Unaccompanied Baggage

Our UAB pile keeps growing and growing!  I want to make sure we have everything we need when we get into our new house in Korea!  I have checked and double checked lists online.  I even got out our scale and started to check the weight of everything to make sure we are OK on the weight.  We are given 1700lbs!  When UAB packers got here, they only had one crate.  We were a little upset, because we told them we are allowed 1700lbs.  They said no one ever uses up what they are allowed.  Then we asked if anyone had a family of 6 that they packed up.  That was when they admitted that not usually!  The main worry was that I saw online that as long as a crib can be broken apart, it can go in UAB, so I had it by the door!  But they said furniture can't go.  Luckily, they called the manager and got permission to pack the crib.  That means Zac will have a crib when it comes!  That will be nice for him.  The poor guy will have been in a tiny pack and play for so long!  All our bikes were packed up and wrapped in brown paper.  Since I had everything in totes, all my spices and meds were packed without a problem.  We included our computer and printer in UAB also.  It took them forever to pack the crate.  I am honestly nervous about what will be broken, because they were throwing things around and smashing and pushing objects in.

All our items ready to be put in the crates

In the end, five items did not fit on the crate.  They just put those 5 items in the side of their truck and said it will be packed later.  I hope so!!  It included the crib mattress and Emily's bike and a few other items.  Fingers crossed!

Our 5 items that didn't fit in the crate

Sorting, Stacking, Packing, and Painkillers

The time has come for us (I say "us", but really it's just me) to sort through our belongings and make the overseas purge.  Genocide, if the items were alive, if you think about all the things that have been sold, given to good will, or chucked in the trash.  The dates for our HHG and UAB has been set and the moving companies have contacted us.  UAB will be packed and shipped out on Friday, May 26th, and HHG will be packed May 31- June 2 and shipped off that last day.

I am now in the constant state of stress and headaches.  I have scoured the internet and picked as many brains as possible to figure out what the heck do I pack in our luggage, what do I put in the 1600 lbs granted for UAB and what do I leave for the big HHG pack up.  There is always the wonder of what do I keep and what do I toss.  Overseas housing is much smaller then here.  We won't have a yard, so all yard equipment will be sold to the highest bidder.  Just think off all the free time that will give Kevin!  No more long Saturdays mowing, weeding and edging!!

Our UAB pile keeps growing and growing.  I recently weighed the items and I only have 448 lbs so far- and that includes the bikes!!  I'm thinking a few rugs should come, and perhaps take some clothes out of the luggage and put it in the UAB pile.

Stress level was on Defcon 5 today as I sat trying to move all the important documents from our iMac to the MacBook.  I tend to eat super bad food while I am stressed and I ate through an entire ice cream carton today and didn't notice until it was all gone!  Don't tell Kevin!  If things keep at this rate, I'll arrive to Korea a good 50 lbs heavier.  It's a good thing I have two weeks left before our stuff gets shipped out. Note to self:  Don't buy candy or ice cream for the next two weeks.  Maybe if it isn't around I won't absentmindedly eat my way through the next few weeks.