Almost Ready...

Countdown to packout: 2 days
Countdown to move: 9 days

We’re actually moving!

Ok, to be honest, that hasn’t hit me yet. My focus has been so entirely on our task checklist that I can’t even begin to prepare to actually LIVE IN SEOUL. It doesn’t seem real yet that I’m leaving the friends, church community, house, and city we have grown to love and rely on over the past four-and-a-half years.

It seems like I should be emotionally processing this more than I am, but… I suppose I’ll have a week in a Chinatown hotel to savor D.C. and a 14-hour flight to think about our life ahead.

What I’m really focused on now is our quickly-diminishing task list…

I’ve taken all our pictures and clocks off the wall so I can putty and retouch the paint for our future renters (if you know of anyone looking in Arlington, here’s the ad!). And I sorted through clothes and hair products and lotions to give or throw away—something I’ve been meaning to do for years, anyway.

And biggest of all: I got all the large baby stuff I need to ship over! BIG sigh of relief! I won’t be visiting Babies R Us or Buy Buy Baby in the foreseeable future, and I am OK with that. I’m beginning to think baby supplies are a consumerist racket… but what am I going to do, not buy a stroller or a baby swing? Oh, well.

I’ll be honest, what I’ve REALLY been focused on these days is the fact that my belly is pooching out—and that’s not just a big lunch! The best part of all is that the queasiness of my first trimester is basically gone (I’m happy to welcome trimester #2!). I still have FAR less energy than I’m used to, but even that is improving.

Just in time to say goodbye to D.C. and hello to Seoul.