Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Shake it Off
When the stress from moving/holidays/packing gets to you... shake it off, shake it off!
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
A lot can happen in 20 days
It turns out, in just three short weeks you can...
-get orders
-get on the housing wait list
-confirm preschool enrollment
-decide back and forth if you are going to move yourself, or have the army move you
-arrange for a POD delievery
-pack away "non-essential for 18months" things
-rearrange plans/cancel some really fun things in order to pack
-have your mother-in-law fly up and rock out some POD packing
-decide on a property manager and sign your house up for rent
-finish Christmas shopping (because your house will be packed up by then)
-and have knee surgery to boot!
Life... its not boring right now
-get orders
-get on the housing wait list
-confirm preschool enrollment
-decide back and forth if you are going to move yourself, or have the army move you
-arrange for a POD delievery
-pack away "non-essential for 18months" things
-rearrange plans/cancel some really fun things in order to pack
-have your mother-in-law fly up and rock out some POD packing
-decide on a property manager and sign your house up for rent
-finish Christmas shopping (because your house will be packed up by then)
-and have knee surgery to boot!
Life... its not boring right now
Monterey Bay Aquarium: where real ocean tide pools become exhibits
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
We have RFO!
RFO= Request for Orders
Nothing can happen (movers scheduled, get on the wait list for housing in California, etc) without orders. Geoff got his RFO today so hopefully in a few days we will have orders and get things hoppin'
If all goes according to MY plan (you know, because the universe bows down and goes out of its way to accommodate ME) we will be packed up the week before Christmas and house will be magically rented out to someone who happens to need a place at Bragg for 18months starting Jan 1. We want to live in on base housing out there- we've heard the on base school is not so great but because Monterey is prime real estate, places don't like renting to people with dogs and we've heard utilities can be sky high.... so hopefully the wait list won't be too bad and we can cut out a few headaches.
I'll leave you with my mental sanity picture. If you don't know, I have a love affair with waterfalls- always have. In 3 months I'll be able to see this in person, and its the light at the end of this crazy tunnel!
Nothing can happen (movers scheduled, get on the wait list for housing in California, etc) without orders. Geoff got his RFO today so hopefully in a few days we will have orders and get things hoppin'
If all goes according to MY plan (you know, because the universe bows down and goes out of its way to accommodate ME) we will be packed up the week before Christmas and house will be magically rented out to someone who happens to need a place at Bragg for 18months starting Jan 1. We want to live in on base housing out there- we've heard the on base school is not so great but because Monterey is prime real estate, places don't like renting to people with dogs and we've heard utilities can be sky high.... so hopefully the wait list won't be too bad and we can cut out a few headaches.
I'll leave you with my mental sanity picture. If you don't know, I have a love affair with waterfalls- always have. In 3 months I'll be able to see this in person, and its the light at the end of this crazy tunnel!
(McWay Falls along CA route 1 in Los Padres National Park)
Saturday, October 04, 2014
Extra! Extra! read all about it
We learned yesterday that we are headed to Monterey, California this winter for the next 18month!
Its a crazy fast move but we are excited for some west coast adventures. We know we'll need to keep all of our east coast (and everywhere else for that matter) friends up-to-date on our happenings and here just might be the best way to do that....
stay tuned!
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