Getting Ready

One word: Lists.

We've done our research...what to take with us, what to store, what to have shipped over in two separate shipments, what moving company is coming when, what we need to do before we go, what we need to do when we get there, names and contact information, what we'd like in a new home, pros and cons of German schools vs. American ones, and more! There's even a list of places we'd like to visit during the next 3 years.

As time here grows short, we find ourselves crossing things off the many lists. By this, I know we're making progress. The only way we know we've done it right is from the fallout we'll experience after we get there.

Should we have brought this or that? Should we have left these? Was there something more we could have done to be more or less prepared? Was there an important step we overlooked?

Either way, it's a learning experience. We grow. We experience. We roll with the punches.