Back to where it all began...

The first of the two sets of movers are coming tomorrow morning and I've spent the past two weekends getting things organized and sorted.  I've had to sort things into four categories...
~stuff to take with me on the plane
~stuff to go via sea shipment
~stuff to go via air shipment (separate from me)
~stuff I'm giving to friends here.
There was also a fifth category of going directly into the trash...holy cow...how on earth can one person accumulate so much stuff that is not needed?

It hasn't been a difficult process but has been interesting trying to remember not to pack things that I need the last few weeks that I am here.  And I must say that it is nice that I am moving back to a completely opposite season.  It has made the packing of my shoes and clothing much easier since most of what I have here isn't needed right away.

One of the things that my company provides to me is temporary housing so that I don't have to stay in a hotel between the time I leave my apartment and the time I fly back to the US.  I checked in yesterday and my first night there will be tonight.  It is the same place that I stayed when I first moved here so have come full circle...