Count Down Has Begun!!

Well, mom & dad have decided to drive me & my dogs across counrty to catch my flight to Japan. We leave next Thursday the 30th, and I have to be in Seattle on August 5th...not long now. The countdown has begun...13 days until departure!
Eric has moved into our house & our furniture arrived, yay! The bed is up & the movers unpacked almost everything. I've learned a "few" Japanese words, but how long will I remember them? Safe to say...NOT LONG! Sigh, I've always been terrible at foreign languages! Three years of French...can't speak a word!
I'm kinda freaking out about packing & such. I have a huge list of things I have to keep "on me" such as: Medication for me & dogs, 2 dog folders, 2 personal info folders, 1 large personal info file, huge medical record, 2 copies of orders, 2 dog crates (one very LARGE CRATE!), 1 large microchip reader for dogs, dog food, few books, few toiletries, zune, & little make-up. Of course I have more junk, but that is what has to be on my personage, lol.
Eric is talking about Italy after this, but I say Florida! This traveling with dogs reqires more paperwork than children.

Limbo

Limbo is not a place that I am totally comfortable...I guess most people are not happy in that place, but I have been dealing with it pretty well I would say. However, it is getting harder. I left Washington in May, so I have been in this place of limbo for over 2 months with one more month to go. The things Eric and I do for our dogs,seriously. It is worth it totally, but I hate being apart from Eric, ugg! I leave August 5th for Japan. Eric and will have maybe 2 months together, and then he will be gone for about two months...I'm going to need some prayers! I can be independent, I just prefer to be with Eric as opposed to apart from him:)Anyway, that is where I am at. Having fun here with the family...but missing the other part of my family in Japan!