AT ME AND MY WET SPOT AND SAYS "OH YEA I FORGOT TO WARN YOU ABOUT THAT." OH REALLY RICHARD, THANKS A BUNCH. SO NOW LETS GO OUTSIDE AND EXPLORE. 

             OH MY, ITS IS JUST CLOTHES AND STUFF EVERYWHERE. GO IN ONE ALLEY AND ITS JUST ALL SOCKS AND THINGS. WENT DOWN ANOTHER ONE AND NOTHING BUT UNDERWEAR FOR MILES. THERE ARE PEOPLE ON MOTORBIKES WEAVING THEIR WAY THROUGH THESE NARROW ALLEYS. ALL WHILE PEOPLE ARE WALKING UP AND DOWN AND CARS AND VANS ARE DRIVING. AT ONE POINT I HAD TO HOP ON A PERSONS STALL TO NOT GET HIT BY A VAN. RICHARD IS KIND OF FREAKING OUT, BUT HE FORGETS IM A CITY GIRL AT HEART. IM USE TO THE MADNESS AND IM IN MY ELEMENT. IM WALKING AND LOOKING AT ALL STUFF. FROM STALLS THAT ARE JUST STUFFED WITH BOOKS, TO PLACES JUST WITH BUTTONS...MILLIONS OF BUTTONS. WE JUST KEEP WALKING AND I AM AMAZED AT HOW BUSY THIS PLACE IS. I SEE A MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT AND NEITHER OF THEM STOPPED THEY KEPT GOING, WOW! SO WE KEEP MOVING. WEAVING IN AND OUT OF PEOPLE AND STALLS AND BIKES, SO MUCH. UNTIL WE SEE THE FOOD VENDORS. NOTHING IS IN ENGLISH, BUT I JUST HAVE TO TRY. I SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS OKAY AND DECIDE TO TRY. 

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS BUT IT IS GOOD. THE SAUCE IS SWEET BUT HAS A KICK TO IT AT THE END. ITS GOOD NOW HURRY BACK TO THE BUS. WE MISS THE BUS AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET BACK TO THE HOTEL. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF WALKING INVOLVED. MORE WALKING TODAY THAN I HAD WANTED BUT A GOOD OUTING. GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ROOM AND REST UP BEFORE WE HEAD OUT TO ITAEWON (RIGHT OUTSIDE OF POST) TO FIND DINNER. REST REST REST ...... YAYYY NIGHT TIME.

