Today is my last day living in America. It is 3pm and I am at the airport waiting for my flight to board, and everything seems to be falling into place. If you saw my apartment yesterday, you probably would not have believed I was leaving the country today. Luckily, I have incredible friends who came over, laughed at me about how unprepared I was and gawked at my still half full closet.
They unpacked all of my luggage, put everything on my bed, took away all of my summer items and divided everything into “essentials”, duplicates, and unacceptable categories, allowing me only to take the items labeled “essential”. They really did have a good point…My closet was huge, and even though I wanted to bring everything it held, there was no way I was going to have a similar sized closet in Berlin.
As the donation pile grew and the “ship later” pile started overtaking the goodwill stack, I thought “How could I possibly believe I would have been able to fit all these things into four suitcases?”
Thank goodness for brutally honest friends… (One would think that I have never moved before…)
Luckily, “Team Ginger” took control and divided out all my food, spices and unused household items as I organized the rest of the things I was leaving behind into a gigantic Tupperware bin that could fit a Smart Car. They also cleaned my entire place so it looked like I had hired a professional.
It was finally time to leave. I grabbed my three oversized suitcases, hugged my team goodbye, teared up and jumped in the car.
**In an effort to learn German, I have decided to include a german phrase of the day.
German Phrase of the day: ich habe mich verlaufen
This means: “I’ve lost my way”
I imagine I may say this phrase quite a few times this week.
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