Preparations & List Making

So as the big date for our move is drawing closer, we find ourselves incredibly busy trying to get organised. We've had our leaving party already, the VISA's are sorted and now its just a matter of figuring out the final logistics.

The big plan is as follows

The whole move is following a big masterplan consisting of hundreds of 'todo's' laid out in a neat planning tool called Teux Deux. Yes its geeky, but if you're planning to move two people and a dog across the atlantic you have to be.

The pub we had our leaving do in decided that the party was just for me as they couldn't spell Jelte's name!

Jelte is flying to San Francisco in a couple of days on the 14th, and Alfie and I follow on the 21st. That leaves only a couple of days working what he should bring in his luggage, what I should take and what can go in the big move.

Jelte is going a week earlier than me and Alfie so he can arrange the practicalities like getting dog food, a rental car and anything else before picking us up at the airport.

In the meantime, over in the UK,  I'll make sure that Alfie gets his final vet checks, and that the flat gets rented out and making sure that Alfie is used to staying in his crate before the flight.

We have arranged for the movers to come and pack up our flat after Alfie and I have left for the airport as we don't want the dog to get upset by having strangers going through our stuff.

Temporary Flat

We are going to stay in a temporary flat in the SOMA district for the first two months while we're waiting for our furniture and stuff to be shipped over, so we need to make sure we pack the right things in our check in luggage. While we're staying there we will of course start looking for a flat somewhere in the Cow Hollow or Marina District which is where we'd like to live eventually.

That's it for now - the next update is likely to come from across the pond.