The Overdue Emily Post

I know I'm way behind here and the blog has pretty much been in the hands of Ryan so far but I vow to fully assume my position as co-author. Fortunately for me, Ryan handled the Vacation Post beautifully and I really don't have anything to add. We had 3 foreign currencies and 9 flights in something like 7 days. We rode Malaysian subways, flew Asian Air, hiked on canopy bridges and trails through the rainforests of Borneo, took longboats down jungle rivers in Sarawak, cruised through the South China Sea on motorboats, scaled Victoria Peak in cable cars, double-decked on double-decker trams and busses, and sailed Hong Kong Harbor on a cruise boat.

However, even with his comprehensive account of our trip and his first week in Ilsan, he has somehow carelessly neglected to mention one very important thing, and that is this:

We now live in the same neighborhood! Same hemisphere, continent, time zone, country, city, NEIGHBORHOOD!
It's amazing. Here we are, in the same place at the same time:





Don't we look happy? We are.
(Oh, and in case you were wondering, that last shot with the clown wig and the coats is not traditional Korean dress or anything, but rather a bar made entirely of ice which you need to wear parkas to enter. Obviously.)

So anyway, now we're back, with regular work schedules and less exciting weekend plans, and finally setting into a routine of some kind. We wake up, drink coffee, go to work, come home, eat dinner, pass out due to Korean Kindergarten-induced exhaustion.
I know Ryan hasn't had a chance to really discuss his new career path in any kind of detail just yet but it looks something like this:and this:

Pretty funny, huh? I know I only had a chance to check out the old C&D digs once, but I'm fairly certain this doesn't compare.
Before you go wild, it's not actually that crazy. Those photos above are snapshots of Ryan Teacher's Swimming Pool Field Trip (there are wilder details but you should really ask him as I'm not at liberty to disclose). Last week I had a Water Gun Field Trip and if the pictures were not so threatening to my reputation I would upload them here.
In any case, his kids are crazy (though maybe not as crazy as mine) and you should have an idea of what we're up against over here.

As the summer winds down, we're just taking it easy and trying to enjoy the weather now that the heat has died off a bit. Friends are starting to make plans for their next adventure post-Korea and we're considering our options. Hopefully they'll include a brief, tailspin trip home around Christmastime.

We will keep you posted. Till then!