Well, if we've learned one thing during this whole process it's that plans change. A lot. Our leave date was pushed from Dec 27 to Dec 21... for reasons and plenty of details not worth explaining. We found this out as we were driving to Chicago at 11:30pm through the worst weather conditions we've ever been in. We were headed for our interview at the Korean Consulate...the closest being in Chicago. When you go to the consulate, you bring your passport and are interviewed for entry to the country with an E-2 visa. After you pass your interview, you leave your passport with the consulate and they stamp it with your official visa. We were expecting to have them FedEx our passports to us on Friday and receive them Monday.
Well, this whole plan allows for no shipping delays or errors and we just found out we are leaving Tuesday, possibly Monday. This leaves us in Chicago. Our interview was Tuesday morning and we are staying in Chicago until Thursday now so we can pick up our passports from the consulate and take them home with us. This now leaves us with 3 days to pack up our home and entire lives and move to a new country. We are a bit..is overwhelmed the best word? Thank goodness for Uncle Chris and Aunt Dawn, as they live about 15 minutes from the city and have been gracious enough to let us crash at their place until Thursday.
You can also imagine our further disappointment realizing we would no longer be home for Christmas, our last chance to spend some quality time with family and say goodbyes. These past few weeks have been quite a journey and sometimes struggle, but it will surely be worth it.
Whoever is reading, we love you a whole lot and will really miss you.
"Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean."
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