We Moved!

Well, the headline says it all. Plus if you read my last blog, I mentioned it there as well. Buddy has been here since September (isn’t that crazy???), and I have been here since November. Since then, we have been in a one bedroom apartment that was super small and not much of anything in it. It was a good place to start our life over here, but with very little space and almost zero outlets to plug things into, daily life sometimes sucked. We enjoyed our neighbors though, especially all the guys who Buddy works with who lived on the same floor as us. We thought about moving basically since the new year started. We acted on it in March, but the week we were going to look at new apartments, we had to go in quarantine because we had been in the same location as somewhat who was confirmed with corona. Then the base basically shut, so moving was the last thought on anybody’s mind. By the time early May came around, we had just resolved that we would be staying in the tiny apartment. I mean seriously y’all, the bathroom was the worst part. It was no bigger than a 4×4 room with a toilet and sink, with a shower head coming out of the sink and a drain in the middle of the floor. But again, we made it work and it was our little place.

I don’t even remember when or why we decided to ask about us moving into another apartment, but Buddy had been told of one opening up in the Capitoliom and we just had to go look at it. As soon as we got here, we had to go in the parking garage under the complex, and there are four floors of parking underground. We took the elevator to our floor and as soon as we walked in, we knew we were moving. It is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment. We have a view of the Ville and a small view of Camp Humphreys where I can watch helicopters and planes land all day. Our kitchen has so many cabinets that we didn’t know what to do with. Our fridge/freezer is double the size of the one in our old apartment. It came with a water purifier (don’t drink the water here unless it’s purified), an oven (which our old one did not), and a 4 eye stove (our old one only had a 2 eye electric stovetop)!!!! The living room had a fan in it, as well as the bedroom (our bedroom did not). The master bath came with a bathtub!!!!!!! Plus, the apartment came with a WASHER AND DRYER!!!!! Y’all, for the last 6 months, I have had to wait an average of 2 days (sometimes more) for our clothes to dry while hanging up. I did four loads of laundry on our first night here just because I could. Y’all should have heard our yell of happiness when we got the bath towels out of the dryer and felt how soft and warm they were, they were no longer rough. It’s the little things you take the most pleasure in when you haven’t had it in a long time.

We’re on the third floor, although it is technically the first floor of residential apartments. The first two floors have businesses, a cafe, and a restaurant. If you take the elevator to the top floor, 14, you can take a staircase outside to the roof. There is an amazing view of Pyeongtaek and Camp Humphreys from the top. We love going up there and just sitting there talking, especially at night seeing all the lights. There are places to grill up there and have fire pit fun. The best part is not paying attention and then having puppies/dogs run into you while they’re up there.

On our floor, there’s a small area with trees and benches. You’re surrounded by the building as it is in the center, but it is a nice serene area.

Last Monday, the 18th, we had our first real storm since being here. We got a warning notification and everything. While it didn’t do much than thunder and rain pretty hard, it was so amazing to hear thunder for the first time since moving here. Plus, with our new view, I got a pretty good look at it rolling in.

We are now a 5-10 minute walk from everything in the Ville, which is super nice. We now walk everywhere unless we are going on base. We even went to the 3/8 Market on Saturday for the first time, since we are now living just one street away from it. The market is an open air market where a ton of vendors come and sell things, like a farmer’s market in the states. It happens rain or shine all day on days that end in a 3 or 8, so the 3rd, 8th, 13th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th. We bought a thing of strawberries from the market and you could tell they were fresh.

Overall, we love it here. Our daily life satisfaction has gone up exponentially. Be ready for another new blog most likely on Saturday! I have to have that one up before I can tell y’all what we have planned for the upcoming weekend! Plus, I hope to include some exciting news in next week’s blog! I’m so excited to have things to blog about again!!! Thank you for reading and commenting!