Surveyor for the HHG

Today was busy but collected.

This morning's walk was nice.  I managed to get out right at sunrise.  It was also around 40 degrees all day so, afternoon clouds and light snow aside, it was a really nice day.

The mover's surveryor dropped by this morning to get an estimate of the boxes they would need for the HHG.  He made it sound like it would be a pretty simple job.  Also, I learned that the first day they catalog everything and give me a copy of the catalog when they leave the second day.  I also learned that only two guys will come in to catalog everything on Tuesday and there will be three guys to load the truck on Wednesday.  Sounds like things are coming together.  He commented that I seemed to be organized and things should go smoothly.  He also commented that it was a nice house and he would expect it to sell pretty quickly.  Little does he know about the short-sell process...

Work was more purposeful for me today.  Two people were out sick, so one woman had been managing the lab.  She did a pretty good job considering she had near zero help.

After work, I helped my dad move the queen size bed and boxspring back into the house for moving purposes.  My dad claims that he'll bring the frame and head board in on Friday.  My wife's parents will swing by on Tuesday, the HHG packing day.  Today, I completed organizing the UB items and my items to be held aside from UB and HHG.  I also cleared out all garbage in the house on the off chance that the movers would pack it as I heard rumors that they sometimes do.

Etsy has her vet appointment tomorrow morning to get the ISO chip and vaccination updates for travel to Germany.  Aside from the certificate to be signed 10 days before flying out, the dog should be good to go after  tomorrow!

I also transferred my existing tax information onto my laptop as my desktop that usually hold all of the tax information will be shipped with the HHG.  I'm very sure I can finish it all in early March.  I was just hoping that I would have had it all done by now for refund purposes.  Oh well, a forwarded address will have to do.  Speaking of which, I have to double-check with our sponsor to confirm our address in Germany.  For those of you not in-the-know, yes, I do like doing taxes.

I finished packing for Chicago today!  Very excited to see my wife there.  Just to add to the excitement, the weekend we are there is Chicago Restaurant Week!  There are special deals for a lot of the restaurants in town.  I found a website that lists them all.  Total bonus!

Word in Georgia is that an obstacle course that was supposed to be executed today got cancelled because it was under construction.  I'm guessing that training got bumped up a day until the construction is complete.  Other than that, her request for a pass for Chicago has been processed so now things are settled again.  Until further notice... :)