Preparations

We are now truly feeling the gravity of our new lives in the Foreign Service. We are so close we are accelerating and spinning almost out of control. In less than two weeks we will be living in Washington D.C. preparing for our lives abroad.

The house amazingly sold in 24 hours (pending closing) which was an amazing relief. K8 finally got the official travel orders so we now have the movers scheduled for pack up and our trips from St. Paul planned. K8 and Ozzi will be flying out while Q and I will be driving out over 2 days. That way we will have a car while in D.C. and get a few vital things (toys) there just in case the UAB is delayed. The other benefit, I hope, is a chance for Q to see a little more of the country we will be representing over seas.

K8, being the amazing woman she is, has managed to take care of pretty much all the prearations while I, being the stay at home dad, have occupied the boys. Which, when you need to maintain a staged home can actually be quite the task. I've also really been doing everything I can to prepare Q for this major change. At 4 years old, a big move can be unbelievably hard. But, at this point anyway, Q is genuinely very excited about the move. I think most of the credit goes to sitting down with him at the computer and going over all the aspects of his new life. Together, we've looked at our new apartment building, checked out what animals are at the National Zoo, and taken a virtual walk along The Mall via Google Maps Street View. We've even gone over our Road Trip, plotted out on Google Maps.


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Things really do seem to be finally coming together with this new beginning in close sight. There is still plenty to get done, including what may be the most daunting task of all, the countless goodbyes we have yet to say.