             WE PICK A PLACE TO GO BASED ON THIS PAMPHLET THE HOTEL GAVE US. DILLENGER'S ITS CALLED. RICH GOT FOOD I DID NOT, JUST ORDER A DRINK SANGRIA. IT WAS THE MOST DISGUSTING SANGRIA I EVER HAD. IT WAS JUST CRAP RED WINE WITH FRUIT THROW IN. OH NO RICH HURRY UP AND EAT SO WE CAN GO. RICHARD DECIDES HE WANTS ME TO TRY THESE THINGS CALLED KETTLES. ITS SOJU AND SUM JUICE. SO HE ASKS HIS FRIEND BESS WHICH PLACE HAS THE BEST ONES. HE RESPONDS WITH A PLACE NAMED POLLY'S ON HOOKER HILL....YEA NO...NOT GOING TO ANY PLACE NAMED THAT...GIVE US THE SECOND BEST PLACE SIR...WTF??? HE TELLS US SOME CLUB CALLED THE UN. OKAY WE ARE ON OUR WAY. WE FIND THE CLUB....OH YES WE DO. WE GO DOWN SOME STAIRS AND I HEAR RAP MUSIC. OKAY. BUT WE ENTER AND THERE IS SOME HOTMESSNESS GOING ON. HASHTAG RATCHNESS IN SEOUL. IT IS A GROUP OF ABOUT 6 ASAIN CHICKS TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO SHAKE WHAT THEIR MAMAS DID NOT GIVE THEM. LMAO. THEY WERE STICKING THEIR BACKS OUT AND DOING THIS WEIRD MOVING UP AND DOWN AND IN AN OUT. I WAS LAUGHING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS  GOING ON. THERE WAS ALSO THIS YOUNG ASIAN DUDE...WHO SURPRISINGLY HAD SOME MOVES. HE WAS KILLING IT ALL OVER THE DANCE FLOOR. HE WASNT DANCING WITH ANY OF THE ASIAN GIRLS. BRING ON THE SOJU. WE HAD STRAWBERRY. IT REALLY JUST TASTED LIKE JUICE. I COULD TELL THERE WAS ALCOHOL IN IT BUT NOT ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT BITE THAT SOME MIXED COCKTAILS CAN HAVE. SOJU I GIVE YOU AN A+. WE FINISHED ONE AND RICH ORDERED ANOTHER...LEMON. NOT A BIG FAN OF IT. IT WAS KINDA BITTER AND MADE MY MOUTH DRY, BUT I DRANK IT ANYWAY. NOW FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT. A COUPLE OF BLACK GUYS COME IN. THEY DONT REALLY DANCE JUST GET DRINKS AND SIT. BUT NOT FOR LONG. I SEE THE ASIAN CHICKS EYEING THEM. AND THEY START TO MOVE IN FOR THE KILL. IT IS AMAZING THE LITTLE EFFORT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO GET THESE DUDES TO BUY THEM DRINKS. SMH..TOOOO EASY FELLAS. WHAT??? IS THAT THE WOBBLE??? YES IT IS. WHAT ??? RICHARD YOU DONT KNOW HOW??? OK ILL SHOW YOU. THE GIRLS WERENT GOING TO SHOW HIM, THEY COULDNT GET IT TOGETHER. IT TOOK ONE OF THE GUYS TO ORGANIZE THEM. HE WRANGLED THEM IN A FEW TURNS. RICHARD DIDNT REALLY WANT TO LEARN. OH WELL. SO IM UP I SHOULD SHAKE A LITTLE. I DID A FEW MOVES, YOU KNOW LIKE I DID IN MY YOUNG DAYS, SHOW THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING WHEN REGGAE CAME ON. NOW SIT MY OLD ASS DOWN IM TIRED AND JET LAGGED. ENOUGH ENTERTAINMENT IM HUNGRY AND TIRED. LETS GO.

             ONCE AGAIN  FOOD! THERE IS A GUY SELLING SOMETHING ON THE CORNER. I DONT CARE IM GOING TO EAT. I ORDER  A FISH CAKE IN SOME BROTH AND SOME CHICKEN ON A STICK. ONCE AGAIN SOOOOOO GOOD. BEST PART AGAIN THE SAUCE. I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE CHICKEN. IT HAD SEAWEED ON THE STICK AND I HAD AT THAT TOO. MAN I NEED THESE SAUCES IN MY LIFE. AS I EAT AND WALK RICHARD IS SUPPOSE TO BE GETTING A CAB. CAN I SAY WORST TAXI HAILER EVER!!! I WAS ABOUT TO FIRE HIM. HE KEPT TURNING AROUND TALKING TO ME AND THEN A CAB WOULD DRIVE BY. OMG RICHARD GET IT TOGETHER, SMH. WE FINALLY GET 1 AND GO BACK TO THE ROOM. RICHARD DRUNK BUT HE DOESNT KNOW IT YET. IM EXHAUSTED AND JUST WANT TO GO TO  BED. OOOOOOO LONG LONG DAY. BUT I HAD A VERY GOOD DAY. TOMORROW WE WILL BE TRAVELING TO WHERE HE STAYS AND MEET WITH HIS FRIENDS AND THINGS. ANOTHER ADVENTURE... WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT....??????

