Top 10 things I won't miss about Korea.

Not to be all negative... but there will be some things I won't miss about living in Korea!

10)  The drivers.  Let's just say that I'll be happy to be driving where most of the people on the road are following the local traffic laws, even if they are on the wrong side of the road!

9)  Roads that are way to small for the size and quantity of cars that are on them.  I mean waaay too small.  Which brings me to my next item...

8)  The traffic.  I mean seriously.  One Saturday it took me 4 hours and 15 minutes to get home from the airport, with two little boys in the back seat!  (This is normally a 1.5 hour drive, yikes!)

7)  The lack of maps or named streets.  I'm ready to give directions by some manner other than landmarks (drive till you see the Up Mart on the corner and take a left...).  As far as we can figure out this isn't just because we can't read the Korean street signs or maps... I really don't think there are very many!

6)  Our bathrooms.  They are always wet, mildewy, and smelly.  No matter what.  I can't wait to sit outside the bathtub to bathe the boys without getting soaked because I'm sitting in the shower!

5)  The itty-bitty oven in my kitchen.  I'm really looking forward to baking in something larger than an 8 x 8 pan!  Also the dishwasher that doesn't so much wash as just rinse... 

4)  The rock hard couch and bed that are in our apartment.  I mean, the mattress is like a box springs.  It took two mattress pads and and egg crate to make it sleepable.  And the couch... my butt falls asleep if I sit on it for longer than 30 minutes.  You think I'm kidding?  Come watch a movie over here sometime...  Actually, this seems to be a problem for most people who have Korean furniture.  I'm not sure if they have something against padding or what...

3)   Communication issues.  Yes, I could have learned more Korean, but thankfully there are many people that I are speaking English, however they often have an accent so strong I still can't understand them.  I'll be happy to leave that behind.... oh wait!  

2)  The really slippery, really hard, really pointy marble stairway with railings so far apart that small children can fall through, that we have to walk up to get into our apartment.  I am soooo ready to be done with that.

And... wait for it...  the number one thing I won't miss about Korea...

1)  The exercises!  Can you say no more big giant voice?