It snowed.
I guess this whole "winter thing" is really going to happen.
Despite the fact that I'm from New England, I will never like winter, and I will never be one of those people who actually enjoys the cold weather.
The fall has been surprisingly warm until about the past week. It actually stayed in the 60s until last week when it suddenly dropped to the 50s. And today there was snow....I guess seasons don't change gradually here.
I've been forewarned that it's really expensive to use the heat in Korea. Korea uses the ondol system of heating, which means that the heat comes through the floor. It's actually quite lovely because when you're standing to do dishes your feet get all nice and toasty. It's also great for just sitting or sleeping on the floor, but I've been warned that if I use it too much I'll be paying a pretty price for it. Recently they had heated blankets on sale at Homeplus, so I decided it was probably a prudent purchase to try to curb the price of heat. It's currently on top of my mattress, which means I HAVE A HEATED BED. It's awesome, especially when you get home from school, put on PJS, make a cup of tea, jump into bed and spend the rest of the night reading. Just sayin'.
Although this cold weather is already creating some problems for me, mainly with laundry. They typically don't use dryers in Korea, so I have to hang dry all of my clothes. It wasn't so bad when I could keep the windows open, but I'm realizing now that it will take forever for my clothes to dry with the windows closed. So, right now it is snowing outside and I have my window open in attempt to dry my laundry that I did yesterday. Ugh.
Oh well. Winter, I guess I have no choice but to accept the fact that you're here.
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