Packing for home

We have begun packing up all of our things for the move home.  We started last week, figuring that two weeks was ample time to prepare for this massive endeavor.  The pro of packing for back home is that it is a lot easier than packing for Korea.  There are no uncertainties of what to bring or worries if the US has anything we will need.  The biggest issue we have is only being allowed two suitcases apiece of 50lbs.  We bought a lot of souvenirs and a lot of clothes (i.e., Kelly).  We already sent an 18 pound box of books and things via ship that will take about two months to get to America.

 Kelly doing the mandatory cleaning

 Trying to figure out how to pack all the breakables into a duffle bag that will suit as a carry on

Our apt is slowly becoming more and more bare.  (This is Ben, enjoying watching us pack while watching Wedding Crashers on TV.  He's also enjoying his plunder of apartment goods we are giving away.)   The bookcase is already gone and many other things are slowly getting snagged by other co-workers who are staying in Korea.  It's sad to say goodbye to some of the things, and it is even more sad to see our apartment that we made so comfortable become less enjoyable to stay at (we only have 7 more days in this place).  I will not, however, miss those pink curtains our boss so kindly bought for us.

A bigger challenge we are having is simultaneously packing and planning for our 13 days in Cambodia and Vietnam.  As if packing our lives into suitcases for the US wasn't stressful enough, we have to worry about finding accommodations and transportation in unknown countries.  Woof.  Good fun.