The movers have been in and boxed everything up. Yesterday they loaded up our stuff and hopefully it is on a ship to Dubai in the next couple days. Our stuff just fit in a 20 foot shipping container! We only had a few slip ups with the packing. Alex has a "Cars" pull along bag he uses when we fly. "Cars" is his favorite movie and he loves pulling things along. We had it already packed with all our best kids travel toys and distractions for our flights. Somehow in the confusion it has ended up in the container, so we are coming up with plan B for our trip. The only important item which did not get packed was a mask we bought in Hong Kong that is still hanging on the wall as we forgot to unscrew it. It should fit in our bags without too much difficulty.
The kids have been very good handling the chaos and confusion of the packing. Our house is now very empty and even the smallest whisper from Ellie echoes across the marble floors and empty walls. Fortunately a few items belong to the company so we still have a bed, a couple sofas and a wardrobe. Our kitchen appliances and large screen TV have been sold with the caveat that we get to keep them until we leave. Most mornings when the kids get us up by 0600 we get them out of their room and put them in bed with us so they can have their milk and watch a movie while we try to keep out eyes shut for a few more minutes. Yesterday morning after jumping into bed with us, Alex camly pointed out to Ellie that "TV gone", "TV gone". The change in their morning ritual didn't seem to bother them too much. After polishing off their milk they simply dragged me into the living room so we could watch TV on our large screen, which is too big for your average house in other parts of the world which is why we are not bringing it.
On Wed, Feb 11, I went back to the doctor and they removed my cast from my foot. The break is healing well but I am still on crutches. It is nice to be able to wash my foot and move my ankle around! I am slowly putting more weight on it and the doctor thinks I may be off crutches in two weeks which would be just in time to fly out of here. I was back in the pool for the first time yesterday. My left leg has become quite scrawny and my ankle has lost a lot of flexibilty after being stuck in the same position for more than five weeks.
We still have some loose ends to tie up and some items to try to sell before we head out. Our plan is to spend our last two days at the Shangri-La Resort before flying out to Enlgand early on the morning of March 1.
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