About a month ago I was scanning my apartment as if I was about to go on a trip, making sure everything was in place and that I had everything I was supposed to bring.

A month later I'm actually scanning my apartment to go on this trip to China and the Chinese-occupied Tibetan region.

And a month from now, after the trip and supposedly after my parents' visit to Taiwan, I'll be scanning my apartment one last time to make sure everything is how I want it, inshah'allah.