Getting Ready

The tickets have been purchased! On September 8, 2009 Kristyn and i will be taking off from

Chicago and heading over to Dublin. The plan from there is to take a day or two and explore as much as we can in Dublin and then grab another flight into Madrid. Now that we have the tickets it definitely feels more real. With that comes feeling of shock (what the heck are we doing) and feeling of excitement (this is going to be awesome). I am guessing that once we land I will be somewhere in between.

Now Kristyn and i are in the midst of packing up the apartment and getting ready to take some of our stuff back to Mansfield to store it with the parents. It is easy to forget just how much stuff you can cram into one little apartment, but as we begin to pull things out I can't help but wonder where it all came from. Our hope is that this move will really help us downsize and live a bit simpler when we come back to the states. or should i say...if we come back to the states!

Next week we will post our furniture on Craig's list. So if your in the market for a gently used sofa and books shelves give us a call! If that doesn't work I think we will end up donating the stuff to a local charity or something like that. I just want to get it out of the apartment so that we don't have to think about it any more. That is my answer to everything, out of sight out of mind.

Well that is it for now. its time to buckle up, because we are actually doing this!