Well... although we don't have orders (or even travel authorizations that allow us to get started with the home sale, etc.), my husband has received a 'report to work at the new job' date. The official starting date will be May 12th, although he has just let me know that he'll actually have to go over a couple of days in the previous week as well...
Just going through the calendar... assuming we got authorization to list our home for sale next week, it is very doubtful that we could possibly be in a position to all go at the same time. The way it works (with my not-so-great memory about how it went last time) is: after receiving authorization, we can list our home with a realtor... if it doesn't sell within 60 days, then the relocation package kicks in and they buy our home at appraised value. Although our home is (in my opinion) very nice, I am not confident that it will sell more quickly than in the 60 days allotted.
So... optimistically speaking, if we list the home April 1st, we have to leave it listed until May 30th, after which we probably would have to wait a few days to have the transaction completed... so if we did find a home to buy in the new place, we couldn't really plan to close on it sooner than about June 6th or so.
So... the packers would need to come to move us out around the 29th of May... we'd be in hotel lodgings until we could close on purchasing a home around the 6th of June (possibly later). If we are really good on scheduling, the delivery of our stuff could occur about the same time... that means the boys and I will be on our own trying to keep the house presentable for about the month before we get to the new place... that is my absolute favorite thing about moving (heh). Under normal conditions, my living room and dining room are always ready for visitors... venture in to the kitchen/den or (horrors) kids' room, and it could be a big surprise...
Yes, this weekend means much work around the place.
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