Monday, August 8, 2011

I am now a (sort of) free woman

So, I'm back. I am no longer in basic military training, and I now have access to a computer with internet. Special thanks goes to Balgram for updating my blog for me. I'm glad I didn't have to worry about it, because I had enough to worry about while I was in Texas.
As Balgram said, I did get Korean. Yeah! And, I started class last Thursday, so I'm kind of on the fast track. My projected graduation date is late October 2012. I have a long ways to go, but since I learned the alphabet and pronounciation before even leaving home, I'm a bit ahead of everyone else. I mean, there are some people who know words and can speak a little bit, but most of the 30 people in my class can't pronounce worth beans. Reading the alphabet is pretty easy, since it's an alphabet and not a ton of characters, but most of the other students don't know all the special little rules that make 'thank you' gamsahamnida and not gamsahabnida.
Anyway, this is just a quick note to let you know I'm all alive and well in overcast California. I'll post a more detailed post about how BMT went in the next week or so, once I've had a chance to sit down and write about what I experienced.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

SHE'S BACK!

Lizzy has two pieces of wonderful news, that I will now summarize without any aplomb at all.

1. She got Korean! She will be studying the Korean language at the language school. I wish her well because that won't be easy, but it's what she wants so huzzah!

2. She has electronics again! She has her phone and hopefully will have access to her computer by the time I write this blog. She won't have access very often, mind you, but texting her and e-mailing her is fair game again. Those of you who felt guilty about not writing as often as you'd have liked, feel free to make it up to her right now! For starters, feel free to comment on this blog to let her know you're glad she's graduated and moving up in life!