What I Packed To Move Home

Ah, packing.  It’s always so much more fun in your imagination to pack than it is to actually do so.  If you’re like me, you have a hard time packing just once.  I’m pretty sure before I left for America, I packed at least four times.  I spent hours making sure everything fit, contemplating if I really needed two gray t-shirts, weighing the suitcases again, and then I’d finish it off by staring at my luggage hoping osmosis would occur and I’d feel fine with my packing job.  And it’s harder to pack things for a trip knowing you aren’t just traveling, you’re moving.  You aren’t sure when you’ll be back so everything has to make the trip across the Pacific with you.  (We all know shipping is expensive, nobody got money for that.)

What’s the Deal With Cupping and Scraping?

Prior to leaving Taiwan for the United States, I will admit: I over indulged in some things, like bubble tea, stinky tofu, night market games, and of course, massages.  I am pretty sure I hit up at least three or four massage centers in the last month I was in Taiwan!  I have always wanted to try cupping and scraping (yeah, call me crazy, I know I am) and I made it one of my goals to do that before I went home.  So that’s just what I did.