Hello again! Just checking in to give an update on life and things.
During my last post I was so frustrated with military stuff that I completely forgot to mention about Andrea's shower! One of my best friends is getting married on October 17th. So her sister, Ashley, and I, gave her a lingerie shower last Saturday. It was mostly all of our girlfriends plus their mom and mine, wine, and food, how could it not be fun??? Andrea had to guess who each gift was from, based on our style of lingerie/pajamas we chose to give her! She did a much better job than I expected! She got all kinds of pretty stuff and needless to say, Blake, (her fiance) was real excited about this shower!! :) We had the shower on Saturday night, so it was more of a party and we ended the night with trip to the Hollywood Disco...also affectionately referred to as the "Dirty Disco"!! It is a bar in Nashville with a light up dance floor and mirrors all over the walls...need I say more? While we might not have fully fit in...we had SUCH a fun night, dancing like we owned the place!!!
On another happy note my grandma had plans to visit us for a week (starting next Saturday) to finish off her 3 week trip up to St. Louis and Branson, MO visiting family and friends. My cousin Megan, who is living in Philadelphia right now, promised to come visit before I left for Italy, so she decided to fly in while Mama (our grandma) was here so she could see her too. Well once Aunt Joyce (in St. Louis) found out that Mama AND Megan were going to be in Nashville with us...she decided she should come down as well!!! And once Aunt Janet (in Florida) found out that now Aunt Joyce was going too...she had better book a flight to Nashville for the weekend! So now both of my mom's sisters, my grandma, and my cousin will ALL be in town over the weekend for a few days!! My mom says "No one wants to be left out of a family gathering because they're the one who gets talked about!!" No, actually, the real reason is no one in the family ever likes to miss a party!! We're dusting off the tables and getting our dancing shoes ready!!!
So while everyone is real excited about our little reunion coming up...what they might not realize yet is we're kinda short on beds!! (Ooops!) I have confirmed that movers are coming on Monday (yes, while the whole family is here-there's military impeccable timing for you!!) to pick up all my stuff to be shipped to Italy. That includes the double bed that is usually in the front bedroom! I'm sure we'll manage...
Anyway...right now I am a little overwhelmed with the organizing process that goes along with the packing. I am currently trying to separate things that are staying here, things being sent in unaccompanied baggage, things being sent with household goods, and things going in my suitcase on the plane.
PLAIN ENGLISH:
Household Goods- this will take approximately 3 months to arrive in Italy. This will include our furniture, dishes, lots of clothes, etc.
Unaccompanied Baggage- this should arrive within a few weeks in Italy (I don't really know how long...but quicker than our household goods) I am only allowed 350 pounds of this. It will include mostly clothes, probably some pots and pans, and other various necessities.
Obviously what is left then goes with me on the plane in my suitcase! So I am pretty much going to be living out of what is left to go in the suitcase for about a month until we actually leave in October because everything else will be picked up on Monday!
Since we won't get our furniture or most of our stuff for a few months, I am concerned with packing essential things like sheets, a blanket, some pots and pans and things like that in our unaccompanied baggage. But Taylor and I really don't see eye to eye on these things. I just asked him tonight on Skype...
Katie: What are we going to sleep on?
Taylor: We'll figure that out
Taylor: Stop trying to plan everything down to the detail
Taylor: It'll all be good
And THAT my friends, is why he is in the military and I am NOT! I mean, among various other reasons, obviously! I feel the need to plan all of these things out so we're not buying extra stuff once we get there and make it much more detailed and precise and plan for all circumstances. When really...it's impossible to plan for something that you know NOTHING about! I need to accept that, but my personality makes it VERY hard for me to accept that. This is my struggle!
Phew...in other life organizational news...
1) My Visa came in today! I am now legally allowed to live in Italy for 365 days. I have to renew it each year.
2) My car title came back yesterday. My car is now in my new name and without my dad as a co-signer. That was needed in order to ship it overseas.
3) Our flights are booked. We are now leaving on the 18th (the day after Andrea's wedding...that's gonna be a FUN flight!) Taylor is leaving out of Knoxville and I am leaving out of Nashville. We are meeting in Baltimore for our flight over to Italy.
That is about it for now...although I do have to mention that there is another important event going on October 17th along with Andrea's wedding. My roomie and one of my best friends from camp is ALSO getting married the same day! Miss Clarissa Jane and Jason are getting married at camp in Missouri. I have mentioned it in a previous camp post...but my crazy friends (both Andrea and Clarissa...who have never met each other) got engaged on the same day a year ago and picked the same day for their wedding!!! I told them both they had ALL year to have their wedding and they planned it on the SAME day, and a day that I almost missed for Italy! We had to change our dates around a bit!!! But I am very happy for both of them and only wish I could be in two places at once.
Anyway...goodnight for now. Oh, and GO BIG ORANGE! I was very proud of the Vols this weekend...they put up a good fight against Florida's "number 1 ranked team" who, as Urban Meyer announced, was "sick" with swine flu...riiiiiiight.
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