I'm all packed up! The movers came at 8:30 Monday morning and got right to work! I'm glad I woke up a few hours beforehand to get everything in one spot for them, instead of making them hunt for my things all over the house. I'm also glad I didn't spend hours trying to pack up everything on my own. The boxes that had remained packed from my earlier move back to Lawrence in May were UNpacked, then each thing was wrapped and REpacked into the official boxes (except my contraband items - see below). My total weight was just under 450 lbs. I was allowed 750, and the shipping lady kept asking me if I wanted to add more stuff. (They didn't think a human would survive the 5-week process, though, so... sorry everyone. I tried!) I don't have a kitchen, so I didn't need those thousands of pounds of kitchen-y gadgets. I'm buying a bike there, so I don't have that weight. My apartment is furnished... Really, I think 450 lbs is a LOT of stuff. Plus, I was kind of over it by 10:30am, mostly because I very sleepy. So everything was packed and hauled away in 2 hours! Pretty efficient, those guys. Anyway, I'm not sure if all those boxes are driving or flying to California, but I know they're being shipped from there, as in on-the-water shipped, to Kwajalein. So now I'm living out of 2 suitcases and a carry-on until I leave next weekend. And then I'll be living out of 2 suitcases and a carry-on until Sept. 8th when everything arrives. Woo!