16 days left....

Things I Don't Know

1.  Whether the movers will actually come next week since we don't have actual travel orders and they cannot pack out our stuff without these orders.
2.  The name of the human resources person/travel coordinator in charge of getting these super important travel orders together.
3.  What amount of per diem is authorized for our drive to DC.  How many miles we are supposed to go each day, what we are authorized to spend on a hotel, meals, etc.  It is pretty hard to plan out a route and book hotels without this information.  Yet nobody seems to know this or be able to point us in the right direction.  Maybe our mystical travel coordinator knows this?
4.  How long we will actually be in the DC area.
5.  What exactly I'm supposed to be putting in the various piles I'm supposed to be constructing out of our household effects.
6. How long our family of 5 will have to live in a 2-bedroom corporate apartment before getting transferred to a 3 bedroom (please, please, please). 
7.  What day we are actually leaving on since that really depends on the per diem situation.
8. My actual address and new phone number at this corporate apartment.

There is far, far more but I'm sorting things into immediate vs. long-term concerns.  You know, long-term being things like where we are actually going after our stint in DC.  It is way fun explaining to my daughter that her toys are going with us, but she won't see them until we reach our permanent home after our temporary home. The permanent house in an as-yet unknown country.

Ultimately, this is the life though. I think we all know this going in so I'm really not whining.  As chaotic as it is, it is an adventure for all of us right now.  Everyone is doing their best to take it all in stride.  I think waiting on the bid list will be like Christmas. I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep the night before Flag Day!