LOST DAYS

When I left it was Sunday afternoon. When I landed it was Monday night. It is now Wednesday morning.  What happened to Tuesday? ?? Jet lag happened to Tuesday.  I was so sleepy when I finally got in bed Monday night, I passed out almost immediately.  I woke up at 2 am and looked at the clock ... in my head im like wow its monday morning. ..because that is what my body is telling me...but its wrong its Tuesday.  I spent all of Tuesday eating and sleeping.  I would wake up long enough to eat. Sometimes not even that long just long enough to drink water then pass right back out. Richard told me he was doing everything,  making noise, moving me, running cables over my head & I didn't wake up..I was dead to the world. I haven't been so tired in a long time.  So I slept and slept and slept.  My body was so tired and achy.  Even when I tried to force myself up I couldn't do it. Jet lag kicked my ass. So I lost all of Sunday and Monday to the flight, Tuesday I lost to jet lag and sleep.  So im going to try to do stuff today.  Too many lost days

LONGEST FLIGHT EVER

I MADE IT. IT TOOK FOREVER BUT I MADE IT. FIRST THE FLIGHT. I FLEW ASIANA AIRLINES. I LIKED IT. AS SOON AS WE WERE BOARDED WE PUSHED OFF, I HAVE NEVER BEEN ON A FLIGHT THAT BOARDED SO QUICKLY AND TOOK OFF WITH OUT BEING LATE. IT WAS KINDA WEIRD THAT ALL THE ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE IN KOREAN FIRST THEN IN ENGLISH. ALMOST AS SOON AS WE WERE IN THE AIR THE STEWARDESS STARTED PASSING OUT SLIPPERS AND HEADPHONES,,,,WHAT????? YES SLIPPERS. THEY WEREN'T ANYTHING FANCY BUT SOMETHING I NEVER THOUGHT I NEEDED UNTIL THAT MOMENT. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHY DID I NEVER THINK OF THIS, I USUALLY TAKE MY SHOES OFF AND IT IS SUCH A HASSLE TRYING TO PUT MY SHOES ON EVERY TIME I   NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM. GENIUS, BLOODY GENIUS! I LOOK AROUND AND SEE EVERYONE ELSE TRYING TO TAKE THEIR SHOES OFF AND PUT ON THE SLIPPERS WHILE KEEPING THEIR HEAD UP. NOT SURE WHY PEOPLE WERE DOING IT THAT WAY, IT SEEMED TO MAKE THE TASK 3 TIMES HARDER. I JUST TOOK MY SHOES OFF AND PUT THEM ON AS I WOULD DO AT HOME. NEXT HOT TOWELS...YES HOT TOWELS. THEY PASSED THEM OUT TO EVERYONE, THEN CAME AROUND TO PICK THEM UP AFTER WE WERE DONE WIPING OUR HANDS. FOLLOWING HOT TOWELS THEY HANDED OUT SNACK PACKS. I DIDNT EAT IT, JUST SHOVED IT IN THE SEAT POCKET.  