The flight is booked, the hostel is arranged, and in a month I will be on my way. Since I put off scheduling my Foreign Service oral assessment until I knew the house sale was going through, I could not get a slot in DC until next spring. I picked March 8th to give me plenty of time to travel before I came back to the states. Even if I pass, I will go back on the road until I get called up to serve.
Oh boy, now all the little details have taken on a much more urgent nature.
My to do list in random order:
Get business cards
Get travel insurance
Sell almost everything I still own
Store what is left at my Mom's
Pay off bills after house closes
Terminate vehicle insurance
Change of address on credit cards/bank/mail
Give bank and credit card companies general interary (so they don't put holds on my account because of unusual usage)
Take more pictures of my house before I leave it for good :(
Terminate all services--garbage, utilities, TV, cell phone, etc...
Service scooter for long-term storage
Give copies of vital documents to family
Get Travelers checks
Well that's all I can think of right now; I am sure a bunch more will pop up.
Finally! It is happening. Without a doubt, this has been the longest year of my life.
