Heading Out

So, since this is my first effort at posting a blog entry, I thought I'd start with a disclaimer. I am completely technologically inept. I know remarkably little about the internet, computers, and, well, many things. If you have any insight to offer that would make this blog better in the future, please don't hesitate to contact me (sjk37169@gmail.com)

In less than 22 hours, I'll be on an airplane, carrying me away from everything I've ever known. It should be scary. It should be sad. But, for some reason, my impending departure doesn't seem REAL. I'm not sure why that is. I have an idea though. I've moved many times before. Usually, when I'm getting ready to leave, everything is gone. What was once a home becomes a house, a shell. I don't really have that now. Chris and Sophie are still here. My comfy warm bed is still in place, but I won't be sleeping in it again. There are still books on the shelves, still food in the fridge. It's hard to believe that I'm really leaving here forever. I'm certainly not leaving the good ol' USA forever, and probably not even DC, which has been my home for the last 8 years, but this little apartment has been my home for the last year+ or so, and in that short time I have made many happy memories here.

It's amazing how fast I attach to people, to places, to things. I suspect that I will be just as flustered, just as unsettled when I leave Jo-berg in two years as I feel heading there now. But this is just a suspicion. I'll keep you all posted in my future attempts at blogging (but please bear in mind my earlier disclaimers).

All my love,

Susan