11 days to departure

Wow - 11 days and I'm off. It still hasn't dawned on me yet. I've not even begun to pack and honestly I think I'll be taking more medications, sunblock, and mosquito repellent than clothes. I'm so used to working from home I essentially have no clothes. What a great excuse to go shopping once I get my relo money. Nothing like waiting till the last minute :)


Well at least I've got my gifts for Warren and Shirley in the Bangalore office who have been most helpful and patient with my gazillion questions. If they thought I drove them crazy with instant messaging and emails wait till they meet me :)

So I'm in Florida right now visiting the father parental unit one last time before the big departure. The brother is arriving on the 26th. I've got all the icky paperwork - updated will, advance health care directive, power of attorney blah blah blah stuff all taken care of and copies will be left with both of them.

I will have to instruct my father - yet once again - in how to view and reply to email. He's so used to me calling twice a day. And as most of my friends know my father has a hard time dealing with any technology developed after 1943 - part of the Altman charm.

That's it for now. The countdown will continue.