Living for the Weekend

As life in South Korea passes by I find myself living for the weekend and this is not ideal.  Let’s just say I think I’m having a HARD time adjusting to my new LIFE.  I don’t know whose idea it was to work 8+ hours a day for 5 days a week?  But whoever decided this must HATE LIFE.  OK, that was a little dramatic, but let me explain.

Justin and I have been living a crazy, unrealistic, free, nomadic life for the past 3 years.  Although sometimes I've complained, or felt homesick, I’m so GRATEFUL now more than ever that we were able to travel and serve in the ways we have.

Not having “real” jobs gave us so much freedom to do WHATEVER we wanted.  We served, we rested, we played, we smiled, we swam in the ocean, we missed Mexican food, we got really skinny, we got frustrated, we went on vacations, we sweat a lot, we took cold showers, we got attached to people, we loved, we grew, and ultimately we CHANGED.

Although we are still traveling, this experience is a lot DIFFERENT than anything we have experienced in our previous travels.  We are committed to live in one place for at least a year, we are working (which is over rated), and we are living a pretty “normal” life.  We have our own apartment, we work separately only seeing each other for short times during the day, and we are finding ourselves LIVING FOR THE WEEKEND, like any other American.  No offence Merica.  If you are not familiar with this term please click on the link for the very funny definition!  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Merica  

I think that this is a good lesson for me.  I need to learn how to be more adaptable, I need to re-learn how to have a good work ethic, I need to be reminded that life is hard for people and that despite my grumbles I have it PRETTY DARN GOOD!  
(Fine, fine thanks for the reminder.)

I need to be reminded to LIVE FOR THE MOMENT.  Every minute we have here on earth is a blessing.  It is a chance to make a difference, to love, to learn, and to BE HAPPY.
(No matter the situation.)

With all that being said, I want you to look at your life, to find a joy in little moments, to take a deep breath and look at how beautiful your life really is.  Sometimes it takes a slap across the back of our head to realize this.  So here is a gentle slap. 
LOOK AT YOUR LIFE PEOPLE…
OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE BEAUTY NO MATTER HOW SMALL IT IS. 
Realize you are not here to work, you are not here to fight, you are not here to complain, and mostly you are not here so that the world can revolve around you. 
Sorry, but it is TRUE.

As I step down from my soap box I will leave you with some photos from our last 4 weekends.  Here is to living like every day is the weekend!  PEACE and LOVE my friends.

Teajongdae Park

 

Eating a dinner of grilled shellfish, that we grilled ourselves.

Our view of the sunset while eating dinner.

On the subway to the fireworks festival.

Random pot luck dinner while we wait for the show to start.

Amazing firework show at Gwangalli bridge.
There was a million people on the beach watching this show, we were lucky to watch it from inside a hair salon. 

Our wonderful hosts and new friends that we watched the show with!

Justin surprised me with a date night...starting off at the beach!

We went to the aquarium,
it was my first time do ever go to an aquarium.

It was amazing...but look at this very creepy shark.

After the aquarium we ate at a fancy Italian restaurant.
Here we are on the subway going home.

Naejangsan National Park

Our sweet friends, tour guides, and photographers.

Such a beautiful and cold day!