All too soon it was time for me to head back home to the States. The morning I left Hubby helped me repack my suitcase and I went with him to get his hair cut before it was time to head to the airport.
It took a taxi and a bus ride to get to the airport but we made it with time to spare. The airport had a touch screen map/FAQ kiosk just like the mall. I thought it was pretty cool. The airport there is huge! We had to use the map just to figure out where to check in. After checking in, Hubby took me to lunch at the airport Bennigan's. I thought it would be a safe place to go since they have Bennigan's in the US but the menu was in Korean so we had to ask the waitress lots of questions about what everything was and she only spoke a little English so it was a challenge. Hubby told me that he will be a lot more patient with people who don't speak English when he gets back to the US because he knows what it is like not to speak the language.
Saying goodbye was difficult but Hubby assured me that the next few months would go by quickly. A baby cried the entire way from Korea to San Francisco. It was a long flight but ironically it was actually two hours shorter than the flight going to Korea because of the way the wind blows.
I finally arrived back in San Francisco but was thankful that I had a long layover because I got stuck in the customs line for over an hour... even though I was towards the very front of the line. The system went down and the line was at a standstill for over 45 minutes. Couple that with tired and slightly annoyed passengers and you can imagine what standing in line was like.
Thanks to San Fran's poor signage, as I mentioned on the way there, I got a bit lost trying to figure out how to get to my connecting gate but eventually I found it and picked up some food while I was waiting to board. My flight was overbooked and I could have gotten a free travel voucher to give up my seat but at that point I just wanted to get home.
May was kind enough to pick me up when I finally arrived back home and she had already dropped off Bubbles, my fish, at my house. She is so thoughtful! I was glad to be back home but ironically just hours after I got back two tornadoes ripped through the town that I live in. Thank God they didn't get close enough to post to affect me but still.. nice welcome home gift from mother nature. LOL it figures. At least it happened AFTER I got home and not while I was trying to fly here.
I miss Hubby but hopefully he will be on his way home before I know it and then he will be getting out of the army so we will not have to deal with a year long separation again. I can't wait to see him again. Thanks for showing me Korea Baby! I had fun and I hope you did too :)
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