I'm Packin'

There's no time to be modest here. I'm skilled in many things. Packing, however, is not one of them! Those of you who have traveled with me before, or had me as a visitor, know I tend to overpack, while forgetting something essential, like tooth-paste, or underwear. While I can't claim success in the latter quite yet, after many packings, un-packings and re-packings I reached my ultimate goal! Everything I want to bring fits in one (very large, stuffed to capacity) backpack!!! Of course this followed my mental debates of deciding between bring pants or presents for people I'm going to see, and calculating how much deet a person really does need. Tigz was there the whole time, clearly shedding all over my clothing to indicate he wants to come. So I also spent a bit of time wondering how long it would be before my parents noticed he was missing. I bet I have about a week!
I know I promised a few of you I would throw in a story about the last 36 hours or so, which included a goodbye dinner with far far far to much wine, Andrew my hero helping me dismantle my furniture and get into the Asia mindset with some Tiger beers, and of course the amazing goodbye dinner and some goodbye drinks. Unfortunatly, I still have to do a final run through of my packing, organize all the other stuff I brought home, and figure out where I can get cat food in Mae Sot.
So by the time most of you (the "bored at work crowd") are reading this, I will be on my way to Thailand. I have 3 flights and 22 hours of travel ahead of me! I'll be in contact on the other side!