I don’t have a whole lot of time to blog. Things are crazy. We’ve had a parade of maintenance people coming through the house to repair leaky pipes, fix electrical issues, replace the roof over the sun porch, install an alarm system, and trim precarious trees.
We are also using this as a time to streamline ourselves. We gave an entire jeep-full of clothes to charity yesterday. I sold my expensive road bike, had my wife’s car detailed so we can sell it. This morning, we met with the mover who showed us pictures of the shipping container and scheduled our packing day. 5.5 cubic meters is pretty generous…it’s about the size of 4 queen sized mattresses. We still need to document accounts, give my mother limited power of attorney (in case we die), visit the CDC annex for a series of immunizations for crap like Hepatitis A & B. We have to sell Lisa’s car, buy a Nikon D70. Find an alternative way to ship Tucker, our Brittany spaniel to Dallas because it’s now too hot to fly him anywhere. In the meantime, I have to finish up work for the school who hired me or else my career there will start off on a really bad foot.
I’m shocked at the amount of stuff that has to be done. The devil truly is in the details and it’s starting to feel like we are hemorrhaging money. I nearly lost it when a storm came in while the roof was off and it dumped on our newly tiled floor, dining room table and fabric chairs, and Lisa’s iBook. But a towel and some effort cleaned it right up. These are all little things compared to things like, you know…death, dismemberment, or spinal cord injuries.
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