Matt has been granted permission to come home April 27-May 25! He'll be here exactly 4 weeks and he'll be here before the baby is born (as long as I don't go into labor early... I'm buying a cork!)
We are both very excited and glad that he gets to be home for this occasion. He missed 95% of the pregnancy and I felt it would just be really difficult to see him miss the birth too. Besides, having help around the house that first month is going to be amazing! Plus all the back rubs, foot rubs, extra naps...its going to be nice having him home!
60 days!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Field Trip
Matt got to go on a field trip last weekend to some Korean attractions. He got to go to a beach, a waterfall and to a local Korean temple. He got some fun pictures to look at:
The walk near the beach. He said that this was actually the ocean, not just a lake or something. So thats cool, Matt's been to the Indian ocean!
This is a view of low tide at the beach. Thats a lot of beach! The building in the back ground is a resort.
This was a lunch Matt chose to get. It cost him 10,000 won (equal to about $8.50). He said it was sort of like a pancake with onions, carrots and squid tenticles on top.
This is a picture of the local temple he visited. He said that most of the old buildings have this asian feel but most of the modern buildings are the same as you would see in the US.
This is another view of the temple, and, of course, Matt!
These are guardians of the temple. I don't know much about Korean religions but I picture Mulan (I know...its China but its almost the same!) and how all the guardians of the temples are the family's ancestors. So maybe these are ancestors too...
Matt thought the fountain was cute and was puzzled why people would be drinking from it. But I saw the picture and that was the first thing that I thought- that it was there for people to drink from. I'm again assuming but I think its there for the superstition that you can get healing or good luck or something similar from the fountain.
This is a view of the waterfall from the top of it. Matt said that he balanced himself and then reached as far over the edge as he could manage before snapping the picture. I prefer not to think about it... I'm not nearly that daring and I probably would have covered my eyes while Matt was doing it had I been there!
This is a beautiful picture. Matt said this is the water that plunged over the waterfall. Seems like a tiny stream to become a waterfall. Maybe during the spring its bigger- when the snow is all melted or something.
Matt standing right in front of the waterfall. He said it was beautiful there... and you can tell it would be amazing. It seems like it would be even more amazing when everything is green. I wonder if Matt can go back and get more pictures?
This is the path up to the waterfall. Again, wouldn't it be amazing if it were green?
The walk near the beach. He said that this was actually the ocean, not just a lake or something. So thats cool, Matt's been to the Indian ocean! This is a view of low tide at the beach. Thats a lot of beach! The building in the back ground is a resort. This was a lunch Matt chose to get. It cost him 10,000 won (equal to about $8.50). He said it was sort of like a pancake with onions, carrots and squid tenticles on top. This is a picture of the local temple he visited. He said that most of the old buildings have this asian feel but most of the modern buildings are the same as you would see in the US. This is another view of the temple, and, of course, Matt! These are guardians of the temple. I don't know much about Korean religions but I picture Mulan (I know...its China but its almost the same!) and how all the guardians of the temples are the family's ancestors. So maybe these are ancestors too... Matt thought the fountain was cute and was puzzled why people would be drinking from it. But I saw the picture and that was the first thing that I thought- that it was there for people to drink from. I'm again assuming but I think its there for the superstition that you can get healing or good luck or something similar from the fountain. This is a view of the waterfall from the top of it. Matt said that he balanced himself and then reached as far over the edge as he could manage before snapping the picture. I prefer not to think about it... I'm not nearly that daring and I probably would have covered my eyes while Matt was doing it had I been there! This is a beautiful picture. Matt said this is the water that plunged over the waterfall. Seems like a tiny stream to become a waterfall. Maybe during the spring its bigger- when the snow is all melted or something. Matt standing right in front of the waterfall. He said it was beautiful there... and you can tell it would be amazing. It seems like it would be even more amazing when everything is green. I wonder if Matt can go back and get more pictures? This is the path up to the waterfall. Again, wouldn't it be amazing if it were green? This is a frozen lake that they passed on the way to the waterfall. Matt pointed out that if you look closely on top of the rock you can see a fence- so they pretty much walked around the lake.
Matt said there are excursions just about every week. He's going to try to go on one every month so he can see a lot of what Korea has to offer. I hope he'll get pictures of the cities one day. I think it would be interesting to see what they are really like.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Rumor is...
that Matt will be able to come home for nearly a full month for his mid-tour! The Air Force lets its members take up to 10 days of paternity leave. Of course thats up to the supervisor, if he thinks that his group can handle being a member short and the other needs of the base etc. But these 10 days of leave are not taken against the airman's bank of leave days. They are extra. Wahoo!
So when we found this out we were wondering if there was any way that Matt could take his 10 days paternity leave in connection with his 14 days of mid-tour leave...and rumor is that its possible!
We have yet to actually set dates but Matt's mentioned that he wants to come home a week before my duedate and stay for a total of 28 days. I'm not sure if that was to include travel but I'll assume so. Either way, he'll be home for nearly a month!
We are in the process of discussing specific dates and then Matt will have to talk to his supervisor. So we'll actually know soon! I get all jittery and excited to think of seeing him again! It will have been a full 4 months of not seeing eachother...the longest stretch yet. But then we have 8 months after that...but we won't think about that, will we?
So when we found this out we were wondering if there was any way that Matt could take his 10 days paternity leave in connection with his 14 days of mid-tour leave...and rumor is that its possible!
We have yet to actually set dates but Matt's mentioned that he wants to come home a week before my duedate and stay for a total of 28 days. I'm not sure if that was to include travel but I'll assume so. Either way, he'll be home for nearly a month!
We are in the process of discussing specific dates and then Matt will have to talk to his supervisor. So we'll actually know soon! I get all jittery and excited to think of seeing him again! It will have been a full 4 months of not seeing eachother...the longest stretch yet. But then we have 8 months after that...but we won't think about that, will we?
Friday, February 5, 2010
Pics from Korea
Of course, Matt arrived in Korea nearly 3 weeks ago already but I've procrastinated posting much. I appologize. He has been doing a lot of training and I'd say its intensive but it really isn't. Moreover, there aren't enough computers for the number of new guys so they all rotate in getting done with stuff that needs to get done. Then there is the obvious slowness of having to go from building to building to get small things done. He is still in a hotel, although its on base so he isn't spending money to drive into town every day. Thats nice. Hopefully he'll get into a dorm really soon.
He sent some fun pictures that I felt like sharing: 
I found it funny that the Mountain Dew and the other sodas were in Korean but Fanta wasn't. I wonder what Fanta sounds like to a Korean?
I found it funny that the Mountain Dew and the other sodas were in Korean but Fanta wasn't. I wonder what Fanta sounds like to a Korean? 
Wow. These are amazing pictures of the mountains. Matt took these from the plane window (more a testament to how cool the camera is than anything else) but its so cool to see such a beautiful sight. Breathtaking. 
This is a picture of the Korean hotel that Matt stayed in the first two nights. I laughed because although it does look Korean I've seen theme hotels that smack more of Oriental than this place did and its legit! Quite fun to see though. 
I made Matt promise to start taking pictures of places on base today so hopefully he remembers to. Not that pictures of buildings are necessarily fun but its nice to have a mental picture of what Matt is talking about all the time. I'll try and post some of those if he ever gets around to taking them!
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