It’s taken a while to get accustomed to the odd little realities of life in Korea – like taking out the trash.

At home you would either set it on the curb (if you owned a house) or walk it to the dumpster (if you’re in an apartment).

Here you load it in the car and drive it to base to throw it away.

(*Notice no more hooptie!…We finally got our car about a week ago.)

Why?…I’m still not exactly certain on that one.

When we first moved in to the rent house I asked Janice about the trash.

She smiled & stumbled a bit over her words – as if she was trying to find a way to brush me off – and said, “Oh, you just take it on base.”

I’m sure I must’ve given her my best “what?” face because she then tried to explain that there were a lof of rules about the trash in Korea & it’s just easier for Americans, like us, to drive our trash on base to throw it away.

Which is what we do – every weekend like clockwork. Which also leads me to life lesson #2…

Korean Life Lesson #2: Never forget to throw out the trash, leaving it to sit in the car on a hot summer day.