The countdown on the fridge says 24 days until we leave for Korea. It is hard to comprehend how fast time has moved since we first sat down and started looking at potential jobs in Korea and made the decision that this was something we were really going to do.
The countdown may not be exact, we won't know the exact day of our departure until we get our visas from the consulate in NYC, but we can be sure it will be around the middle of January.
In my opinion, there is no convenient time to leave the country and move across the world. No time works well into anyone's schedule, no time is easier than another. Packing, getting bureaucratic information together, and organizing state-side affairs is never an easy process. But leaving at this time of year carries with it the added pressure of the holidays. Truthfully, there was no other time that we could possibly leave other than now, it is just how our schedules worked out. But if I could choose, I wouldn't want to leave during the holiday season.
This week is Christmas week, and each interaction with family and friends will have that odd note of finality to it, with us and them knowing that this may be the last time we'll see each other for probably 14 months. No one said it would be easy, and in my opinion if it is easy then my personal relationships are not that strong.
So it will be tough to say goodbye to family and friends after all of our holiday parties and get togethers because I know that it will be a while before we see them again. But I will also be smiling, because I know that we are about to go on the single greatest adventure we've ever experienced, and I know that, even though they may not say it, our loved ones are excited too.
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