Out with the old, in with the new

Gav and I are dog sitting, nothing compared to Pocus but Princess Lea will do! She is adorable and the most hyper little thing!

Today the dream team ventured out to Suncheon Bay. Thinking it would be a nice place for Lea to get some fresh air. 15 minutes in to our ride, as we were about to say "yogi-yo" I looked over to Gav holding Princess Lea and this god awful rumbling came from the depths of her stomach. Moments later, Gav and the entire back seat of the taxi were covered in poor Princess Lea's vomit. The driver was less then impressed, Gav tidied up and we were on our way.

Watching the last sunset of 2006 on Suncheon Bay ignited memories and reflection as if a dam had let lose. A year ago I was working what I thought of to be the perfect job for me, thinking I had finally found some direction in my life. And sure enough, that ended like a bad dream and I spent most of the year picking up the pieces and rebuilding, never thinking that at the top I would find myself ending the year in South Korea, at a large bay, surrounded by Koreans with flashes on their cameras that go off so often you mistake them for fire flies, with two people who I cant imagine my life without. Would I go back and change anything that happened this year, this certainly isn't a year that I will look back on as one of the best, but I wouldn't change a thing, it is how I got to where I am...and every day I realize more and more what a beautiful place it is.

I erected a funnel going up the ladder in my apart, doubting that I still had the funneling skills I once had in North Adams, I was a bit nervous. I still have it! Gavin funneled his first beer and Trevor proved that he can still party like a rock star. Although I have outgrown the mess that a funnel disposes, and it isnt like being in the basement of Blackinton, when a tip of the funnel and all of the foam disappears...nothing a towel cant fix.
We had spent Saturday wandering around Suncheon in search of the perfect party hats and found what we thought of to be them. Hats on, we headed to Juliannas and to our suprise, as Gav and I walked down the street we we were hit with the same stares we get on a daily basis, but the expressions were different. Instead of skepticism and the occasional snarl we got smiles, giggles and delight. A few hours later we realized that the hats we were wearing were the traditional hats of newlyweds! We had decieved the Koreans with our own stupidity. We counted down to midnight with the aid of a Microsoft office clock on a big screen and went on to sing a version of Auld Layne Sang, a version I have never heard...I think I expected the version from NHS. This is a new version for me, and one that will bring on the same Saldada that my High School Alma Mater does.

Happy New Year!