T'is the season for spreadsheets, Ebay, and Craigslist!

You know things are getting real because we have at least 3 spreadsheets going! One prioritizing the to-do list, one for selling things, and one for the insurance list. Big priorities have been broken into the following categories:

• Financial
• closing US accounts and opening accounts that will work abroad
• making sure tax stuff is ok
• Housing
• notifying current landlord, making sure current apt is move-out ready
• finding temporary housing in DE
• Moving
• working with movers on dates and times
• building inventory for insurance
• filling out all paperwork - oh so much paperwork!
• Cat
• making sure we have documents as needed, or appointments in the future for pre-travel health certificates
• coordinating cat supplies in MA and then in DE
• taking the cat on some car trips to get her a little bit used to travel
• Travel
• book flights SFO-BOS
• book flights BOS-HAM
• plan October vacations
• "Things and Stuff"
• Go through room by room: move to DE, sell, donate
• clean, photograph, and post all things we're selling, including the car - anyone want to buy our car!? 

Those are the big things. There's more on the spreadsheet! :) We're also thinking about what we want to do before leaving SF. Benoit's main goal is to eat as much Asian food as possible. Not sure what mine are yet. We're also trying to remain calm and positive about this endeavor. My mantra is "it will suck but it will be worth it." 

Phoenix Time?

I'm considering resurrecting this to chronicle our next move. So many moving pieces (no pun intended) that it might be nice to have a record in the future.