You would think that after my first emmigrating experience it would be much easier to pack...It is so difficult to pack up a house, trying to work out what to bring and what not to bring! I think it would be much easier if we knew what our place was going to look like. When we went out in February they gave us a tour of one of the many buildings we might be in but thats it! Luckily I do know that wherever we will be there will be LOADS of space, unlike here in the UK. So this weekend was packing/cleaning weekend. The plan is to move out of our flat this coming weekend and into hubby's parents house for the last month we are here. Saves us money and gives us more time to organize and pack.
This past weekend I started the sorting process: one pile for keeping/bringing with, one pile for giving away/selling, one for throwing away, one for his parents to keep. It's been hard to wrap my head around. For the most part its been easy to decide what we are bringing and not, but there are things that are difficult to know. I have to keep reminding myself that we have a good shipping allowance!! Thankfully!
The other big decision we made was a sad one. We decided to leave our cat here. We did ask the company to put us in a pet-friendly apartment but after a lot of thinking we decided it was not fair for the cat. He loves going outside and it would be cruel to keep him locked up in a high-rise apartment. We are going to re-think it once we are in a villa hopefully in a few years (if all goes well!)
Wish us good luck! Moving day is April 29!
It is super hard moving from place to place not knowing what your next home is going to look like. You should see how many couches we've gone through finding the right ones for the right place we're in LOL plus we have stuff stored upstairs that I'm sure I could get rid of since I haven't seen since we moved to Italy three years ago!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with everything :) I'm sorry you have to leave your kitty behind...I couldn't bear leaving my rat dogs behind...