We're Off!

We have left Seattle! We are homeless and jobless (mostly).

My last day at work consisted of cleaning out my cube and then teaching a class on ReportNet from 10-4. No one from my team, and very few people in general were in the office due to the snow and ice so it was a bit weird - no one really to say goodbye to. I will still be doing some work remotely for the next few weeks trying to help out my replacement (who isn't official yet), so I am unemployed, but not really.

John spent yesterday getting people to pick up the rest of our furniture (sold on Craig's list) taking the left-over junk to Goodwill, and sending the last boxes of "to keep" stuff to his parents in Colorado. Then he packed up the remaining stuff and put it all in the Jeep to make sure it fit. I think we will end up shedding things as we go along. We have:
* box of books/electronic connectors
* "kitchen" box for road food
* box with tools and coats
* medium suitcase with ALL of our clothes
* small suitcase to take in each night with next day's clothes and toiletries

* dufflebag full of camping stuff

* big camera and pillows
* backpacks for our laptops

We slept on the floor of the apartment last night on our thermarests and sleeping bags after doing the final cleaning and sorting. This morning we got up and said goodbye to a cold and snowy Seattle. We headed to the Starbucks for our last latte and off we went.