The Countdown Is On...

The countdown is on… It is now 53 days until I leave!! I realize that 53 may seem like a rather random and insignificant number; it’s just the day I happened to get around to updating my blog! :-)

I have been tracking the weeks until I leave for a while now, because I leave on a Sunday and it’s often on Sundays that people ask me when I’m leaving. I have only begun counting the days, however, since accomplishing two important tasks:

1) I managed to get all the necessary stamps, seals and signatures on my paperwork to allow me to apply for a working visa in the Philippines. This was no small feat. I spent four days walking around the city before I was able to successfully obtain what I needed.

2) I sealed up my packing boxes and said goodbye to (some of) my stuff. My boxes should be part of a shipment that leaves this week. Hopefully they will arrive in Manila at approximately the same time I do.

...and so the countdown is on!!