Seoul Mates

I'm falling more in love with this place by the moment...and I say moment because I feel like each part of my days here is broken up into memorable moments in time. From one to the next, things change drastically sometimes to the point where I feel like there's almost too much to report. Therefore, I won't claim to cover all the exciting details, but I'll do my best to highlight the best moments.

Shortly after finishing my last post, my husband came home unexpectedly for an extremely brief break from the exercise. Anything I planned to do for the rest of the day was of course put on the back-burner so that I could spend time with him. It was great to just hang out and do nothing with him; and by nothing I mean it's still too hot to do much of anything other than look longingly at one another from opposite ends of the couch while we watched television. With a good night's sleep, some clean clothes, and a few goodies from me in his backpack, he left early the next morning. That was enough to hold me until he gets home at the end of the week and I considered myself fortunate to get just that little bit of time with him since not all of the guys were able to make it home even for a night.

Of course though, after spending time with him, it was slightly bittersweet to start having fun and exploring again without him. Yesterday was full of all sorts of excitement that I really wished I could have shared with the hubby. I went to the outdoor pool on post again with my new buddy (and fellow JAG wife) and her kids. It was the last weekend before school started, so we assumed it would be busy. We were pleasantly surprised that it wasn't, which was great; but, without the visual overload of having tons of people to look at and avoid tripping over, it left some time for me to think about how much fun my husband would have flipping off the diving board or racing me from one end of the pool to the other. Luckily, the pool doesn't officially close for the season until after this coming weekend, so we may get to enjoy it together at least once.

After a few hours at the pool, we went our separate ways to shower, change, and rest for our evening excursion. This was my first time on the subway in Seoul and I have to say I'm very impressed. It reminds me more of the shuttles in those large, fancy airports than it does the grimy filth of the CTA in Chicago; yet another reason to like and appreciate my new surroundings. Our fancy train ride took us to the Banpo bridge where we enjoyed an amazing light and water show (see pics, but Google it because my pics don't really do it justice) complete with end-of-the-season fireworks. Talk about visual overload! There were tons of people, illuminated boats on the river, fire twirlers, and food delivery people taking orders and delivering food right to where you sat! I was amazed and overwhelmed, and again wished I could have shared all of that with my husband. Clearly I wasn't the only one thinking that because even the kids said something about their daddy missing out on it too.

My new dates/mates are pretty darn awesome, but I'm sure even they would agree that there's nothing better than sharing those moments with the men that were missing from last night.