Things to look forward too

Sitting here in my office realizing that in about two weeks I will be getting off planes where there will be people who I love there to meet me, has me grinning stupidly. It's not just that I haven't seen my parents in three months. It's also that I haven't seen my best friend in a year! I still talk/ text/ face book with her daily. But actually having a weekend to just be with her and her dogs is something to really look forward too.
I do a lot of traveling here in Korea. I ride the KTX at least once a month going someplace. I fly out to other countries and fly back to Korea a few times a year. Many of those trips I get off the train/ plane and then have to grab a bus, the subway or a taxi to meet up with people or go back to my apartment. I get to see people being met by people they love and the reunions that happen. But I'm doing it on my own, no one is there to meet me at the end of my travels. I know this is by my choice in many cases. Though there are other times when all I'd really like is to have a friendly face there when I get back.
When I have visitors come to Daegu to meet up for the weekend I always make sure I go to the train station to meet them. I know they could find their way to my apartment or to meet me on their own but I like being there for them. It makes a trip nicer when you have someone there to meet you at the end.

It's the same when leaving someplace. It's nicer to have someone there to see you off. When I leave Korea early in the morning of the 26th I'll be heading out on my own again. No one to see me off at the bus station or the airport. Luckily after three long flights I will be greeted on the other side of the world by my parents. Then when I fly to see D I will be seen off at the airport by my mom and meet by D... makes all the difference in the world. It's the little things really that make all the difference in the world.