Adventures in Mailing

When we moved to Korea from Taiwan we were only allowed to bring one suitcase with us on our flight, so we didn't arrive with a lot of stuff. It's a year and a half later and we've grown. Not only are we allowed to take two suitcases and a carry-on home with us, but we're also mailing boxes home and throwing stuff out left, right and center. We're >this< close to being featured on an episode of "Hoarders" at this point. Seriously.

On the topic of mailing stuff home- what a nightmare that's been! I sent home a box in May and then last month Melodie tried to send one too, but she was met with a big "X" at our local post office. Canada Post was on strike and they weren't accepting any international mail. A few weeks later they were still on strike and we were getting worried that we'd have to throw out stuff we really wanted to keep (like Mel's precious Moon or my amazing set of Domo coffee mugs).

This week, Canada Post began accepting international mail again (a week after the strike ended) so today I borrowed a dolly from my school and off we went to the post office.

And didn't we look cute lugging all those boxes down the street. Three boxes, 50KGs (110lbs!!) and 367,000 Won ($330 CAN) later and the stuff left in our apartment is finally down to a manageable amount. With this out of the way, it's nice to have one less thing to stress about. Now there's just 24 more days (11 days of work) before we're on an Air Canada flight (another company familiar with strikes and the cause of many recent grey hairs) headed towards the land of large double doubles and doubly large grey cats that we love. We're getting there!