A Week In Review

Another week has flown by…sometimes these weeks fly by and others just seem to drag out. Why is that? Is it the pace of ones life that particular week – busy or lazy; or perhaps the anticipation of something which makes the difference; or the weather; maybe a combination?
At any rate this week was a GREAT week here!

Sunday: We sorted and separated, prepared and purged the entire lower level of our house (commonly called a basement in the U.S.). It amazes me how much stuff one can store in the nooks and crannies! It’s gone now – everything from furniture, costumes, and toys, saws, drills, and fish aquariums to hedgers, tiki torches, a grill, and electrical equipment. DONE!

Monday: Boys were off to school and Jim was off to work. I stayed home and tidied up the house – no sense in “cleaning” as there are boxes and piles of “stuff” everywhere. I divided up spices into baggies to keep for the next few months and to make easier to discard when we leave, washed laundry, and tucked my beloved Kitchen Aid mixer and food processor into their original boxes. A normal day I suppose with a little bit of progress in preparation for the movers. No PCS (Permanent Change of Station) orders yet – which translates into no wine shipment appt, no household moving appt, no car shipping appt, and no loaner furniture appt!

Tuesday: Off to work and school again for the “men” of the house. I hung around today and waited until Naydar – my so loved domestic helper arrived. Then, I jetted out the door for a few errands and to attend a meeting. After the meeting, there was time to grab a cup of coffee with my friend before we had to head home to scoop the kids off the bus. Guess what?!? No PSC orders today – but we got our submission date today! Our dossier will be submitted on
May 13, 2008 – Ukrainian Mother’s Day! We received notification by our agency at 2019 – everyone was jumping up and down and running through the yard; and yes, I did to!

Wednesday: Today, only the boys headed out. Jim stayed home today (the rest of the week) to work on taking things off the walls and taking the frames of the beds apart. We ran a few errands – with a check list so we would stay on track and then we grabbed a quick late lunch before we headed back home to accomplish more moving preparations. Notified today there are 2 documents we need to update for our dossier – luckily one of them arrived last week and the other is a simple request. No PCS orders today!

Thursday: The standard, the boys out the door for school, coffee, laundry and preparing for the movers. Today, I washed and photographed the costumes and packaged them individually in hopes of selling them cheaply to someone for their child(ren) to have as much joy playing dress up as my boys have. We also received an email from our Harley rep today regarding that Harley I won some months back – the money we owed for adding a couple of “extras” to the bike – we no longer owed! Doesn’t that rock! Had dossier documents notarized today and arranged for FEDEX pick-up for tomorrow.
NO PSC Orders! Now, it’s getting tight. We’ve been told we will have them tomorrow. We’ll see.

Friday: Again, the normal – school, coffee and a load of laundry! Jim did some prepacking for another upcoming TDY (Temporary Duty). Naydar (my loved domestic help) arrived at 10:00 and after explaining to her in my best Spanish lingo, what to do with the FEDEX envelope; Jim and I took a quick trip to Toledo (45 min to 1 hour away) for a suite of armor and a couple of gifts. This was our last trip to our favorite little city in Spain! We made a pit stop on the way home to stock up (19 more bottles) on some more of our favorite wines (for that wine shipment) before the packers come. FEDEX came – dossier update documents on their way! We received the PSC orders today – a little too late to make any appointments. Guess we know what’s on Monday’s agenda!

It’s the weekend now and we are just hanging out doing more of the same, The weather has been really yucky (April showers bring May Flowers) and we have been inside catching up on movies, homework, laundry, reading and just being together.

That was our week for the most part.