The weather today was typical for October. It was 8°C when we got up. I could feel the cold tiles of the balcony right through my slippers when I snapped the photo. It sort of set the stage for preparation of our winter departure. We don't fly until Thursday.
We've not started packing yet but we've finished purchasing things that'll go into the bags. On Turkish Air, we each get two, full-sized, checked bags for free. When going back to Sri Lanka, we buy a whole lot of things that might be hard to find or more expensive there. This contrasts day-to-day items like groceries which are much cheaper on the tropical island when compared to Canada.
Jay always manages to finish up the produce and food because we turn off all the apartment's power at the panel. There's no need to keep an empty refrigerator running for four and a half months. So, Jay's become a pro at provisioning so that the food has run out by the time we leave for a winter.
Leaving for the winter involves a lot of last-minute actions. For example, I arranged to turn off our Internet the other week, but today, I downgraded the Netflix subscription. I wrote the 'leaving letter' that we always leave in the apartment complex office.
I even descaled, Kevin. He's the coffee maker and that is his name on our home network. Kevin would complain if he needed descaling but the water here is very very soft. I just like having the coffee maker ready to go the morning following our return in March. I gave Kevin a new charcoal water filter too.
My journal allows me to keep track of the little things of life. After all, they are what make up the majority of life. It's interesting to look back on the commonplace things when life has moved on.