To Do List

We have been working on a few things that need to get sorted for our overseas move. Yesterday we went over to Nick's mum's place and got our boxes ready to ship. It didn't take as long as we thought it would and it's exciting to have that done. We almost sealed a box with all of our passports inside. Now we just need to, you know, ship it. Quotes to get, shipping to sort.

There are also some immigration/citizenship things we need to take care of. Nick's permanent residency needs to be renewed. It is like 5 years expired though, so I'm not sure how easy that will be. Nate's US passport is expired, and Maya and Eli aren't yet American citizens. Forms to pick up, fill out and return.

And then there's the motorhome. It has been in the shop for a week now. We knew it would take a little while, because they had to send their quote through to the insurance company, get an approval, and then do the work. Here's where things start to get complicated. Nick rang today and they have only just sent their quote through to the insurance company. Annoying. We can't sell it until we have it, and selling it is our major concern at the moment. It looks like we're still a long way off having it back.

The registration runs out on Monday. Nick learned, through hours on the phone today, that it isn't even in our name, so we're going to have a hard time renewing the registration. Plus there is a lot of extra crap to do because it is registered in Victoria and we need it to be NSW. There is an engineer's report to get, a weigh station to visit, a blue slip which I had never even heard of, and we're still figuring out why it isn't ours. Kind of scary to spend many many thousands of dollars on something that you find out months later doesn't really belong to you.

We still have three kids though, so doing anything takes a bit more time than it would if we could completely dedicate ourselves to the task. I'm glad for the excuse to stay sane with our regular routines - Monday at the park with our friends; Friday, storytime at the library and a sushi lunch; in between, opportunities for enriching conversations and catch-ups with dear friends.

Oh but there's a lot to be done.