We had a pretty uneventful weekend (which is in most cases good). After some review of the documentation we got from the Transportation office, it appears that while we're authorized a consumables shipment, we might not actually be authorized to ship "food", just other consumable items (laundry detergent, toiletries, etc). I haven't actually bought too many food items yet, so I guess this is a good thing, but I'm waiting to hear back from the CLO to get some sort of official confirmation of this as it's a bit strange.
On that note, I finally got around to shooting out a note to the CLO to let them know (officially) that we're inbound. Up to this point, we've done all of our communication with the embassy through the family we know that's there. I guess you could say I'm cutting the cord. With a few months to go, it's time to make direct contact and start the ball rolling on housing, school, etc.
We looked at dates for scheduling our pack out and realized that we just don't realistically feel like packing everything between Christmas and New Years will happen, so we're considering pushing in to the first week of January (and paying January rent) so we can have a bit more time to sort, organize, pack, and clean. While the cost definitely factors in, having a real Christmas with the kids is important as well, especially with all the other changes coming soon. So we'll open presents and then immediately put all of them into boxes on Monday with the movers. Ideal? No. Liveable? Yes.
Last, but not least, we had our second round of rabies vaccinations today. Keeping an eye on K to see if she has a reaction to this one. The peds clinic has called a few times this week to check up on her after the last one, and we're all kind of hoping it was a one time thing.
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