NEXT I NEED ENTERTAINMENT. EACH SEAT HAS IT OWN TV. IT COMES WITH LOADS OF MOVIES, TV SHOWS, GAMES AND MUSIC. IT WASN'T AS EASY IT LOOKED TO OPERATE. TOOK ME LOOKING AT THE INSTRUCTIONS TO FIGURE OUT. I PICKED A MOVIE, WOLVERINE (SIDE NOTE...I DIDNT LIKE THE MOVIE..IT KINDA SUCKED..TOO BUSY AND MADE NO SENSE). IT SEEMED AS SOON AS I PICKED A MOVIE THEY WERE COMING AROUND WITH DRINKS. THEY HAD SOME JUCIES, WATER, RED AND WHITE WINE, AND A SCOTCH. I CHOSE THE WHITE WINE. EWWWW BAD CHOICE ,,,IT WAS GROSS. TWO MINS LATER MORE DRINKS, WE WERE BOMBARDED WITH SERVICE, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. THESE DRINKS WERE LIKE TRADITIONAL (I.E. COKE, SPRITE, JUICES, ETC). NEXT FOOD. OMG WE GOT NO BREAK. I CHOOSE THE "BEEF STEAK" MEAL. IT HAD A LOT GOING ON AND WASNT HALF BAD. I DIDNT EACH MUCH I WAS FULL FROM MY SANDWICHES. NEXT MORE DRINKS...AND THIS CONTINUED. THEY OFFERED COFFEE AND TEA, SOMETIMES WITH TWO LADIES RIGHT BEHIND EACH OTHER...SO MUCH SERVICE...WOOAAHHH! AFTER ALL THIS THE STUPID MOVIE IS STILL ON AND I CANT SLEEP. SO ANOTHER MOVIE...HUUMM THE BUTLER. I WASNT REALLY WACTHING IT I JUST WANTED TO GO TO SLEEP. I WAS 2 HRS INTO THE FLIGHT AND STILL WAS UP. HALF BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WERE STILL ON AND HALF BECAUSE I WAS SO UNCOMFORTABLE. SO I TOOK A SLEEPING PILL, PUSHED MY SEAT ALL THE WAY BACK, AND PUT MY SLEEPING MASK ON. NEXT THING I KNOW IM BEING PUSHED BY A LADY TELLING ME TO PUT MY SEAT UP FOR LANDING...WHAT??? YUP THE REST OF THE FLIGHT WAS A BLUR. LANDING ..IM IN KOREA. WELL ALMOST. UNLOADING WAS EASY...BUT CUSTOMS WAS A NIGHTMARE. IT TOOK ME 45 MINS TO GET THROUGH..YIKESSS...I HATE WAITING.  THE LINE I WAS IN FIRST. THE GUY WAS DOING 1 PERSON TO EVERYONE ELSE 3 PEOPLE. BY THE TIME I GOT THROUGH MY BAGGAGE WAS NOT ON THE BELT ANYMORE. HAD TO GO TRACK IT DOWN. FINALLY BAGGAGE ... CART...NOW TO FIND RICHARD. AS SOON AS I STEPPED OUT I HAD SMALL KOREAN MEN ASKING ME IF I NEEDED A RIDE. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN SO MUCH. THEY WERENT LIKE STALKERS OR ANYTHING JUST TAXI DRIVERS I SUPPOSE. BETWEEN THE TIME I WALKED OUT  TO THE TIME I MET UP WITH RICHARD I HAD AT LEAST 4 MEN ASK ME. FINALLY I SEE RICHARD AND I JUST WANT TO GO. I AM SO TIRED. THE TRAIN RIDE IS ALL A BLUR I DONT REMEMBER ANYTHING. I KNOW WE SWITCHED TRAINS BUT OTHER THAN THAT...NOT MUCH...THE NEXT THING I RECALL IS WALKING INTO THE HOTEL AND JUST WANTING TO CRASH. I KNOW I ATE SOMETHING, SHRIMP I THINK. ITS ABOUT 10PM MONDAY NIGHT AND MY BODY HAS NO IDEA WHATS GOING ON...LAST THING IT KNEW IT WAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SO IT DOES WHAT IT NEEDS TO AND SHUTS DOWN. I TAKE A SHOWER BARELY ABLE TO STAND. AND I PASS OUT...I NEED THE SLEEP ...

