The Frenzy

We're leaving in 2.5 weeks. There is so much to do.

Apparently, I started this blog 1.5 weeks ago because now there is only one week before we leave. My first reaction to this thought is blind panic, much like that nightmare you have where you're writing a final exam in Chinese, and you're sitting there sweating, realizing that you have forgotten (how did you forget? I don't know... it's a dream) to go to all your classes and you know zero Chinese, yet you somehow remembered to go write the final. So you sit in a state that is half shock and half panic, hoping some answers will come to you.

But that's my first lizard brain reaction of how I feel right now. Then people tell me "how wonderful it will be", "what an adventure", "what a great experience for the kids", and I calm down.

But there's still so much to do even though I've been preparing for 2 months....let's see: get letters and documents in order (huge task boiled down to 6 measly words...but, you know what I mean when I say "letters and documents in order", right?).

Okay...I started to write a list of everything I've been doing and will do in preparation for this big move, but it's way too boring, so if you want to know...ask me because I have it all in a list or various lists scribbled around my desk.

More exciting stuff will follow soon...probably when we arrive.

A la prochaine...et merci d'avoir lire mon blog!

P.S. If you're wondering how the blog got its name: well, you would not believe how many names of blogs are already taken, so I turned to Kevin for help because he really is a master at naming things (he has named 3 businesses including mine, and he won a bonus at work for coming up with the winning name for his consulting firm). Anyway, he advised me to look into the past and find some archaic nicknames people have called me. Fortunately, I had Bee for a best friend , so I have hundreds of nicknames from her alone. Lady Marabel was one that kind of carried forward in many ways (such a long story). So, here it is, being carried forward even more!