Well, my daughter is dealing with the longest lasting ear infection that I have ever heard of. So, we are staying close to home on a bed she detests (she really hates the borrowed furniture and keeps asking to move to the hotel). International moves are difficult with a toddler (I assume all moves are -- but imagine it taking 2+ months for your belongings and you to be in the same location again). So, we are keeping busy. Today IKEA. Usually at least out to the playground and time with friends.
So, we are going with the suggestion of "Karen's Air Force Adventure" but keeping the WWW.karenabroad.blogspot.com (since that is how you know where to find me).
Meanwhile, know that we are moving forward with things. The car ships on Tuesday. Between now and then, the house cleaning crew is coming by for the first time. Then a trip to the American cemetery in the NL (a World War II era cemetery) for the annual memorial day celebration. Then the car is being cleaned and prepped for the trip...then off to turn the car over to the military transport folks.
More biking and walks to the parks. Ah, at least it is finally summer like weather here.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Getting ready for more adventure
For my friends and readers, we are still in transition. The pace is going more quickly. We effectively have three days until the movers arrive. We need to have out a month's worth of things (we have an air shipment going the end of June). We no longer have any house guests. But, we have an overnight in Germany between now and Tuesday when the mayhem starts. Including all that we need on vacation in July in Idaho and for our first couple of days/weeks in Texas.
Eileen has a week of grand days out planned for while the movers are here, but it is complicated. Eileen has a double ear infection at this point. The Dutch method of 'wait before antibiotics' ran its course by Monday, but it took until Wednesday before I realized that and just today was she finally in to see the doctor and put on antibiotics. So, I have not been particularly useful until today when suddenly the lists got written and Eric and I feel like we are finally in sync. (I am a list writer, and my husband is a doer...it is an amazing combination and I am lucky to have him).
I am taking a vote. Should I just change the name of the blog -- or do I need a new one for Texas (is Texas a reasonable location for karenabroad.blogspot.com) ?
Eileen has a week of grand days out planned for while the movers are here, but it is complicated. Eileen has a double ear infection at this point. The Dutch method of 'wait before antibiotics' ran its course by Monday, but it took until Wednesday before I realized that and just today was she finally in to see the doctor and put on antibiotics. So, I have not been particularly useful until today when suddenly the lists got written and Eric and I feel like we are finally in sync. (I am a list writer, and my husband is a doer...it is an amazing combination and I am lucky to have him).
I am taking a vote. Should I just change the name of the blog -- or do I need a new one for Texas (is Texas a reasonable location for karenabroad.blogspot.com) ?
Sunday, May 2, 2010
the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine
Well, friends and curious folk, here is the next two weeks in a nutshell:
kid exchange for a couple of days this week, we are looking forward to playing with our good friend Zy for a couple of days, then a visit with another close buddy -- Dieter, then my close friend from the states is coming for a week long stay, he leaves and I have three days of move prep, then we host a bunch of folk in town for an Indonesian wedding, a birthday party, a day of playing with friend Dina, a Monday with the dentist and then the movers arrive (and we let Eileen play with Zy assuming that the kid exchange was positive for the girls). I am in the zone! But, if I don't respond to e-mail or external stimuli, know that I will once I can breath again.
Leaving here is as strange as coming. Again, we have two sets of movers (we had three for coming here and will have three for arriving there), so this is just the furniture, out of season or unnecessary things, and most of the kitchen.
Our car will leave on 1 June.
Then, Eileen and I will be oh, so Dutch, mostly, and bike or take bus/trains to places.
The last movers, the borrowed furniture (we will receive a couple of beds, a couch and table and chairs before the furniture is on the truck), and the home inspection aren't until 24 June. Then we move to a hotel here....you get the idea. At this point in the sales pitch, we would say, "And then the fun begins," but instead, we hit the US on 1 July to spend some time with family and a little time just to ourselves before Eric's next job starts in Wichita Falls.
This brings me to my next question for my friends out there -- what should I rename the blog come 13 July when we begin the next chapter in our Air Force adventure?
kid exchange for a couple of days this week, we are looking forward to playing with our good friend Zy for a couple of days, then a visit with another close buddy -- Dieter, then my close friend from the states is coming for a week long stay, he leaves and I have three days of move prep, then we host a bunch of folk in town for an Indonesian wedding, a birthday party, a day of playing with friend Dina, a Monday with the dentist and then the movers arrive (and we let Eileen play with Zy assuming that the kid exchange was positive for the girls). I am in the zone! But, if I don't respond to e-mail or external stimuli, know that I will once I can breath again.
Leaving here is as strange as coming. Again, we have two sets of movers (we had three for coming here and will have three for arriving there), so this is just the furniture, out of season or unnecessary things, and most of the kitchen.
Our car will leave on 1 June.
Then, Eileen and I will be oh, so Dutch, mostly, and bike or take bus/trains to places.
The last movers, the borrowed furniture (we will receive a couple of beds, a couch and table and chairs before the furniture is on the truck), and the home inspection aren't until 24 June. Then we move to a hotel here....you get the idea. At this point in the sales pitch, we would say, "And then the fun begins," but instead, we hit the US on 1 July to spend some time with family and a little time just to ourselves before Eric's next job starts in Wichita Falls.
This brings me to my next question for my friends out there -- what should I rename the blog come 13 July when we begin the next chapter in our Air Force adventure?
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