MOVING THOUGHTS

Having difficulty getting motivated to go through stuff in the house in preparation for moving. Am trying to break it down into a little each day. Yesterday I did my Girl Scout stuff, today I should do my closet. We are, once again, up in the air as to where we are moving. But I doubt having an exact destination would motivate me.
Am thinking about how lucky I am to have traveled so much. How many countries have I visited? - I haven't thought about it in a long time. So, here is my list, in chronological order: Canada, France, Germany (East and West), Austria, Switzerland, Monaco, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, England, Iceland, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Turkey (northern Cyprus), Venezuela, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (Dubai). Child Number One came along at Israel, Number Two at Venezuela. Of course my dear hubby has been to more places! Places I would like to visit include Mexico (OK, maybe not now, but someday), Australia, China, Thailand, Hong Kong, India, Russia, Greece, Spain and Italy (will see part of Italy this summer). I better keep my passport up to date. And, just so you don't think I am a bad American, in the US I have been to every state except Alaska, Idaho, Washington and Vermont.
Got gas the other day - always an interesting experience. Here attendants pump your gas for you (are you old enough to remember that in the US?). Anyway - it was a broiling hot afternoon so I pulled up to the pump, put down my window, and turned off my car. Very busy gas station - 4 islands. Now, either I am the only one who turned off my engine (and air conditioner), or all the other people turned off their engines and kept their windows rolled up tight! Smoke out of tailpipes suggests the former. Out of curiosity I wrote down that I paid 62 Qatari Riyal for 77.5 liters of gas. That works out to 83 cents a gallon - wasn't all that long ago that gas in the US could be found for 99 cents a gallon.
Well I had better stop stalling and get to work.
Happy Mother's Day to All!