Packing light

To Bring, or Not to Bring, that is the dilemma. Whether its calmer in the mind to wonder the lost and damage of outrageous transfers, or to take ones luggage a lack of volume. And by compressing stuff then. To fly to move, no rest; and by a move to go we must.

The problem is Dubai. As we now are not free to enter the city with out much paper changing hands some of which being monies it now limited to air port transfers. To make this transfer of one person is quite easy, the question, the dilemma, the mystery, is if your check luggage will do the same. As we go from the charter terminal to the main emirates terminal. This is done with a third party escort service. When I say escort service I don't mean pretty girls of a willing nature who laugh at all your jokes, I mean a bunch of shift workers who are a thousand miles from home who could care less if your flight leaves in ten hours or ten mines and who may at some point move your check luggage but you won't know till you get to your destination.

So i am here after my last shift before vacation packing and unpacking my backpack trying to see what i can get in and still have it small enough to be considered carry on. Things i have sacrificed at this point is a half finished pewter mold of St. George slaying a dragon, a few trinkets i was going to give away, and my sewing kit.

Curious on what the weather will be like at the other end, here its just above 20 C with the sun out. We've not had rain in a week so every thing has dried up but not so much to fill the air with dust. It really doesn’t get much nicer here, and i am leaving. Hmm.. I think this vacation could have been timed better.

What ever the weather it will be nice to be home with a place of my own. See you all soon.