Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

On February 3^rd we parted ways with our shipment of items from the United States. (See "Your life in a box.") Three months later on May 12th our shipment arrived in its new home in Singapore. You might ask yourself, why did it take so long since everyone else seemed to receive their items in six weeks? We thought the same thing.

Regardless, we’re happy the container didn’t fall off the ship in the middle of the ocean. According to CNN, on any given day there are 5 to 6 million containers being transported on the open sea. There are varying stats out there but it seems that somewhere between 2,000 and 10,000 containers are lost at sea every year. 

The shipment didn't look like much compared to when it was laid out in our garage three months ago. Although I would liken the excitement to being a kid on Christmas morning.  It was an urban treasure hunt going through the boxes and discovering what was in there; an actual bedspread! Pillows! Wine glasses! A toolbox! Crockpot! Zebra rug!?

There are certainly things we were hoping we packed but we did not. There are also things we packed that we’ll be bringing back home in July. (Multiple pairs of jeans? Those are not something you need large quantities of here.) Now that everything is unpacked, with closet space to spare, it feels just a little more like home.

Happy Trails, 

Amy & Raegen