Analogies Help. So does June 17, 2010.

I need to learn that one bump in the road is not a deadly cliff, my wheels will not be spinning soundlessly in the air as I careen into a Grand Canyon-y crevice in the earth if one thing goes wrong - like, the recent change of address on my drivers license delaying my passport a week or two. NO BIGGIE. Yea, I'm probably going to be spending my first plane ride alone, all 12+ hours of it.  My Seoul sister will be alone in a big country, while I, making a not so great impression on my new employer, wait impatiently to start life. 
These are not good things. But, in the long run, it's like a flat tire. Shitty, not on schedule, not planned, not helpful, but,  a part of life. People understand. Things get worked out. It's all in your attitude. 
I know this, but sometimes it's hard to LIVE this. 


SO!  Let us focus on when life will be all about LIVING.


Here it goes: 
I will still make the Korean Mud Festival.  

AWESOME. 

"Boryeong Mud Festival has been held at Daecheon swimming beach, there is a unique shell-powered sandy beach only found in Eastern countries. So, you may swim and massage with a mudpack at the same time. Furthermore, there are Mud massage programs (Self massage at the Beach, Ultramodern mud massage) and Mud Experiential Land program using mud powder made through the processing procedure, that is, we gather mud from pure plain and remove all impurities. "

Soo.. maybe I should focus on June 17, 2010.
I will be 3-4 weeks into my stay. I will be meeting new people and doing new things, and i will be one month from a really freaking cool weekend. I think I will be really happy, and there will be 11 months left to my stay, and the best part?!
MY PASSPORT WILL NOT EVEN ENTER MY BRAIN.

Time moves so quickly, what is 7-10 days, anyway?! like, 1.5% of a year?! 
( In the words of my favorite llama . .. booyah.)