January 5
Journal
Jan 4
It's official:  The kid has more clothes than me.  And, right now, they're all stuffed into a big orange duffel bag.

That was this evening's project, to pack at least one bag.  I've no doubt there will be small projects every night until our bags and ourselves are neatly lined up, ready to be loaded and taken to the airport.

For all you other folks waiting to travel to Kazakhstan, I highly recommend you get yourself a Robin.  She makes the process run much smoother.

In our case, we have a spreadsheet.  Feel free to download it and take a look.  It is the product of at least two e-mails to people who either are or recently were in Kokshetau; the information supplied by WPA; at least three postings to the e-loop; and our own brainstorming.  It has a To-do list.  A separate tab detailing clothes-- hers on one side of the page and his on the other.  There's a list for Owen and another list for general gear (DVDs, clothes line and the like).  All of our questions for the baby house are there as are separate tabs for documents we need to take with us and the gifts we plan to give.

Does she rock, or what?
Jan 12