Packing.............packing, packing

I am now at the 2 week mark before the packers/movers come.  Thank God for packers (do not confuse this with the Green Bay Packers), I do not know how I would proceed without this service.......yay relocation package.  The hardest part is trying to sort my brain into three different packing piles:

1. immediate needs, these are items that go in the suitcase.
2. important things, these items will go into an air shipment and we should see them in a few weeks.
3. everything else..........unless it is garbage or Goodwill (oh wait, that is two more piles!)

Thankfully, my mom is flying in to help me and keep me company.  I need someone to just tell me what to do, I find myself walking in circles most days.  The tears have started this last week........I suppose it is unavoidable.  The house is starting to look empty.  I have sold and consigned and given away a lot of furniture, it actually helps to focus on what to do when your house is half empty.  This is what the living room looks like now, Emma likes to do gymnastics on the bare floor....see the piles?

I had my first Mandarin language lesson, guess what the first few words I learned were?  Of course one could think of all sorts of important first words like: help, food, bathroom, excuse me, doctor, where is...., how much is this.  But no, I learned pen, book and paper.  I am sure they are very important words,  perhaps I just don't appreciate them enough.  A freaked out mom about to have her life turned upside down just can't see her way past safety words.  Maybe it is the Chinese way to tell me to calm down and read a book (a self help book).