New blogger

Hey guys! Its'a me: Samantha.
Okay, I just thought that I'd stop by and let y'all know that I'll be writing in this thing from time to time too... guess I should write about something more interesting that that.

I think that before this point, I was simply ignoring the whole "moving to Japan" thing. It's only now starting to hit me with any real force. So far we've only been packing Caleb up. (We're currently living with his parents and the majority of my things are still with my parents.) With the trip to Nashville ( and the subsequent international plane ride for Caleb) arriving tomorrow, I've finally had to consider the prospect of packing my life into two suitcases and a backpack.

The thing is, you can't pack your life into two suitcases and a backpack. You can't even pack all the stuff you want into two suitcases and a backpack. This is the first step to packing for an international move: realizing that you're going to have to leave most of this crap behind.

Living in a digital age has afforded me certain comforts. I don't have to choose between beloved photos, seeing as my entire photographic library will fit onto a jump drive about the size of my pinky finger. I don't have to use valuable space and weight on books. The internet offers up a wide range of literature for free or paid download. ( If such a thing were not available, I would probably come over with two changes of clothes and three hundred paperbacks). Tapes and CDs give way to MP3s and so on and so forth.


And yet I'm still absolutely sure that I don't have enough space.

(I'm sure by the next post I'll be saying that I have too many things, and that I'm starting to consider leaving everything.)