Storage

The key fits into the silver metal lock like a perfect lover

Click

The yellow door swings wide on its metal hinges
The smell snakes and swirls up
into my nostils
Like the pink smoke from I Dream Of Jeannie's lamp

The smell of 30 years
of collected stuff
Thousands of photos
Turkish tea pot
Thai elephants
Indian saris
Italian plates
Tax returns
Marriage licenses
Birth certificates
Piles of costume jewelry
My favorite sauce pan
Millions of words
on the pages of notebooks

My life
behind the doors
of locker number 926

plans are taking shape

just got off the phone with Dick to get the itinerary set. Oh my gosh. I have goosebumps and a tingle in my tummy. I can't believe this adventure is really going to happen.

I have lists and lists and things to do. I hope I cover it all and am prepared. I'm sure I will be.

In the meantime I am packing up my house and have made 3 trips to the storage unit. My house is slowly emptying out....it feels like I'm doing the right thing.

My life is about to change in amazing ways.

preparing

I packed up my first boxes today. Secured a storage unit to put it all in to and will store my first boxes tomorrow...

Doing lots of online research into travel to Tibet, Nepal and India. I'm not sure how to approach it all. Just writing down some notes and trusting that it will all come together just as it should...