Remember the John Denver song: Leaving On A Jet Plane?
\n\u201cMy bags are packed, I\u2019m ready to go\u2026..\u201d
\nI wish I could say the same, but alas! I am not ready. Nevertheless, the day will come, Friday, to be exact, when we are leaving, ready or not. I keep having distractions, such as going to the doctor, finishing the gardening, and meeting friends. All wonderful, but not getting the clothes into the suitcase.<\/p>\n
Last night I dreamed we were at a train station, in Toronto, which is on our way to China, and we had no bags at all.
\nDear Husband asked, \u201cWhere are the bags?\u201d and I answered, \u201cThey\u2019re in the car.\u201d
\n\u201cWhere is the car?\u201d he asked, and I said, \u201cBack there somewhere.\u201d
\nThe meaning of the dream is clear: I\u2019m NOT ready, and I\u2019d better take action now.
\nHow hard is it, one may ask, to put things into a suitcase? Well, it isn\u2019t easy when there is a weight limit, and a bag limit, and when your journey is for one year, and you want teaching materials as well as clothes, and you are an American and \u201cneed\u201d 17 tee shirts, for example, and when you are too large a person to be able to find anything in a Chinese market, so you must bring everything.
\nI have a long list, so as not to forget anything, and I\u2019m doing laundry, so everything is clean, and I\u2019m moving things to the attic, so as to clear out a dresser for the person staying in our house while we are gone. On Friday, we\u2019ll get in the car with some bags, and we\u2019ll probably forget something after all, but it won\u2019t really matter. One of our friends, a teacher, said, \u201cThe most important thing you have is your brains.\u201d They\u2019ll come along no matter what.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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