Back In Korea

Yesterday, after 96 or so days apart, Joe and I were finally reunited back in South Korea. Though three months is one of the shorter times apart we have had since we started dating, being apart is never easy no matter how short the amount of time. It was so nice to see him again when I exited the baggage claim area at the airport. My plane was delayed 40 min leaving San Francisco due to high winds, so I worried that he would get to the airport extra early and then have to wait even longer. He said he didn't have to wait too long, which I hope is true.

Our taxi driver on the way back to Camp Hovey was an extremely fast driver. He also utilized the technique of merging into the left turn lane at a red light and then cutting back in front of the line of cars going straight so that we would be the first car past to pass the red light. There were quite a few times where my whole body was tensed up as he drove, though he did cut the drive time down by an hour or so.

Once we arrived back at the apartment I tried to stay awake as long as I possibly could. Joe had to leave to do a barracks check at 11 pm to make sure that all of his Soldiers were in their rooms, so I tried to stay away until then. We watched TV together while waiting for the barracks check time to arrive and I quickly succumbed to the effects of travel and resulting sleep deprivation by resting my head on his chest and falling asleep.

The next morning was full of my usual first day back in Korea routine which consists of cleaning out the food that is no longer good,  re-enrolling myself in DBIDS so that I can buy groceries and also go on and off post, going grocery shopping, and running other errands. After clearing all of the no longer edible food out of the refrigerator and freezer all that was left in the fridge was a jar of mayo, some diet coke, and a V8. Usually on day two or three I tackle organizing the apartment to make it look presentable. I can't really blame Joe for it not looking very organized since he just got back from gunnery. The main thing I have to do to make the place look presentable is organizing and putting away his TA-50.

It is so nice to be back with Joe. This week is recovery from gunnery and next week is planning and prepping for the next two-week field exercise his unit has coming up, so he has to work long days while I am here. We are hoping that he at least gets the weekend off of work. Neither of us want to go anywhere and instead we would love to have a lazy weekend of sleeping in, watching tv together, and relaxing.

Uh-oh. I think the fact that is is midnight Pacific Time even though it is only 4pm in Korea is catching up with me. I may have to take a nap soon.