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I have packed all my belongings and they are either staged to be packed to go overseas, in a storage locker or have been donated to Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

Packing was longer and more grueling than I had expected. I figured it would take me two days tops, but it wound up taking over a week. My grand idea for labeling everything in detail went out the door as soon as I realized the overhead it was adding to the packing job. I will deal with finding everything when I get back.

While it was great to have my friends pitch in and help me move, I think next time, I will hire movers to do it. It’s just too much time and too many sore muscles.

Now I am feeling lighter and freer; I am down to a few boxes that need to be sorted and some computer equipment I need to ship to my new “base” in Thailand.

It’s a relief to have the move over with…