flying time and broomsticks

2 months, 2 months
my how you've flown,
i'm living with my parents now
and miss dwelling alone.

finally, i've found a job
and loving it everyday.
tomorrow i shall work alone,
my nerves not kept at bay.

Okay. I'm not a poet. I've never claimed to be and as you have just witnessed, I should never be given the permission to try. hahaha.

It's been exactly 2 months since I've returned from that faraway place and I'm settling back into North American culture relatively smoothly. Time plays little tricks on me though, making me think these two months have both flown and crept by.

In other news, I'm moving out of my parents house the end of this month. I found a sweet apartment, shared with three others who are already living there. The two that I met seem cool and laid back and the apartment itself is of great size and style. It's in a good neighborhood and will allow me to walk or bike to work during the warmer months. Plus, it's very inexpensive which scores high points in my monthly budget.

Funny story: Yesterday, I went to the mall in a desperate attempt to find some suitable work clothes. I walked into Banana Republic and felt like I was floating, or that the ground was moving. I literally said to the two sales clerks, "whoa. I feel like I'm floating!" They looked at me kindly disguising their astonishment of this seemingly drugged-up individual and said something like, "um, what?". I replied with something equally as stupid as my previous comment, but this time, I was holding out my arms to steady myself. It took me a second to realize that I had just made a complete fool out of myself but I still felt that floaty-ish feeling, as though I just stepped off a cruise and didn't quite feel balanced. Anyway, they must of thought I was on something and I quickly walked out head down and red in the face.

2 months. These are the things that I didn't have to worry about in Korea. Had I said something similar there, I would have been responded to with a nervous nod and mouth covered giggles at my inability to speak Korean. My how times have changed.