We officially left for South Korea on August 20th, 2008. Here’s how things went:
August, 2008
I’ve been working on closing out the last of my business jobs and setting things up to work remotely for the past month, while Sarah has been supporting me, taking care of the kids and house and gathering things we will need for the trip. We had hoped to be done with everything back home a week early so we could ease into packing and gearing up for the move. However, that really can only happen in a perfect world, so I of course ended up working through the weekend before we left and we started packing our things Monday. We quickly realized we needed more room and were out buying additional luggage Monday night.
August 19th
Complete most of the packing and run last minute errands. Scramble trying to fit all of the necessary goods for 4 people for a year (including winter gear) into 6 pieces of luggage with 3 carry ons. For International travel, each ticketed passenger is allowed 2 checked bags on United Airlines. Even Cadence was allowed 1 50lb bag as an infant. So you would think 350lbs of stuff would be plenty, right? We did too. But then you have to consider that the big bags go easily over 50lbs, while the smaller are hard to even get to 50. So suddenly you have a big logistical puzzle on your hands. We spent hours moving items from one bag to another just trying to get the right size/weight ratio, cutting out many items in the process. As we’re doing this, I start thinking about how in the world the two of us are going to move around with 6 large bags, 3 carry on bags, 2 kids and a stroller. Nevermind. Don’t think about that. This is seriously the hardest packing we have ever done.
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