Leaving for Korea!

Hello everyone! Well, I officially leave for Korea in about 14 hours, so I thought I would try and get this blog up and running before I leave. I'm a little excited, a little freaked out, a little nervous, and each emotion cycles about 20 times a day. Its been a hectic last month. I finished up my intern year on June 30th, ending with a bang at the Base Hospital, everyone favorite. not quite... Everyone who knows me here knows how much fun that was for me. Then, these last 2 weeks in July I have spent completing the base outprocessing scavenger hunt, always an effective use of time, cleaning organizing my apartment to get everything ready for the movers, completing my online AMP course (aerospace med course, its this bitch of an online course, takes the place of 2 weeks of classroom time from the official AMP course in San Antonio, and takes about 80+ hours to complete. I started this in April, just finnsihed it last night :) ), selling my car (!), organizing a bachelorette party, and trying to see as many people as possible before I leave. So, its been a little hectic, and easy to overlook the fact that the reason I am doing all of this is that I am leaving the country! I fly out tomorrow at 10 AM, with a short layover in Chicago, the a loooooooong flight all the way to Incheon International airport, outside of Seoul. From there, I am supposed to find my way around this airport, find a "USO" desk, and get a bus to Kunsan AFB, where I will be stationed. My sponsor is then supposed to be me at the buss top, somewhere on base, and hopefully take me to my apt/dorm room. And from there, the adventure begins. Its an adventure because I honestly have no idea what I will be doing from then on. No clue. But, in August, I will be leaving again, sometime around the 4th I'm guessing, to go to San Antonio for 6 weeks, for my training course. I will keep my cell phone number this whole year but will only be active when I am in the states. Best way to keep in touch with me is through email, this blog, and the amazing internet wonder called Skype! Its an internet phone service, free to download and free to call computer to computer, all around the world. There is also a feature available that I bought into, that makes calling me from the states very convenient. I bought a US number, that when you call it, actually calls my computer. Once I have everything set up overseas, I can then also forward the calls from the computer to my local cell phone in Korea. So, it is like a regular call for you! Just remember its about a 14-16 hour time difference, depending on where you are. :)

Here's are some handy links for you all:

To download Skype: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/downloading.html

My Skype US number: 970-372-6526

This blog as of now is public acess, but I will eventually be making it private, which is annoying because you will have to sign in, but protect my personal info, like the numbers, address, and makes it more easy for me to gripe about my work!
More to come soon... Wish me luck!