I once tried to write a travel diary and it was the most boring writing I’ve ever seen in my life. Hopefully this won’t be quite so bad. In just over a month, I will be moving from the US to the UK. I realized it might be useful to document some parts of this process like:

• getting a visa
• getting ready socially
• oh my gosh, all the life admin stuff
• moving an 18-year-old cat across an ocean (some of the existing documentation pointed us in the direction of taking the cat over on a boat)
• taking a boat across the ocean, and how the hell you pack your stuff to take it on a boat
• how the hell you decide what, of the absurd amount of random things people have bought you and you yourself have accumulated over several decades, you actually take to another country
• and probably other, maybe even emotional (gasp) things about moving for the first time in nearly twenty years

Part of my preparation (/procrastination) appears to be re-watching both Slow Horses and Industry, and enjoying the Paralympics! We’ll see how this goes. If you have any advice, or requests of things to document, please reach out. (I had to turn off comments on this site years ago cause of runaway spam, but welcome conversation always!)

Last modified on September 1, 2024