Delayed...

Well, Chris was delayed in Tokyo. His flight was grossly overbooked, and he was stuck in a hotel room overnight. He comes in tonight at 9:15, and we're definitely ready. After cleaning the apartment so thoroughly, it has been exhausting trying to keep it in such great shape a whole 'nother day!
Oh, and we've been trying to get Rachel a bed since October. Finally, a company was located that would actually ship such a large package, only to be stuck in the inevitable nightmare of customs paperwork. You'd think we were trying to import a bomb by the amount of paperwork we have to sign, fill out and express mail to the shipping company. And after all that, we still have to either arrange for them to drive it to Seoul from Busan, or pick it up ourselves -what could amount to a 5 or 6 hour drive...each way!. I guess it will all have to be worked out tomorrow. All I know is that it's here in Korea now. All that stands between it and us is a few very confusing attempts at communication by two people who don't speak the other's language. I had a wonderful phone conversation the other day, most of which consisted of, "I'm sorry, can you please repeat that?" or "I'm sorry I don't understand what you are trying to say?" I finally took the phone number down to our Realty office, where an angel named Teri was able to help me get to the point we're at right now. The ladies who work down at Dream Realty are really the nicest people you could imagine-you really couldn't find people more eager to help. I can only imagine what I would have done by myself-I'd probably still be on the phone saying "Umm, can you repeat that? I'm sorry I didn't understand"...