37 days - yikes

Well...

Gotta make Wed 11/12 my last day at the office I guess

Cars are for sale

Almost all the music gear is being cared for

Gotta give some more away/get it held

Got a buncha boxes going to storage at Christine's WAY out in PA

Still trying to sell furniture

It's gonna be a major bitch getting it all to my sister who is now going to LIBERIA

UGH. I guess my problems are all minor compared to that one. Yeesh.

37 days to go tick...tock...ticktockticktickticktick

T minus 63 days

OK!

Today we refinanced XXK of student debt at 12% with a secured loan at 2%!
So the monthly payment is still $XXX(!) but now it's for 5 years instead of 20.
Total cost to borrow the $$ is $XXXX instead of like $XX,XXX. Woohoo!
So that was big doins!

I set up auto debit from checking so the loan pays itself off.
Best part? As it pays off I have access to the security.
Yes, I had to put up $XXK in cash but SO WORTH IT!

Anyway THAT problem is solved.
Everything else is still in motion so tick tick tick

BOOM!

78 days and counting

78 days to liftoff

Kid # 2 finally done with college.
Got $XXK to refi (not counting the $XXK he owes the feds)
Total cost of College about XXXK over 4 years. Ouch.

Deep breaths...

Looks like the plan to have everyone together for Thanksgiving/graduation is a fail.
Girl child has no days off until Dec. Looks like Xmas in Mexico.

I'm looking forward to being able to plan more than 2 days in advance.
Flights are a lot cheaper that way, Shijus.

New New New Itinereary?

As you can see we are having some trouble making up our minds.
Some of these are booked already, others are more fluid.

Dec: Mexico (Sayulita, & San Miguel de Allende side trips to Guadalajara & Guanajuato,)
Jan (1st half): Fiji,
Jan (2nd half) New Zealand (Auckland, Taupo, Wellington, & Nelson)
Feb: Australia (Sydney) & Bali + Gilis & other?
Mar: Thailand (Chiang Mai, Bankok, Koh Lanta)
April: 1st half: Japan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Mt Fuji, Tokyo)
April 2nd half: Jakarta & Singapore
May-June: Turkey (Istanbul & Bodrum) & Greece (Rhodes, Santorini, Athens, etc)

Proposition #1
July: Scandanavia (Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Stockholm & Copenhagen)
Aug: UK (Edinburgh Scotland & Cork Ireland)
Sept: Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (The Rhine bet Koblenz & Frankfurt)
Oct: Portugal (Lisbon & The Algarve)
Nov: Ecuador (Quito & Cuenca)
Dec: Mexico again? Possible visits to Philly, DC, Virgina & Austin TX
To follow: Africa? Namibia, South Africa & Tanzania? Or Italy?

Proposition #2
July: UK (Edinburgh Scotland & Cork Ireland)
Aug: Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (The Rhine bet Koblenz & Frankfurt)
Sept: Portugal (Lisbon & The Algarve)
Oct: Ecuador (Quito & Cuenca, Manta & Guayaqil)
Nov: Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Dec: Mexico again? Possible visits to Philly, DC, Virgina & Austin TX
To follow: Africa? Namibia, South Africa & Tanzania? Or Italy?

yikes

Holy s#!t, 100 days.
CDs and DVDs ripped and sold
Many tools and boating items given away
Books pared down and donated to the library
Takers found for furniture and our few boxes

HOLY COW HOLY COW HOLY COW!

114 days and counting

So.
Nov 15th.
I hope we can.
Depart NJ with a Uhaul truck and drive to Philly to drop off stuff for Alexa.
Then on to DC to drop the rest of the stuff with Rose.
Possibly fly on to Asheville NC to visit Emily?
Or just on to Savannah?
Graduation on the 22nd
And hit the road?
114 days.
Still have a ton of shit to get rid of

Happy July 2nd! 148 days to liftoff & Counting!

Well we are spending this weekend dancing and watching fireworks in NYC, hurricane whoever be damned. Got a wedding Saturday so hopefully that won't be a factor. Another wedding in Boston next week is making this a short month work wise and in general.

Big news on the trip (I think?) is I am pushing it forward. Our son finishes SCAD in Sept (I hope) but fall graduation isn't until Nov 22nd. So hopefully we can have both kids in Savannah for graduation & combination Thanksgiving/Christmas and leave from there! 148 days and counting!

That means getting everything out of our place and getting the landlord to rent it out starting Dec 1st so we don't blow the last month's rent on an empty apartment. Hopefully that will work.

Updated Itinerary:
Dec: Mexico (Guantajuato, Valladolid & San Miguel de Allende)
Jan (1st half): New Zealand (Auckland, Taupo, Wellington, & Nelson)
Jan (2nd half) Australian (Sydney, Canberra & The Gold Coast/Barrier Reef)
Feb-April: Indonesia (Bali & Jakarta) Philipines & Thailand (Chiang Mai, Bankok, Koh Lanta)
April: Japan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Mt Fuji, Tokyo)
May-June: Turkey (Istanbul & Bodrum) & Greece (Rhodes, Santorini, Athens, etc)
July: Scandanavia (Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Stockholm & Copenhagen)
Aug: UK (Edinburgh Scotland & Cork Ireland)
Sept: Netherlands (Amsterdam) and Germany (The Rhine bet Koblenz & Frankfurt)
Oct: Portugal (Lisbon & The Algarve)
Nov: Ecuador (Quito & Cuenca)
Dec: Africa? Namibia, South Africa & Tanzania? Or Italy?
Or maybe back the the US for Thanksgiving/Xmas?