To Travel is To Live

We knew it wouldn't be easy to give up our life in Calgary and relocate to a new country, but in hindsight, the process treated us pretty well.   Packing up an entire house - selling the furniture on Marketplace (what a nightmare that can be!), finding places to donate anything in good shape, and multiple dump runs (which sadden me each time) - is a LOT of work! We slowly, without a lot of intention, began selling off our less important stuff in June / July of this year.  But, Bryan being a project manager, created an actual plan of attack at the end of August.   In 2 months, we cleared out our house, sold our vehicles (good-bye wonderful Alero!!), set up some documentation for people to be able to help us out while we're abroad, had the cats deemed healthy to travel (more on this below...), and prepped our house for sale. Somehow, Bryan and I managed to pack our lives, including what the cats needed, into 4 big suitcases and 2 carry-ons.  It seems crazy now, especially once I