Yes We Made It

We made it to the US safe and sound. Sorry I haven't blogged the past almost 2 weeks. Between massive jet lag, a beach vacation, catching up with friends, managing the kids myself and living out of suitcases I haven't found any time to blog.

But, Matt just boarded a plane and will be here tomorrow night. I told him he was my designated hitter and it was his turn with the kids for a few days. So hopefully once he is a bit less jet lagged, I will have time to catch everyone up on what all we have been up to. Maybe even load a few digital camcorders video on here.

I promise I will get to your blogs too. Sorry I have been such a bad blogger and commenter lately.

Trying to Unbury Myself

I know I have been a horrible blogger lately. And I feel really bad that I am so far behind on reading my favorite blogging buddies. I am trying to play catch up from being gone in Japan for a week and all the stuff that suddenly has been thrown my way.

Add on top of my stack of to-do items, Matt booked his ticket today and if his Visa comes back as we have been told, he leaves in **gulp** 21 days. He is booked on a 6 am flight on October 22. I am trying really hard to not think about that right now. The whole reason we are choosing to go at separate times is to help make the transition easier on the kids, and to be honest, me as well. Right now the anticipated departure date for the kids and myself is either January 20 or 27, giving us basically 3 months apart. I actually feel sorry for Matt. At least I will be back here surrounded by friends and family, especially during the holidays, and he will be alone in Japan.

So what do I need to get done before I am back in full-time action in bloggy land?

• Fill out and turn in expense reports to our relocation coordinator. This consists of scanning every receipt, documenting it on the proper expense sheet and then emailing it off. Right now I am anticipating this to take me about 2 - 3 hours.
• Revise a 50+ page document for my Caterpillar client. Oh did I mention by end of day Friday?
• Write at minimum six web site copy blurbs for a local client. Another 10-15 are due by the end of next week.
• Email and call a contact list of 12 people for another Caterpillar document that I just started Monday.
  
• Taking the whole family to get a dozen each passport photos made. No joke about the number we need either.
• Make an appointment for the kids passport authorization session. We have to do this through the post office, which means we are limited to times and days. This HAS to be done in the next week.
• Fill out the kids school application for Japan.
• Send out emails about Matt's going away party.
  
• Clean and organize my house for the Camp Family's visit! They will be here in FOUR days. I am ecstatic. Val has never been here and I cannot wait to show her everything. (Well and do some shopping)
• Go to Sam's Club and purchase all the stock up items before Matt leaves and before our membership expires in 18 days.
• Back up my laptop. I am having an issue with it and terrified that something is going to happen.
  
• Locate and call a rental company to help with our house here in NC.
• Get Matt's international drivers license.
• Figure out what keylogger is. It seems to be the buzz word of the week to learn.
  

I think this is it for this week. I have a whole new list for next one. (No joke.)

I promise I will be back soon. Thanks for being so understanding!