Thinking and not sleeping

There are so many things to take care of when you're leaving a country. And when you're busy all day just doing the things that have to be done at that moment, you don't have a chance to consider all the other things that are yet to be done. So, when you lie down to sleep, that's when the mental hamsters start running on the wheel. Many a night in the last couple of weeks I have found myself staring into the darkness, composing emails to old boyfriends, letters to long lost friends, figuratively packing my case and arranging items into box categories ("Open right away", "Open fairly soon", "No hurry", etc.) }sigh{ no rest for the wicked...