Packing.

Packing is proving to be more difficult than originally anticipated.

here's why.

1. I went to lunch with my friend Lindsey who spent 6 months in China earlier this year and she told me to pack light, that I will do shopping there and will want to bring stuff home with me.

Good point and all.... but packing light when I'm going to be there for a year does not compute. I feel that there are so many things I need to remember.

2. I am packing up my apartment at the same time I am packing up my suitcase(s) and things are tending to get shoved in places they probably they don't belong. My generally very organized brain is overloaded with 'choices'.

I have gone through my clothes about 100 times, taking things out and hanging them back up in my closet.... trying to narrow the choices down. But the pile of jackets/sweaters seems to be a little precarious still.

3. Linz also mentioned at our lunch date that sometimes they restrict the weight you can bring INTO the country... whereas they don't care as much when you go home. So I need to watch what I pack and the weight limits. Etc.

Now... I cannot stop thinking about immigration in South Korea and someone telling me I have to throw out my beloved belongings or live in the airport forever. Horrifying. It would be a difficult choice. I love my clothes. But I'm not sure if they would comfort me on the long cold nights in the airport for all of eternity...... something to think about.

4. How much stuff am I REALLY going to find over there that I'm going to want to buy and then bring back???

This is the most ridiculous question, if you know anything about me.... you know I can always find something to spend money on... especially in the genre of clothing. I love clothes... the weirder the better...

5. SHOES. How many pairs do I really need???? Will I wear them all?? What if I leave behind my amazing red wedge heel things and then I want to wear them but they are thousands of miles away in a storage unit????

Ridiculous question as well... I'm bringing the red wedges. And my boots, converse, flip flops, all necessary foot wear for a traveling gal.

I'm going to make a list here shortly for what I should be bringing with me.

Packing has never been so difficult!!!