Ready.....Set....SEOUL!!!

The day has finally arrived! In just a few short hours, I will be boarding the plane at O'Hare Airport here in Chicago for my direct flight to Seoul, South Korea! Since my flight leaves at 1:00 a.m., will be heading out to the airport around 9:30 p.m. - hopefully everything goes smoothly and I'll be able to sleep a bit on the 14-hour flight overseas! Yikes!

This past week has been incredible - I've seen so many friends, loved ones, and had the chance to say final goodbyes and farewells! Some of the below pictures are from some of the get-togethers throughout the week:

Hope all of you are doing well! Check out the video below and I'll talk to you more once I'm overseas!!! xoxox

A Day of Celebration! (followed by a day of more packing!)

Back in the spring, my mom had the great idea to host a sort of "recital/reception", put on by both my younger sister and I, so as to have a final "send-off" before I set out on my journey to Korea, and my sister on her next step: graduate school :-)

With both of us being the musicians we are, it seemed like a great idea! What better way to give back to our family, friends, and community than to share our musical gifts? And so, after long weeks of practicing and gearing up for the event, it finally took place yesterday afternoon at one of our two church homes: Our Saviour's Lutheran Church.

We were so fortunate to have the lovely Beth Timm as our accompanist, and it worked out so that I sang a few pieces and my sister played a few things on both her violin and oboe!

We were overwhelmed with the number of people that came out to see us, support us, and wish us well on our new endeavors! It was SO wonderful to participate first, in a recital with Melanie and second, see all the friends, family, co-workers, etc. that were there to say good-bye! It still hasn't hit me yet that many of these people I won't be seeing for quite a long time....

The day truly was a wonderful celebration and there was no better place to have performed than in God's house ~ of all the blessings He's offered to us in our lives, it was a blessing to offer something back up to Him ;-)

Today has been quite the kick back into reality...ha! My mom has been a great helper and we've really been making headway on filling up the suitcases and the boxes! Check out some of the pics below from today's packing efforts:

Check out my bed! Piles of clothing everywhere! Yikes~

My line of suitcases - and look who thinks he's coming along to Korea with me!! My cat, Pilgrim, thought my middle suitcase made a restful sitting place ;-)

And last but not least, a quick video to show you all the "fun" that went down today!

Hope all are well and I'll keep you posted as the calendar turns.....;-) Blessings to all~

9 Days Till Send Off!

So the count down is "officially" underway.....9 days to go before I leave the U.S. and begin my exciting, new adventures overseas! And yet....there is still SO much to do!

Earlier this week when I'd hit the "two week" mark, it finally hit me that "uh....Poz?....you have TWO WEEKS to get everything situated and finalized....get cracka-lackin'!" And so here I sit with you, oh friendly blog, delaying the much needed attention my mess of a basement needs with all of my belongings thrown every which way - wah wah. So perhaps a "What I Still Need to Do" list will help me prioritize a little more and have me ready to go for when I make way to the lovely O'Hare Airport on August 1st. One can only hope that after my "exciting" 14-hour direct flight to Incheon Airport will have me feeling like I haven't forgotten anything, while at the same time, feeling quite complacent about my state of being.

And yet....perhaps creating this "What I still Need to Do" list is a waste of time....at this point, I think I just need to DO it, and not create any sort of lists or other distractions....Korea is Koming (hehe), and I need to be ready!

Peace to all~

Poz