Well, I was busy yesterday after work with stuff for the move, but I didn't get a chance to write.
Last night I went through all of my clothes, folded them, stacked them on the bed and then tried to fit them all in 3 pieces of luggage.
For the most part, they fit, though it's a tight fit. Weight anywhere between 25 and 30 pounds per bag.
The only problem with that, is that with everything I packed, that didn't include toiletries or shoes or anything else you might pack in some luggage.
Sooo....even though I have gone through my clothes recently and weeded out about 3 paper shopping bags worth to donate/give away, it looks like I might go through again and pare down a bit more.
It took so long to do the clothes last night but it was really necessary.

Tonight, I put the books that I want to ship over in a box and weighed them. It's somewhere between 50 and 55 pounds.
I weighed the pots and pans I want to take (expensive and good quality - might be cheaper to ship than buy new in Egypt) and they weigh about 15 to 20 pounds.
I will need to figure out what else I will ship, because there will be some miscellaneous items from throughout the house. A few kitchen items, some paper effects, etc.
I will get that figured through the next week insha'Allah (God willing).

It's really amazing how much stuff you collect over a period of time. I have a whole apartment worth of stuff, but most of it isn't really useful, or even used. So much stuff is kept for "later on" or "just in case". It's a little silly I guess. I know not everyone keeps things that way, but I guess many of us do. I wonder where this tendency comes from!

I will be going in to get my passport changed - the picture I have in it is from before I started wearing hijab (head scarf) so I'd like to redo that.
There should be enough time to get it processed provided I get in this weekend to fill out the application and turn in the pictures. I'll head down to the post office Saturday morning insha'Allah and take care of that. I believe the processing time right now is running about 4 weeks so I really can't afford to delay doing that.

I was also thinking about redoing my drivers license for the picture, but I'm not sure if I will or not. The passport, if I have to pay the regular fee, is 100 bucks. The drivers license would be around 25 or so. And since I have my international drivers permit, I'm not sure how pertinent it is to have my regular license.
Well, after just checking the international permit, I see that my regular drivers license has to accompany the permit at all times, so I suppose I will get that done.
Unfortunately, the DMV is not open on Saturdays anymore, and their office hours are something like Monday thru Friday, 8 - 5. My work hours are 8 til 4:30, and I work about 35 minutes away. lol
So, I will have to go in to work late or leave early one day to get that done.

I also checked a couple of airlines tonight online to see what their baggage limitations were and what the overage fees are. Delta does not let you check any luggage for free now. They charge 15 bucks for the 1st pc of luggage, 25 bucks for the 2nd pc of luggage, and the 3rd pc is 125 bucks.
I also checked Egypt Air, since it's very likely I'll be flying them, and they are similarly priced for the 3rd pc, though the first two pcs are free.
I'm figuring that the overage is probably fairly standard and so I'll save any further checking until I get ready to book the flight.
Except... ugh. Does that mean I pay the overage fee for each leg of the trip, since I'll be changing airlines? That would be 250 bucks! Ouch. I could buy new clothes for that much money.
*sigh*

Ok, that's it for the night!