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In case you haven’t heard, Sean and I will be leaving Germany :( and moving to South Carolina in September. We have mixed feelings about this. We HATE to leave Europe and the friends we’ve made in the 23rd fighter squadron, but we are looking forward to beautiful S.C. More about this later…
Since Sean is deployed I had the great pleasure of packing out the house all by myself!! It was 7 days of work, work, and more work. If you’re not familiar with a military move, here’s how it works. There are more than 1 type of shipment. First, there is the wine shipment, where they pack up any wine or alcohol you want to ship back. Then there is the “unaccompanied goods” shipment. This is for any clothes, kitchen items, and bedding that you want as soon as you get there. This shipment is flown back to the U.S. The last shipment is your “household goods”. This is the rest of your belongings and is sailed across the ocean. As you can imagine, this shipment takes a while. (I totally sound like an AFN commercial!)
This may not sound like much, but the reason it took 7 days is because no 2 packing companies can come on the same day! So smaller shipments that only take an hour to pack up, like the wine or unaccompanied goods, has to have their own day. This is like waiting for the plumber or repair man. It could be anytime between 8 and 6!! Then our household goods took 3 days to pack. I was so tired of boxes and tape after that!
One day, ANOTHER pickup was scheduled (all of the items that I had borrowed from the base like American refrigerator, washer and dryer, and some furniture) and the house was completely empty. After I had done some cleaning, I rolled out my friend’s yoga mat, threw down a pillow and took a nap! Smart huh?!
So I am happy to report that all of our belongings are now on a boat sailing back to the US. I will be shipping our new car this week :( and then I will be living out of a suitcase until we find a house in South Carolina. Just to give you an idea of how much stuff we packed up, the movers filled 10 crates (about 10 ft tall, 5 ft wide, 5 ft deep). 3 years ago we came over with 6 of these crates. Luckily we are not over our weight allowance, so I can't help thinking "Did we buy enough??"!!
P.S. I would like to thank my AWESOME husband for showing his appreciation. On Friday afternoon I was pleasantly surprised when my coworker walked into our office with a bouquet of roses and a balloon. The card read “Thanks for the hard work!”. He’s a keeper!!!
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In case you haven’t heard, Sean and I will be leaving Germany :( and moving to South Carolina in September. We have mixed feelings about this. We HATE to leave Europe and the friends we’ve made in the 23rd fighter squadron, but we are looking forward to beautiful S.C. More about this later…
Since Sean is deployed I had the great pleasure of packing out the house all by myself!! It was 7 days of work, work, and more work. If you’re not familiar with a military move, here’s how it works. There are more than 1 type of shipment. First, there is the wine shipment, where they pack up any wine or alcohol you want to ship back. Then there is the “unaccompanied goods” shipment. This is for any clothes, kitchen items, and bedding that you want as soon as you get there. This shipment is flown back to the U.S. The last shipment is your “household goods”. This is the rest of your belongings and is sailed across the ocean. As you can imagine, this shipment takes a while. (I totally sound like an AFN commercial!)
This may not sound like much, but the reason it took 7 days is because no 2 packing companies can come on the same day! So smaller shipments that only take an hour to pack up, like the wine or unaccompanied goods, has to have their own day. This is like waiting for the plumber or repair man. It could be anytime between 8 and 6!! Then our household goods took 3 days to pack. I was so tired of boxes and tape after that!
One day, ANOTHER pickup was scheduled (all of the items that I had borrowed from the base like American refrigerator, washer and dryer, and some furniture) and the house was completely empty. After I had done some cleaning, I rolled out my friend’s yoga mat, threw down a pillow and took a nap! Smart huh?!
So I am happy to report that all of our belongings are now on a boat sailing back to the US. I will be shipping our new car this week :( and then I will be living out of a suitcase until we find a house in South Carolina. Just to give you an idea of how much stuff we packed up, the movers filled 10 crates (about 10 ft tall, 5 ft wide, 5 ft deep). 3 years ago we came over with 6 of these crates. Luckily we are not over our weight allowance, so I can't help thinking "Did we buy enough??"!!
P.S. I would like to thank my AWESOME husband for showing his appreciation. On Friday afternoon I was pleasantly surprised when my coworker walked into our office with a bouquet of roses and a balloon. The card read “Thanks for the hard work!”. He’s a keeper!!!
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I know what you mean about it being so much work to get packed out. We are still unpacking here, but we are nearing the end. Kayleigh's birthday party is on Saturday, so the house (at least the bottom floor has to be completely finished.) Are you still going to move to Wiedenhof(sp?) until you move to SC?
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