Gone in Four Days

Hubby climbs on a plane for Italy in four days.

I am much more worried about it than he is. He has not packed yet and thinks he will just throw a few things together. I am closing in on panic mode! I know it will work out, but during this transition nothing is going smoothly.

Today we refinanced our car, because the company that holds held the lien on the car could not get their act together. After months of back and forth on paperwork required for shipping our car to Italy, we had it. So we called our exceptionally accommodating USAA representative. They have the refinance almost complete in a few hours and will get us permission to ship as soon as the final paperwork is complete.

Shipping the dog is another pain. We have all the health stuff complete that we can have done. However, I just discovered that we may not be able to ship her if the weather is too hot. I am hoping to find a flight early or late enough that the temperature is cool enough for the airlines to let her go in with the baggage. If she were only a bit smaller, I'd just take her carry-on!

Now, I found out we have company coming for a day this weekend. Not a big deal, because I did know about it. I just forgot about it with all the other excitement.

Bye-Bye Baggage!

Gary's unaccompanied baggage left today.

Gary leaves in 12 days! He still has not received his Schengen Visa. AGRHHHH!

This weekend is my big get rid of it or give it away yard sale.

Time is ticking by too fast! I am sure this could be the most unorganized move of all time.

The finance company that holds the lien on the Honda has not given us our permission letter so the Honda has not been shipped. I may have to ship it instead of Gary. I'm not thrilled about going to Saint Louis by myself to ship it.

We did sell my motorcycle, so I don't have to worry about that. We do need to sell our Chrysler Sebring and possibly our pick up. How can I even worry about details when I can not even get the big things accomplished?

In the years we have been settled here, I forgot about the joys of being a military wife. Only now, I am not really a military wife, I just share the same headaches!

Now, off I go to tag and price more garbage garage sale treasures!

So...What's New?

I'm running in circles getting ready for our move. No matter how many good intentions I have, I don't seem to be able to document all the work it is taking us to get out of Kansas. Our house looks like a tornado struck the inside and all the important paperwork is stacked in a filing box on the kitchen table. So far, we have official passports, tourist passports and transportation paperwork. We are still waiting on our Schengen Visas, but hope they arrive soon. Gary leaves Kansas in 21 days!

Things we have not done are starting to become overwhelming. Our paperwork on the car we will ship is not back from the "lien-holder" and we can't do anything on it until we get the paperwork. We have one motorcycle, one car and one pick-up that I want sold before we leave. I have ten rooms of furniture to downsize, purge and move into our "storage" area. I still need to organize one yard sale that happens to be 15 days away and there is no end in sight to the to-do list.

The good news I can share is the college class I teach is over tomorrow. Grades are due by the end of the week! I will now be able to focus on the move exclusively. Well...as exclusively as a mom with two boys, four cats and a dog can focus.

Friends of Gary threw us a nice going away party last weekend. I rarely go out, but it was nice. They made cute little signs in Italian and a cake with an Italian and U.S. flag. We stayed out later than usual and caught up with everyone. It will be hard to leave!