Update!

My shit should be on its way out of customs, where it has been sitting, minding its own business. Apparently, customs tried to call me, but I keep my phone on do not disturb because I get daily marketing calls from my phone company (of course I do), & the only other calls are once-every-6-months from a Korean who just keeps speaking Korean at me until I hang up, or hangs up when they hear me not speaking Korean.

Korean phone companies don't have voice mail, believe it or not, because why would they? Honestly, today I just don't feel like Korea-ing. I got up early to get my passport picture taken (even though I could use the booths @ like every metro station, I didn't want to have to factor in finding it, plus the added worry that it would be broken down), & @ 11:15, they said it'd be ready in an hour, but naturally when I got there @ 5 to 1, they needed an extra 10-15 minutes. & on my way there, I had to deal with Koreans who failed to develop proper spatial skills, so they won't move aside when we're passing each other. On the escalators, they follow the (international except the US?) rule of standing on the right so people can walk by on the left. They drive on the right side of the street, but like the US, they walk willy-nilly all over the sidewalk. When people are walking together, they'll walk next to each other, 3-4-5 abreast, moving soooooooo slowwwwwwwwly. & otherwise, they have little concept of personal space, live in a void of logic, & as mentioned, have underdeveloped spatial because (I've been told) they're in school so young & for so long), so they don't understand moving aside so you don't bump each other/each other's bags, etc. I just hit them with my bag & then turned to yell @ them in English.

I've been meaning to study SOME Korean so I can at least say, "how are you?" to the nice people at my grocery store, but I just don't have the energy or even thought of it when I get home from work, or it's the weekend.

But ANYWAY, that current-mood-tangent aside, I posted to the fb group to see if anyone knew how else to get in touch with customs, since there's no phone #, just the message board where they may (or in my case) may not reply. I asked Saint Anna to call,  & after dialing another 2 phone numbers, found out that one of the vitamins I ordered is illegal to import, like melatonin. & they needed my permission to go into the package, remove the offending vitamin, & send the rest along. They forwarded a form that I printed out, signed, scanned & emailed back. They're also supposed to include something I can use to get a refund on said stupidly-banned supplement. (You also are only allowed to order up to 6 vitamins/supplements at a time.) So hopefully I'll be getting the long-looked-for kakao message from the post office letting me know they got my package, & when they're delivering it.

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One more thing, & this one is, as usual, a bit inexplicable. Soju, the cheap ubiquitous  Korean liquor with many flavors (my forbidden favorite, grapefruit, b/c my skin hates citrus) I just found out is made from sweet potatoes. It's clear too, so this should be like the safest alcohol for me to consume besides wine. I've not had it since the last time I tested my skin's reaction to the grapefruit variety. & my skin is red & feels a little burned, particularly on my forehead. I got PLAIN soju, for crying out loud. I can eat sweet potatoes, no issue, but I drink a sweet potato alcohol, & my skin loathes it. WTF?