Friday, April 20, 2012

India Update

We are moving to India in August September October November March April!  Well, it's starting to feel like we may actually move to India!  Still, there's no holding our breath on when this will actually happen.

Three weeks ago, we were told our passports were being overnighted to us along with updated visa applications.  That weekend, we went on a crazy shopping spree to stock up on household items that we will need there (read: 144 rolls of toilet paper, 12 bottles of laundry detergent, 160 lbs of dog food, etc).  Now, we will be able to get some of those items while we're there through Amazon but we'll be restricted to packages 29"x 29"x29" and weighing no more than 70 lbs.  Liquids no more than 19 oz can be mailed.  We did stock up on toiletries because what we use comes in more than a 19oz bottle and we're not sure we'll be able to find it there ... same goes with our laundry detergent.

So we basically turned our house upside down in a mad scramble to get ready for the movers.

And we didn't get our passports.

However .....

This past Tuesday, our passports finally came!  And our updated visa applications (our last ones said we'd be there March 15th.  Oops?).  We signed everything and mailed it back that day.

Today, Stewart got the phone number to the movers.  We're not allowed to call them yet but we have their number.  I have no idea what this means but I feel as though it's one step closer.

I imagine that this weekend will also turn into a mad scramble to make sense out of the chaos that has taken over our usually immaculate house.  I'm quite honestly going insane a midst this mess.  I like to close my eyes and pretend it's not there actually.

So we'll see what happens this coming week.  Who knows, maybe it'll be another six months before we actually move.

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