Freedom

Homeless, no furniture, not even a pot to piss in. And that's okay!

In March I returned from my second winter in Asia just in time to celebrate Ellen Dewar's birthday and recovery from cancer. After just a few days back in Valdosta, I was suffering from allergies and asthma like I had not experienced since I was about 12 years old. I was successfully treated by Dr. Fawzi Durani, whom I completely recommend by the way, and all was fine until a few months later when summer hit full blast just like a furnace. I began to think that I did not enjoy the summers here in Valdosta as much as I disliked the winters, so I started trying to think of a solution. I a light bulb going off in my head moment, it occurred to me that I should think of a way to avoid summer's and winter's extreme temperatures and spring's and fall's pollen saturated allergy inducing climates. The solution, I decided, would be to sell my stuff and rent my house, and it has been that course of action which has occupied most of my activities for the past month. On 8 October I scheduled a local company to come in and conduct a professional estate sale of all my belongings and on the following weekend ( was it really only 6 days ago?) I held my own moving sell. Now my house is completely empty and cleaned ready for renters in about 10 days.

Next Tuesday, October 25, I will travel to Jacksonville, Florida, with the Renfroes, resettle Max my cat with Rena and Shelly and their other pets Sandy the dog and Mojo the cat and fly on Wednesday to Chicago and onward to Beijing. I plan to travel several weeks in China and then fly from Hong Kong to Saigon, Viet Nam, which I think will be my location for Christmas and on through or new year on January 1 and their lunar new year, Tet, later in January. When asked I have said that I plan to teach English in Viet Nam. Maybe I really will!

So that's what is happening in my life at the moment. I will write a little more in different chapters about the moving process so that when I get to China I can start reporting more current events. If you are interested, you can read more.