Today was a much more productive day. By one o'clock this afternoon I had skyped with my sister, had breakfast with a friend who's moving back to the US, met with our new cleaning lady, shopped for a new vacuum for the aforementioned cleaning lady, and picked up a pair of chairs for our balcony.

The afternoon included starting to pack, watching a Red Sox game (which they won), booking a hotel in Germany and dining out with friends at the best dumpling place in all of Kaohsiung, which is saying a lot because there must be hundreds of dumpling restaurants to choose from. I think we may be ready to leave in six days. Too bad I can't bring Din Tai Fung with me.