Seventeen hours left in this iteration of my American life.

Did my online check-in with Delta this morning.  Since it’s a one-way flight they asked whether I had a visa.  I don’t yet, but hopefully my offer letter and USFK documents will suffice to let me board the plane.

Went to the post office and mailed two medium size boxes containing Jee Yeun’s shoes and “must-have” clothing items.  That set me back $175, but I reckon if I had to allow a shopping spree at Hyundai Department Store it would have cost me a lot more.  So there’s that.  Also submitted my official Postal Service change of address card.

Swung by the Goodwill store and donated a large bag of clothes I didn’t expect to ever wear again.

Then it was over to Walgreen’s which is an official Toys for Tots drop off point.  In addition to the toys we collected at the charity dart tournament on Saturday, I also converted the cash donations into toys.

Filled the Toys for Tots collection box to overflowing. Made me feel a little like Santa Claus. Lord knows I have the belly for the job!

Came home hungry so I popped my last frozen dinner into the microwave.  I got distracted on Facebook and then realized that either I was experiencing the longest three minutes in history or I had somehow screwed up.  It was the latter…I had inadvertently set the timer to thirty minutes.  D’oh!

My renter/roommate came by on his lunch hour to transfer utilities which proved to be a rather large pain in the ass.  He worked the water and electricity while I dealt with the TV/Internet from ATT Uverse.  That turned out to be an incredibly convoluted process.  When I called the 800 number I was told that a transfer had to be done online.  Except I wasn’t able to login online.  Called back and got a new password, but when I went to the transfer service page, my new password would not work.  So I went to online support where an incompetent support person sent me a new password.  Which didn’t work either.  So he transferred to another tech who after about 30 minutes was able to get me set up.  I thought my head was going to explode at several points, but I eventually prevailed.

Still to do: cramming some last minute items into my suitcases and praying neither is more than the fifty pound maximum.  I also need to drop the TV box off at the UPS store (my renter is not keeping television service.  I have a check to deposit at the bank, and I need to get a haircut.

Tonight I’ll make my final appearance at Kwagga for some darts with a buddy who is driving in from Atlanta to say goodbye in person.  I then I need to wake up at 0400 to get to the airport in time for my 0700 flight.

Wish me luck!.