Count Down and Check List

The movers are coming on Monday. We still don't have a house in Mexico - the relocation company hasn't closed the deal yet and God knows why! My husband still doesn't have his visa - even tough he's been in Mexico City since mid September and was told it would take between 30 and 45 days for it to be done. He doesn't have a letter allowing him to leave the country either - we don't want to start the visa process all over again because he can not get paid in Mexico until his visa is ready - but someone is working on that. I think. And we still don't have a final answer from the school we chose. Nice, uh?!


But the movers are coming on Monday... We also need the visa so our container is allowed to leave the country.


And now, a week away from moving to a hotel I have lots to do. From both ends: Sao Paulo and Mexico City. This are the things I need to get done:


From Mexico City:

•  Hire a driver to take us around when we first get there - not only traffic is crazy but I don't know the city yet;
• Buy a cell phone;
• Rent a house;
• Sign-up for school;
• Find  pediatrician, a family doctor and a dentist;
• LEARN HOW TO SPEAK BASIC SPANISH!!

From Sao Paulo:

• Sign out at school;
• Sell my car;
• Rent our apartment;
• Cancel the cell phone, phone, cable and internet services;
• ask for all the mail to be forwarded to my husband's work;
• Change the carpet in the apartment
• Find a handyman to do some touch-up in the apartment after the move is done;
• Get the medical records from the pediatrician;
• Separate all the passports and important documents;
• Get all the records for the cats so they can travel;
• Go to the vet to get the documents ready for the cats to travel 3 days prior to our departure;
• Fire the housekeeper;
• Confirm the reservations for plane tickets and the temporary housing;
• Pack the suitcases - clothes and toys;
• SAY GOODBYE TO GREAT FRIENDS!! Again!!

As you can see there is a lot to be done... I've being running around like a chicken with its head chopped off. I must have forgotten to put some items on the list, so feel free to add up. The level of stress is unbelievable. But I do need to look at the bigger picture.