Ready ...Set ...Go

OKAY SO THE DAY IS HERE. I AM AT MY GATE TOOK MY DRUGS AND READY TO GO. I STAYED  UP ALL LAST NIGHT JUST FINISHING PACKING AND TRYING TO CLEAN MY PLACE (IF I DIE I DONT WANT NE1 TO GO IN MY PLACE THINKING IM A HOT ASS MESS). I DIDNT SLEEP BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE AS TIRED AS POSSIBLE FOR THIS PLANE RIDE. IT WILL BE 12 HRS LONG... I WANT TO JUMP OUT THE PLANE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. BUT I GOT A WINDOW SEAT WHICH IS GOOD NEWS SO WE WILL HOPE FOR THE BEST. MAKING IT TROUGH CHECK IN AND SECURITY WAS PRETTY EASY. I AM JUST GLAD I GOT HERE 2 HRS EARLY. I USUALLY DO 1 HR AT MAX. I PACKED A HELL OF A SNACK BAG. I MADE A FEW CROISSANT SANDWICHES. THEY ARE WITH BROWN SUGAR HAM PROVOLONE CHEESE  & ROMAINE LETTUCE. MMMMHHMM SO GOOOD ATE 1 ALL READY. ALSO MADE SOME TRAIL MIX. IT HAS DRIED CRANBERRIES, ALMONDS, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, GRANOLA, AND M&M'S. ITS PRETTY GOOD IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF. I STOLDE SOME CUTIES FROM MY BRO HOUSE WHICH ARE REALLY GOOD...I ATE ONE OF THOSE ALL READY TOO. I ALSO HAVE A BAG OF DOUBLE STUFFED FUDGE COOKIES, TWIZZLERS, & A HELLO CUPCAKE. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING... CRYSTALLIZED GINGER... OMG I TASTE ABSOLUTELY HORRID...SO BAD MOST TIMES I CANT EVEN EAT IT, BUT IT HELPS SO MUCH WITH THE MOTION SICKNESS I WILL JUST PUT IT IN MY MOUTH & LET IT DISINTEGRATE IN MY MOUTH. IM FOOD READY. i ALSO HAVE A LAPTOP AND MY PHONE WITH SONGS AND MUSIC, PLUS I BOUGHT 2 HUGE BOOKS TO READ. I HAVE ALL MY BASES COVERED NO MATTER WHAT MOOD I MIGHT BE IN, DURING THIS FLIGHT. I HAVE EAR PLUS, SLEEPING MASK & SLEEPING PILLS READY AS SOON AS I REACH MY SEAT. I AM SO READY TO KICK THIS FLIGHTS ASS ... I CAN HANDLE  ANYTHING ...YEAHHHH!!!. OH YEA I ALSO BOUGHT A PACK OF GUM... NOW IM READY. RIGHT NOW IM JUST SITTING CHARGING EVERYTHING WAITING TO START BOARDING ... WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN ABOUT 5 MINS. IM JUST READY TO GET ALL THIS PART OVER WITH AND BE IN KOREA & START THIS DAMN VACATION. WISH ME LUCK...FINGERS AND TOES CROSSED.

Actual Packing

 

So here it is, a week later and I have finally started to pack. I will be leaving next Sunday. I have tried to not over pack. Even though I totally don't believe that it is possible. I have brought about 4 weeks worth of clothes. I'm going for 3 weeks so it is a big scale down for me. I have also decided to bring only 10 pairs of shoes (that number does not include any flats, slippers, flip flops, or the shoes I will be wearing). I think I should be able to deal with about a weeks worth of shoes. When I was on the phone with Rich I had decided to take about 5 purses. He talked me down to 2 purses. I only said yes because he said I could buy some there...so even trade. It took almost all day for me to decide what to take and what to leave. But now the hard part is done. I am taking 1 coat and 1 hoodie. So the clothes part is done and over with. All that is left is the extras, the non essentials. I will be bringing my electronics. I will be living in a hotel for almost a month, so I will need all the comfort of home i can get. So 2 laptops, external hard drive (for downloading all the shows I will be missing) Google Chromecast, things like that. I will have 2 large suitcases, a roll on carry on, & my backpack. I plan on leaving my carry on mostly empty so I can stuff it full of cool stuff I buy. I also didn't pack the suitcases very tight so I can have options when I come back and extra space. For things I can bring on the plane. I already have my plane outfit put to the side and ready to go. Packing is pretty much done until Sat night when I can pack the last of everything. I'm excited the packing is done, mostly because it is the part I hate the most. 1 step closer to ...VACATION!!!!