My PCS Chronicles
I have been out of town for awhile. My MIL has cancer and I was away helping her. She is doing rather well at this juncture, but I still feel guilty about preparing to move further away from her.We had our transpo appointment. The folks were very nice. We have dates set for the packers/movers and have our partial DITY (I refuse to call it PPM) details set and ready to go. My motto is always to hope for the best, prepare for the worst - so I do have scenarios in the back of mind - what if the moving season is like last year? Many of our friends that PCS'd last year had moving dates set - the movers either didn't show up or moved their dates around and made it very difficult on everyone. We are told that they have planned for a very busy moving season due to BRAC and are prepared. Because we will likely be awhile getting housing they will store our goods nearby our current installation. It will take longer for us to get our things on the other side, but they tell us that this should help with things as a whole. We shall see.
We received our alleged housing assignment. We did not get the type of house nor neighborhood that we had hoped for. I am optimistic though that our housing assignment may end up being better for us on the whole due to location. I also have to be thankful that while we may have to wait a bit for a house, we will likely get a house. I know that this move will likely be the last one we make to an installation where housing will be available sooner rather than later.
They did change our dates around and I had to cancel reservations. I was able to get most things changed without too much hassle. We had planned to stay in temporary lodging on installation at our new location, but when I canceled and tried to rebook, they were full for our new dates. We were lucky to find another hotel nearby that accepts pets and had rooms available. It isn't as nice as the hotel on post, but when you move with pets sometimes you have to take what you can get and be happy about it.
Housing here says that they will get our BAH refund two weeks after we clear. I am not sure that I trust that, but we shall see. We will take our DLA and use it for upfront rent at the next location. We are only getting a portion of DLA upfront. I hate that they changed how to they disburse DLA. I suppose I should just be thankful that we receive it.
As for rental trucks for our partial DITY, we ended up going with Budget. Overall they were cheaper and they gave a military discount. Uhaul was going to be more expensive and no discount.
I continue on my daily quest to purge things from our house. I have boxed up items and written 'Do Not Pack' on them. I have gone through all linens, curtains, etc. Washed them and packed them into large Ziploc bags so that they do not have to be touched, only boxed. I have a lot more to do, but I am on the right track. Now if time will just slow down. :)
posted by LoveMyTanker @ 9:26 AM
2 Comments:
LMT, hope things are still progressing (relatively) smoothly. We're thinking of you!
My husband just deployed and I've quickly adopted the "hope for the best, prepare for the worst" mantra as well. I guess it's just part of the life.
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