Moving is awful, really it is.
I think that I am somewhat of an expert on this, so I can say that with confidence.
Well, I should rephrase that...
Moving locally is inconvenient, messy, time consuming, and can be really stressful...
Well, moving Internationally is nothing less than crazy...
Well, that is if you are crazy enough to move with 4 pets (2 of them birds),
and then adopt a 5th (yes, yes, we are that crazy).
Oh and 3 kids too.
Well, Todd was presented with an opportunity the beginning of the year that he was very excited about. An opportunity to be a VP Group Architect (I think that is his title, sorry Todd if I messed it up.). I was very concerned about getting the birds out, as I am a worrier when it comes to my babies. However, we talked to both sides, got everything in order (or so we thought) and Todd accepted the position. They needed him to start immediately, so that meant we would have to keep a place in HK until the end of June (for Krystin to graduate), and start moving to the East coast the end of February for his March 3rd start date. The day before he was to start in NY, we received word from the HK government that they are banning all creatures with feathers from leaving the country. ?!?!?!?! I didn't know they could do that? We have an import Permit for the US and even a Cities export permit form HK?! Well, they can and they did. They said they would reconsider lifting the ban in May, we have until June 21st to get them out so we were hopeful. Well, and Todd had already committed to starting this new job...
Anyhow, long story short.
The ban is still in effect.
Very Concerned. Very frustrated. and Pretty Stressed to say the least.
So, we have been going back and forth to HK between setting stuff up on the East Coast and seeing the kids... Todd and I are grateful Logan was able to fly out early April after finishing Finals to help 'man' the flat and help his sisters. He is awesome!
Oh, and our pups are safely out here too now btw.
So, we have the family split half in HK and half in the US...
ahahahhahah.
Well, here are some pics from our East Coast journey.
The skies are SO MUCH bigger out here than in HK.
We rented a little house and don't have much furniture, but we do have a red sofa.
and the dogs' have beds.
I am loving not having any furniture. So nice. NO CLUTTER.
I think Lily likes it too.
We did import Honey's favorite monkey and she said, "thank you"...
Todd works in Manhattan and sometimes he brings me to work with him...
View from the journey.
Glad Lily is making proper use of my 'neck' pillow.
Oh, back to the tour.
We park by the train, and one night when we arrived a LARGE truck hit the side of a building or a pole and it fell apart like it was paper. INSANE! The sound was crazy too.
Honey wanted a pic too.
We were exploring New Jersey Shores.
Much like Hong Kong, you can see New York from Jersey across the water.
(In Hong Kong you can see Hong Kong proper from Kowloon.)
We joined a gym (although going regularly with the commute is very tricky).
I love the sign on the door!
The dogs have really enjoyed the fresh air and freedom to go into a yard.
We have a doggy door, and it is amazing!
More random commute pics.
There are squirrels and chipmunks EVERYWHERE. This little one was in the park downtown.
Ok. Well there is a sort of update, while I am feeling like updating. I have been too stressed to acknowledge how crazy the situation is in any sort of outward way...
I prefer to have a happy resolution first!
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