Sorry for the infrequent updates of late! We've had a fairly eventful December, the events of which have landed us in California for a few weeks. Keeping in mind that this blog is an Internet publication, I'll refrain from the details, but the bottom line is that we ended our contracts at the school that we worked for this fall and have entered into a new contract at another school (still in Korea). Because there's a bit of a time lapse before we begin our new contract, we decided to come back to the States for Christmas (and just in time!), and we'll be here for the month of January.
It has been so great to be back in California! We arrived on Thursday the 20th, after an uneventful flight across the ocean. We got to stop over in Japan on our way here, so now I can say that I've been to Japan, too, although the airport hardly counts. Our flight from Korea to Japan was especially comfortable. We flew in the upper deck of a 747--a totally new experience! The plane was already huge, and it felt even huger (thanks, great English, I know) being on the top deck of a plane. Our connecting flight to San Francisco was more cramped, so we were grateful to get off the plane after 8 hours. I'm still working on the finesse to get upgraded to business class...I tried, but no luck this time.
We've been enjoying sunny California so far. Don't worry, Washington people, we'll be up that way after the holidays to pay a visit. We plan to return to Korea sometime in February. So that's the Hanes update. I'll post pictures if I can get it together! We'll see most of you soon!
