Packing my life away....literally

Okay, so the big inaugural post....very exciting. I still can't quite believe that my life as a "profit center" as my husband refers to my job status has come to an end if at least temporarily. So, this is my third day at home and I have to say...I miss work a bit. I know...I know...you can all take a collective gasp of disbelief. I don't miss the work itself or waking up early to get there, but the people that I worked with and talked to every day. Sadly my life has become more stressful now that I'm not working. I am in the throws of packing up our entire house...well, not packing exactly, but organizing if you will and downsizing where possible.

I have found that after day one I am far more liberal as to what ends up becoming part of our history. As all of you that will be reading this know....we are moving to Japan in a month or so. And therefore, our three bedroom house has to be compartmentalized into what will be making the journey with us and what will be going into storage to become "like new" in three years, which is the next time that we'll see it. So far...I have gotten up early each day and organized for most of the day...and I've just now gotten through my closet and other clothing locations about our bedroom. You can hardly notice I've done ANYTHING....it's very discouraging. So, I'm taking a break and starting my blog.

Other than my hours packing, Cosmo and I have been bonding. He follows me around the house everywhere and sleeps or watches while I pack. It's really cute. He's even started to forgo sleeping in his doggie bed so he can sleep on my side of our bed (on the floor of course - - he is a dog). I think that John's a little jealous.....although he'd never in a million years admit it. We've been taking daily walks around 4:30, but it's just so hot. But I always feel guilty for staying cooped up inside all day, so today I thought maybe Cosmo would like just hangin' in the yard while I packed. Just in case you were unaware, our dog is ridiculously spoiled and him being outside in the heat by himself lasted all of 2 minutes before he started barking his head off. So needless to say, we're enjoying the air conditioning for the afternoon.

Well, I realize this was pretty dry material here for you, but thought an update was in order and I'm procrastinating looking into the attic. My Christmas boxes have to be sorted.....I have no intention of going to Japan without some seasonal decor (insert John eye roll). And since we aren't allowed to pack anything ourselves that goes on the boat, I have to figure out what goes and unpack it...makes perfect sense, no?

Hopefully by the time I post again there will be some new Japanese words to educate you with. Our first Japanese lesson is tomorrow...from 6-9, just as my attention span is waning. Cross your fingers that I am capable of taking some of it in...I was never all that great with language retention, but I'm hoping this is the one thing that gets better with age rather than worse.

Until next time.....Jenn