I am currently "on Sabbatical" in California for some much needed r & r. I am finally getting over my winter cold after three weeks...sigh.
I have been cleaning out my old room in preparation for moving back out when I reurn to the US for good. I didn't know I had saved so much junk. Blame Oprah; I don't usually watch it but last week I did. A guest she had (his name escapes me) suggested that people who have physical clutter around also have weight and depression issues!
So, I am downsizing my lfie. If I am indeeed fated for a gypsy existence, then clutter is not very helpful. On that note...
My apartment in Korea is being moved; I will be going to a different apartment in the same building. This will not help with the noise level, but it might help with my utilities. Since I have been living in the "shithole," I have gone without power, water, and plumbing for 48 hour periods of time (it always happens at night or on the weekend!). My pipes froze when I went to Saipan; the apartment manager took a blowtorch to the wall; the tile was of course scorched, and there is a big black hole by my sink. It didn't work, by the way, and I had to wait for 12 hours with space heaters before I had water again! Two days later, I took a shower, and the tiles fell off the wall; one shard went through my heel, but it was easy to get out and no infection set in.
I took photos of all the damage, and recorded the F16s flying over the building. I sent this in to the powers that be. They cannot get out of my lease, so they are putting a Band-aid over the problem by moving me to a differnt apartment in the same poorly-constructed building.
I am gettin tense as I type this; it is my vacation, the sun is out, and I'm going out to enjoy it...
