Hello, we really must be going

Whew! I think this is the longest I’ve ever gone without posting to the blog (or some blog, any blog…).

Things have continued to be crazy with a lot of changes to “the plan” we had when we left Korea in December.

First, we are not in Hong Kong, as expected. David’s assignment there was postponed until March. Second, Susana and I will not be accompanying him when he does go, as I totally hit the wall when we got back to the States in December. It took a good two weeks to just get all of us past the worst of the jet lag or whatever it was. Susana stopped sleeping through the night, wouldn’t sleep for more than two or three hours at any time. A lot of it was the total change in schedule from having what were her nights suddenly become her days.

But, I think a lot of it was leaving Korea, our apartment, friends, Mrs. H, and then moving in to my parents’ house, meeting a bunch of new relatives over the holidays, etc. Overall, she handled it very well. She was always in a good mood and loved meeting new people and doing new things. She just wasn’t sleeping, which meant I wasn’t sleeping. We also brought and air shipped a good bit of her toys and books and all of her clothes, which helped, but it was still a huge change for a one-year-old.

(Oh, and then she got the chickenpox! But, that’s a whole other post that I’m not sure I have the energy to write.)

At that point, I decided I couldn’t wrap my head around taking her *back* around the world and throwing her schedule all out of whack for what would be a temporary, two- or three-month stay in southern China. Then, having to go through the adjustment all over again when we came back here.

I know there are a lot of moms and people and families who would be able to do this, but I am just not one of them.

As it turns out, this has worked better with the needs of his company in that area and Susana and I will stay here while David goes there for two or three weeks at a time to complete the project. A lot of traveling on his part—and a lot of time apart for us—but still the better alternative (to me) than spending two or three weeks getting acclimated only to FUBAR everyone’s schedule again eight weeks later.

I plan on keeping up with this blog for awhile. There’s still so much I have to say about our time in Korea. (I’ve been really surprised at how much I miss it, even though it hasn’t been that long.) And, I’ll write about what it’s like being back.

Thanks for everyone who’s sent well wishes, and to those hardy few who’ve kept reading the blog. I really appreciate it. We miss all our Korea friends and wish everyone well.