I’ve been planning my trip to Thailand for Some time now, 2 years or so to be exact, and now that it’s almost upon me there are a million things to do.

I was planning to move to Thailand some time ago but my mothers health deteriorated fast and she passed away and then my fathers cancer became worse. I’ve basically spent the past 15 months in limbo living out of suitcases in my parents basement…Yeah, I know, 44 year old man living in the parents basement isn’t what I had planned.

Now that my father has passed my brother, sister and I are packing away all the memories and closing out my parents estate which is a lot harder than I had imagined. It’s not just all the moving and packing of physical items but the memories involved and the stories that go with each picture or nik nak. All the while I have to start making my plans for heading to Thailand at the same time.

Putting away things that will stay behind and figuring out the things that need to go, including two cats that have shared the good and bad with me over the past 10 years, is a pain in the ass. And even though I can think about what needs doing I can’t literally do anything until we get the estate closed out. It shouldn’t take long but until then I’m in a holding pattern. Of course, once the estate is taken care of then I will have everything to do at one time…oh joy.

I have to tell you I have mixed emotions right now, We haven’t had a chance to catch our collective breaths in 15 months. One thing led into another and into another and we are still at it closing out the estate. Some nights I just want to sit down and have a long cry to get all the stress of the past 2 years out, and I’m sure that night will come soon enough but until then it’s more packing and moving and remembering the years.

I know I will be in Thailand soon enough but right now it’s more about family and all of us getting through this together. Very soon I will be down to an inflatable bed, a blanket, a few suitcases and two cats…hopefully things will go quickly otherwise I will go stir crazy.

There probably won’t be as many posts over the next few weeks as I wrap everything up on this end but I should find time to make you smile or piss you off…depending on who you are.

Hopefully I remember not to wear either the Red or Yellow shirts when I land in Bangkok