Final Destination

I cannot tell you how happy we all were to be checking out of the Dragon Hill Lodge yesterday. I also have to give Jason his props for buying those luggage dollies, they were worth their weight in gold yesterday. We were able to get two huge duffel bags onto each of them which made all the difference in the world. After we checked out of the hotel and drug all our luggage up a huge hill, the Army put us on a bus with a few other soldiers and we headed out for the Seoul train station to catch the bullet train. Once we get to the train station we see that we have to take an escalator up to get to the actual station. Normally this would not have been a problem, but leave it to me and my family to find one. Let me give you a mental picture here: Jason has a HUGE military duffel bag on his back, a large military backpack on his front, a very large golf bag (with all kinds of crap in it) on his shoulder, and he is dragging a luggage dolly with two duffel bags. I have a very heavy backpack on my back, my purse (anyone who knows me knows this is heavy), a bag with all the crap for the children, and Marley (who I swear is the laziest child) on my hip. Jackson has a light backpack and is dragging the other luggage dolly. After about 20 feet Jackson has flipped the luggage dolly 5 times and I have decided that he is an idiot and can in no way maneuver this thing up an escalator. I then add this to my list of crap to drag and we head to get on. Mind you I have completely forgotten about the laws of gravity at this point. Just as the escalator starts to go from flat to steps I realize I do not have the luggage dolly tilted toward me. The dolly proceeds to start falling down the escalator and the baby and I are following suit. Gotta love solders, cause one of them caught me mid fall and I was able to right myself and the luggage. Finally off the escalator and we are able to relax and wait for our train. Poor Marley spent the better part of that hour fending off Koreans who wanted to touch her. Some of the other soldiers with us were teasing that we should start charging admission. The bullet train was pretty cool. We made it from the middle of the country to very close to the coast in 1 hour. Yeah and Marley slept the whole way!! Our escort took us straight to the housing office and we found out that our place would be ready this morning. As soon as the children get up we will be headed over to pick up our keys and see our new place. I will send post pics tomorrow.