Good news!

Back in June, when we each found out we had vacation time in October, we tried to book a flight for Thailand. October has a 3 day holiday for the Korean Thanksgiving, and we both convinced our schools to give us the other days off, making it a full week (logical, as the holidays fall on a Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday - makes sense to close for the full week). Unfortunately, it's one of the biggest holidays, and flights are hard to come by, even 4 months ahead of time. So we were put on a waiting list. We also tried waiting lists with two other agencies, one of which gave us a lot of hope. In early September, when we were to find out, we were very disappointed to hear that there seemed to be no chance. I cried. I did. I was disappointed that our vacation time would be 'wasted' in Korea. I've been here for 10 months, and I've not yet left the country. I expected to be able to do more travelling. (You know me with adding new countries to my list ...). I knew I'd get to Thailand eventually though ... we're planning on going there after Australia.

Well, this morning as I was sitting at my computer sipping my tea as usual, an email popped up on my screen. There was a flight opening for the dates we wanted! So we jumped on it, and transferred our money within 2 hours. Fully paid. Confirmed.

Two weeks from now I'll be in Thailand. For one week.

It'll be a new country for me, by the way. I know it's hard to keep track, but I've never been there. I've always wanted to go. I'm looking forward to laying on the beach in the sunshine, doing a couple scuba dives, and shopping. Brian is most excited about the shopping - he's been there a couple times before, and loves the weekend markets in Bangkok. For those of you who know the area, we're looking at going to Koh Tao for most of the week.