This is a quick and rather bland post to share a few of the new developments in our life. It appears that slowly but surely our plans are coming together.
TJ's Ph.D defense is officially set for Friday, October 10th at2:00 p.m.
PJ and Collin are all up-to-date on their shots. TJ went and got a TB test to express sympathy for their pin cushioned arms. PJ was a bit unwell following the Yellow Fever inoculation, which is normal, but not a good feeling whatsoever.
On Monday, our passports will be sent off to Washington, D.C. for their Ghana visas. Applications are nearly completed ... in quadruplicate as they asked.
And, the big news is, we are officially booked into our temporary accommodations in Ghana! We will be staying at the Airside Hotel. We can stay there for up to a month, but hopefully we will find a house rental quickly. Hotel living is not fun!
We are still working on flight plans and air freight for our stuff with IWMI. We do not have any special requirements to fulfill for taking our pets, other than the paperwork required by the airline. Whew! There is also still no positive word on getting Collin into the US Embassy School, which we may simply have to take care of in person in the weeks following our arrival.
We have many things beginning to fill out our list of things to do over the next few weeks. For example, we need to pick up several pounds of coffee to take, lest we suffer the fate of drinking instant coffee. In time, we will locate a place to buy overpriced coffee beans. You would think that coffee is easy to locate in Africa, right? Not so! It is all shipped to Europe and America. For the most part, Africans enjoy tea and not coffee. And then there is the soap, shampoo, conditioner, bottles of Frank's Buffalo Wing sauce, various medicines to have on hand, Jelly Belly's, rawhide bones for the pooches, and more coffee.
In essence, our lives are becoming crazy hectic!
On Monday, our passports will be sent off to Washington, D.C. for their Ghana visas. Applications are nearly completed ... in quadruplicate as they asked.
And, the big news is, we are officially booked into our temporary accommodations in Ghana! We will be staying at the Airside Hotel. We can stay there for up to a month, but hopefully we will find a house rental quickly. Hotel living is not fun!
We are still working on flight plans and air freight for our stuff with IWMI. We do not have any special requirements to fulfill for taking our pets, other than the paperwork required by the airline. Whew! There is also still no positive word on getting Collin into the US Embassy School, which we may simply have to take care of in person in the weeks following our arrival.
We have many things beginning to fill out our list of things to do over the next few weeks. For example, we need to pick up several pounds of coffee to take, lest we suffer the fate of drinking instant coffee. In time, we will locate a place to buy overpriced coffee beans. You would think that coffee is easy to locate in Africa, right? Not so! It is all shipped to Europe and America. For the most part, Africans enjoy tea and not coffee. And then there is the soap, shampoo, conditioner, bottles of Frank's Buffalo Wing sauce, various medicines to have on hand, Jelly Belly's, rawhide bones for the pooches, and more coffee.In essence, our lives are becoming crazy hectic!
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