Catching Up, Part 1- Flight to Korea

I know, I know-- I should be shot... I haven't made a single post since coming to Korea (not counting my promise to update soon, which I never did~)

Hmm so where should I start? I guess I will talk about my flight from Georgia to South Korea.

So my trip here got off to a rocky start- just a few days before the start of orientation and I still hadn't received my flight ticket from the TaLK office. I was getting really worried. So another person in TaLK who was also supposed to flying out from Atlanta got her flight information, and on a whim, I decided to call that airline and see if I had a ticket reserved. It turned out I DID, and it was scheduled to leave that day!!! So at this point, it was about 11am and I had to catch a flight that night at around 9:30pm. Since I live an hour or so from the airport, and they suggest you get there 2-3 hours before your flight, that meant I had only 5 hours or so to get ready! I wasn't completely done with packing yet, I had to get my hair done, and drop off the stray kitten my roommate and I had found the night before at the animal shelter.


It was going to be a very busy day. So I got my ass in gear and what do you know, I actually made it on time for the flight.

I thought I was being pretty strong about the whole "farewell, see you in a year" thing, but when I had to say goodbye to my best friend at the airport, I broke down a bit. I love this person so much and they have been there for me and with for the past 7 years. And at that moment when I had to go through security, and I realized he couldn't come with me, ahh just thinking about it makes me tear up again. I love you and you know who you are :)

So I made my flight to Chicago which was only about an 1 hour and a half. But as soon as we got to Chicago,we had to rush to get on to the Asiana flight. We barely had time to take a piss before boarding! The Asiana flight was much more comfortable than the Delta flight to Chicago, but it was also MUCH MUCH longer- I think it was 14 hours?? Now in case someone doesn't know, I have ADHD, and.... yeah. That sucked. And I had a window seat but had to pee a lot, so yeah that was lots of fun and all kinds of awkward.



But FINALLY, I arrived at Incheon International Airport and I couldn't believe it, but it was true. I was in South Korea. Soon after arriving, the TaLK team ushered us into waiting buses and we had to endure the long bus ride (it must have been like 3 or 4 hours) to Jochiwon. There, at the Sejong campus of Korea University, we would spend the majority of the next 3 weeks at Orientation.

More to come very soon! (I promise!)