Snow in Seoul!

What a gift! I was disembarking the plane when I noticed a white frosty substance on the threshold. I thought it was frost from being up so high. I scuffed it up with my sandal, and lo and behold, it was snow! I LOVE SNOW! I'm so happy :)

I'm also not dressed for this climate. I have thin cottons on, sandals and no socks. I have no other shoes and my only pair of socks went missing at Amma's ashram. Perhaps they're hanging out with Kate's black bra that also went missing.

I'm exhausted, cranky, achy and in a bit of culture shock. I've been traveling 28 hours so far and I have 26 left to go. I've had about 4 hours of sleep in the last two days. Customs just stole the two beers I bought in duty free and searched my entire backpack and x-rayed it 3 times. On top of this, I just found out I would have had a free hotel room for my 12 hour layover if my travel agent had only arranged it. I'm a bit bummed out by that. There's a great hotel here onsite at the airport, and I plan to use it, but it would have been great if it were free.

The whole airport has twinkly, glittery Winter and Christmas decorations everywhere. I just came out of the jungle and virtually had no Christmas sensory queues. With the decorations and the snow, I feel like I just went through a time warp. It's a bit bewildering as I look down at my tanned toes.

The Internet is free here and my laptop works on it when I snag one of their cables. My browser is trying to talk to me in Korean, though, and I'm not understanding much of what it says. Good thing I know where on the screen to click to get to my signons. OMG I just discovered they have free wifi here. I can't quite sort it out at the moment, so I'll just use the cable and let my battery charge up for a bit. I have TONS of homework that requires online reading and reviewing of sites and it just hasn't been possible the last 4 days.

Holy Mother I'm exhausted! 11 more hours until boarding. I need a hot shower and a LONG nap. I'm grumpy. I miss my friends back in Seattle. I miss my family. I already miss my friends in India. I need a hug. A three day hug.

On the upside, I see my daughter in 26 hours!!! w00t!!!