The Countdown Begins!

27 days until we leave for the Big Island of Hawaii!

Well, we are also leaving for the BI in 5 days to secure a rental. We're going over for 3 nights and 2 full days, to look at some property and to check out a vacation rental I found, that is somewhat close to where I'll be working. The home is furnished, allows pets, and also is accomodating on a month to month rental. The amazing thing is, the house is owned by someone that teaches at the same school where I'll be working! I think the stars are aligned! :) We're going to stay at the Hilo Hawaiian for two nights, and then at the vacation rental for one night to see how we like it.

With travel time, that takes 4 days out of our packing time. We're going to take the bare minimum, especially if we'll be in a furnished home for awhile. A lot of our belongings we'll leave here in storage and ship later when we have a permanent place to live. I think we may leave our home here mostly furnished and try to rent it out as a vacation rental or, if it comes down to it, a longer rental. We have a friend in Arizona that may be interested in renting it. It's been on the market two weeks now with no interest at all so far. I'm pretty surprised by that. Although an offer or a buyer could come at any moment. I'm not going to stress about it. Okay, well maybe I am, just a little. :)

I just found out that I have to be in Honolulu for orientation on the morning of July 21st for three days. That doesn't give me much time to acclimate. I was hoping the orientation would be local. I'm looking forward to meeting my team and everyone else I'll be working with though. It should be fun!

I still have to finish packing up my classroom today and squeeze in two doctor's appointments. I'm trying to get all my medical, dental, hair etc appointments done before I leave, as I know it will take some time to find replacements for all those professionals.

I'm feeling a little anxious about coordinating everything - the dogs, the cars, the house here AND there, packing and storing. I know it will all fall into place though and I'll FINALLY be warm! (It's about 58 degrees here today for a high!!! It's the middle of June people!!!)

Aloha!