day 0/1

it's currently 5:53 am and i am awake. i haven't woken up this early since a year ago and even then i had to be poked and prodded to open my eyes. oh the wonders of jet lag. it hasn't nearly yet been a day since i've been in the motherland. is it strange that korea seems like, dare i say, my second home? riding the shuttle bus back to grandma's place from the airport, i was looking out the window and still in that daze of "i can't believe i'm here" but it was a different sort of i can't believe i'm here. more of a familiar one. i stepped off the bus and was met with the all too distinctive korea street stench of trash, sweat, and smog through which i maneuvered my way with my luggage in tow on the cobble stoned streets.

it looks like i'll be spending most of my time here with family but i mean, that's alright with me. all i just wanted was to get away and it looks like, for now, i've been welcomed into a pair of sticky and reassuring arms.