It is available February 1st and we take residence on the 13th. When I say we I mean Dave will be able to get in because the kids and I will still be in Iowa living our routine life and continue to clean out the house and organize in preparation for the move when we DO get informed on the next steps. We don’t like this part of the transition!
We do not have additional pictures of the inside because the current tenant was there and didn’t allow it. Once Dave is in he will be taking pictures, measurements and FaceTiming it all with us since we couldn’t even open the fridge or cupboards before!
The 1st hold up in the process was whether we were on a 2 or 3 year assignment. It’s been confirmed that it is a 3 year assignment. (We say that loosely as you all know we are NEVER in anyplace for any exact time!) There would have been a big difference in relocating logistics at 2 years because we wouldn’t have had to take any household items with us. Furnishing our apartment would’ve been part of the deal. There are pros and cons to that of course. To be able to store or sell all of our stuff and get what we need in Germany would be a huge stress reliever for me. Less unpacking is a big bonus! Of course deciding what to store or sell is also a stressful process. So, who knows we take it as it comes!
Currently our house is divided into all sorts categories, the back wall of the storage area is definite stateside storage. The side wall is definite cargo sea shipment. One wall of our bedroom is lined with sales on EBay or Marketplace. Boxes are around for things that go to donate, or bins are in the back of the Sienna that have yet to go! Even the pantry has separate shelves for “stocked up” items to take. Once we get details it will be easier to separate the kitchen into storage and cargo shipment as well. I will have to do that for every room. Oye, anyone want to trade places?!
There is a lot to take into account, closet and storage space for example - we had less in our current house than we did the last one and we will have even less in our apartment. German houses do not have closets, we will have to buy storage units. We have one storage area in the basement of our building and I don’t want to fill it up with all of the crap that we shouldn’t have taken overseas so yes I’m putting a lot of time and energy into all of this!
I know how long it has taken me to clean out stuff from previous moves and there is nothing I want to do less than go through all of this stuff again in a few years when we come back to the states. I’m labeling and writing notes so that when the movers do get here they will either be super annoyed at my OCD organization or super happy!
So, we continue to wait. There is so much involved in moving a family overseas and while we understand that it is still frustrating! We have gotten word that we can start the process to have our house listed here in Iowa - um that is the last step on my to-do list! We’ve said that we are not looking to do that right now as we will wait until we have further info about our move.
We’ve been told we would not likely get a school spot for the kids during this school year in Germany so again, are we in a rush to get there? It’s so hard to say. Dave can’t go back and forth every 2 weeks, everyone misses each other - did I mention how we hate this part of the transition?
For now we will continue to ride the roller coaster of emotions that come with this process. Happy, sad, anxious, stressed, excited, tired, you name it we feel it. I’d love to have answers for all of the questions so many of you have asked! Please subscribe and follow along with the blog as it’s the easiest way for us to get info out there. And who knows, maybe by putting this out in the universe we will hear something?!
In the meantime, here are some lovely pictures Dave took in Weinheim the other day! Lovely minus the gray sky of course- oh ich liebe Deutschland auch bei wenig sonne.
Shopping street in Weinheim.
One of the castles in Weinheim.
Playground
Trails in the forest.
Shopping center right behind our house.
Bis nächstes mal! Tschüss!
It will all work out! Just breathe!❤️
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