What's inside? Pictures, clothes, books from home, and books from my office. We have the option to ship either air freight (fast, but expensive), or to ship by sea (cheap, but slow). We've talked to people who've made this move and found out that we can ship 4x as much for the same price if we ship by sea. So that's what we're going to do.
And as far as shipping by sea goes, it takes about a month to ship. So we can either ship now and have our stuff get there when we do, or we can ship when we move and be without our stuff for a month. Cindy and I have both opted to basically live out of a suitcase for the next five weeks until we fly out. I'm sure we'll get tired of the few outfits that we kept, but basically, we just decided to keep the 20% of our clothes that we wear 80% of the time anyway, so hopefully it won't end up being such a big deal. In the meantime, if you want to call me to play golf, want to borrow a book, want to use the internet at our house, or just want to see the funny hat I got with my Ph.D., sorry, you're out of luck.
The movers come to pick up our stuff next Wednesday, it goes onto the boat, and if the boat's not hijacked off the coast of Somalia, our stuff should arrive in Dubai a few days before we do. Incidentally, if you're thinking about giving us a going-away present, just have it shipped. We don't have room in our suitcases. [I suppose Rolexes are small, though.... :) ]
I don't think we would have made it :) You probably did not see the truck we brought, but we will just say it was larger than 6x10. Well done to you and Cindy! That is an impressive feat! Can I see the funny hat from Graduation after you move? jk
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