Well, we have finally realized that our departure is no longer some distant date, but is now imminent, having crept up on us while we lived our daily lives. The suitcases are down from the attic, and clothing selections are being made, with Beijing's rather cold weather guiding our choices. My idea: pack as if we were going to Aspen. Dee's idea: pack everything she owns. I remind her "You carry what you pack", but I have lost this battle consistently for 30 years now. I have a nifty new digital video camera, a "Flip Video" which holds an hour of digital movies, and is smaller than my digital camera, so I hope to take movies with which to bore future generations of Mannears. I can move the movie files to my laptop each day, so it should work just fine. Digital camera, digital video, laptop - - I guess I need to pack electric adaptors and converters to avoid french frying my stuff. So much for packing light.
We had dinner tonight with Adam Sharp and Chris Rippetoe, two young men who are contemporaries and friends of Scott. They are going to care for Scott's siblings, Lola and Cali, while we are in China, and generally watch our home. We hosted them at P. F. Changs to get some much needed practice with our chop sticks. Needless to say, we still need lots of practice. Adam has even agreed to make the college man's supreme sacrifice - he will ride with us to the airport at 4:30 am Wednesday to bring our car back to the house.
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