I'll Be Home For Christmas

I'll be home for Christmas.
You can count onnnn me.
Please have sun, St. Louis Bread Co. and lots of time for meeeeee!
Christmas Eve I'll be at DPC,
Where the tree stands tall.
I'll be home for Christmas,
NOT only in my dreams.

Yes you heard that right folks, I'm coming home for the holidays!  I will be arriving in St. Louis on Saturday night and staying until New Years Day. 

As I am counting down the hours before I board the plane, I'm feeling all different kinds of emotions.  I am excited and anxious and giddy and a little sad.  I'm excited to see family and friends and be in a familiar place.  But many things have changed in the 5 months I've been gone and I'm not sure how I will handle the expected and unexpected changes. It makes me giddy to think I'll be able to read signs and understand the language I'll be surrounded by. I'm a little sad to be missing the holiday festivities with my friends and coworkers here. Even though there are lots of mixed feelings, I think they are all justified in some way.  

In the past two weeks as the semester comes to a close, I've been thinking a lot more about coming home.  Here are some of the realizations that I've had this past week: 

- I will be surrounded by mostly all white people who look like me...it'll be weird...

- I can go to Target and/or Walmart in three days!! 

- My shower will actually drain at home. I'm so excited for this. 

- I can sit by a fireplace on carpet! 

- DRIVING 

- When I shop for clothes, I can try them on before I purchase it! (And it is likely they'll be long enough)

- Cheese and crackers will be an easily accessible and cheap dinner! 

- And many many others...

There are many things that I'm looking forward too, but just as many things that I can only do in Korea I'll miss for a few weeks. 

I want to see people back at home, so contact me and we can plan a time to hang!! I can't wait to see friends and family!!