Boom, Boom. Out Go the Lights!

Becky here!

The last two days have proven to be very successful on the packing front. On Monday we managed to condense our 600+ books into 10 totes and 6 boxes - for an approximate total weight of 960 lbs. Now we have the joyful task of moving them from our house down to Rochester for storage at my mom's. Anyone feeling up to some heavy lifting?

Book packing ciaos....

...then neatly packed into their new home.

Yesterday I kept busy with load after load of laundry! I pulled every last piece of clothing out of our drawers and closets to be freshly washed prior to packing, storing, or donating. I am pretty sure I did at least 12 loads in total and folded every last piece into nice neat piles... which I was surprised Nick or Bauer didn't manage to destroy.

Speaking of Bauer - here he is, our 17month old Great Dane. We have decided that he knows something is going on around here because he has been far too sweet and well mannered lately. While packing up our books he did nothing more than mope around all night and give sad puppy faces to us.

The real excitement of packing thus far came yesterday as the power decided to go out for the night. We have had very strong winds here for the last few days so it didn't come as a surprise but it certainly made things a lot more difficult. Here you can see me trying to fold laundry - behind me, Nick is attempting to roll our sleeping bags up to fit into their compression sacks. We didn't let a lack of power stop us from getting the job done. Now onto getting all those clothes to fit into our luggage...

This little gem impressed us with its lumen power!

Up and Running

The next year of our lives will take us 7000 miles around the world to live, work, and explore in Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea.

We are now under the two week mark to our departure and the realization that we need to pack up our lives is beginning to settle in. Though we don't have much to our name, we still have years of amazing memories and a collection of junk to keep us plenty busy. As a primer for our frequent updates from Mokpo, we will keep everyone posted on the packing progress in the days to come.

We would also like to send out a congratulations to Amanda Alexander and Andrew Tisue, two near and dear friends, for surviving their journey to Gimhae. They too are beginning a year of adventure in South Korea and we can't wait to share many new experiences with their company.