Tomorrow Brittanie returns to the US. Despite her unyielding efforts, she was not able to work things out with Immigration in time to find a job. Kudos to the US Embassy for attempting to help as well. Fortunately, she was able to line up a job back at home so at least she's not going home empty-handed.
I loved having her here with me, if even for only a few weeks. This was the first time we were able to spend a lot of time together since high school. After years of talking about living together, it finally happened. Although cramped in a place just barely large enough for me, we had fun together. I'm glad she was here to help me explore before work, giving me a reason to actually get up rather than sleep in as late as possible. With her I was also able to try new foods from my favorite kimbap restaurant (a delicious place near my house with popular, cheap Korean dishes).
After having Brittanie with me for so long, I'll have to adjust again to having an apartment to myself and not being around someone I really know. I quite enjoyed having someone to come home to and hanging out with someone with my same values and understanding of my personality. Now that it's been a month here, I'm realizing that some of my coworkers have different values than me. Korea is a drinking, smoking, etc culture and they are taking full advantage of that during their stay here. I don't mind a drink now and then, but I would like to remember my evenings, especially if I was to go out multiple nights in a row. I'm using this moment as a moment of clarity with God to further understand my role here and who I want to be... and who I want to be with.
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