AlexPGP's Corner

It's hard to say.

I started the day by taking a slice out of the big job due in July, but soon decided to put a dent in the packing end of the world.

Not packing, per se, though, as Galina and I had had words a couple of days ago to the effect that she wanted all my stuff out of the way before we left, and words yesterday to the effect that she wanted all my stuff to be "dealt with" before I left, meaning a few steps past merely "out of the way."

"Deal with" all my stuff? In two days?

I probably couldn't drive it all to the dump in two days.

And while I started on the job, I got a call from the client sending me to Kazakhstan... Could I please...

"No! " I said, explaining that I needed to pack and drive and unpack, etc.

"Please?" said the client.

I relented, and have invoiced another nearly 5,000 words.

The next two callers weren't as lucky.

In a way, the assignment was a release, since if the issue of dealing with all my stuff was all-but-hopeless before doing the job, it is well-and-truly-past-hopeless now. I'll be lucky to move a bunch of stuff into the side room tomorrow.

On the "good news" side of things, I've started to load the truck. Washer. Dryer. King size bed. One box of books.

My Kazakh kit is still in work, I think. I can't imaging it's near complete, but I can't think of anything else to include.

Ah, well. I'm sure ideas will occur to me.

Cheers...