- Keep your room in a semblance of order
- Get rid of things you don't like or that don't fit, so anything you pack is a good thing to pack
- Buy nothing that needs ironing, dry cleaning or tumble drying
- Have only underwear nice enough that you don't mind hanging them on a clothesline
- Keep current pictures of your home, loved ones, and pets on your computer at all times
- Actually keep all of your foreign electronics in one place
- Have a suitcase that meets transatlantic flight restrictions
- Actually have some of those little travel containers for soap in your possession
Needless to say, I have done very few of those things. Whee!
Now, if you were Pat Lichen you would also include the name of a good criminal attorney in where-ever-it-is-you're-going-astan. She offered me the name of one in Lima when I went to Peru. I think of many things as I prepare to flee, er, leave the country, but the possible need for a criminal attorney has never been among them. Although, now that I cavort with pirates, who knows?
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