[Lara Croft]

Well. I am due to start work in Wellington on the 22nd January. As yet we don't have:

- visas (hopefully due in the next few days, if their 2-week estimate is accurate)
- a flight booked for me...
- anywhere to live when we get there...
- a school for little'un...
- any idea if our house sale will actually go through in time...
- a date for the removal people to collect our furniture - hopefully before we leave...

<< slightly hyper-ventilating >>

Hubby and son are booked to go by ship, leaving Southampton on the 6th Jan. My cats are booked on a flight on the 10th Jan - I need to leave at least 2 days before them.

We started a little packing up at home a couple of weeks ago, but didn't really progress from there - it doesn't look like a house that will be emptied in around 4 weeks! In addition we are also selling my late M-i-L's house, have no buyer for that yet, and have not started to pack up the stuff that we want to take with us from there.

Add Christmas into the mix, and son's birthday (including party, going out with friends etc). And I haven't even started thinking about bank accounts / transferring funds / pensions / official notifications of leaving here etc... Hubby and I are both working until 21st December, so we only have 2 weekends left before Christmas...

<< deep breaths >>

OK. It doesn't look that bad when it's all written down.

I have this fear that I will arrive in sunny Wellington either bald or prematurely grey!!!

Jane

[Rusty]

Hello, we are not hat far yet, but reading threads it does seem a common feeling. Hope it all goes well.
BY the way bald or grey is better than me - I'm grey and prematurly bald(ing), and I and not as near to NZ as you yet.

[Georgebulldog]

Hi Jane
In the same boat here although we booked flights because I was gettig a bit scared & our house has sold but apart from that in a statde of panic thinking it will never come together, trying not t think abut it.If only people would say goodbye too, keep thinking this is the last get together & then they say "Ph we'll see you again before you go" so now no time to ourselves to sort anything out ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It WILL all come together it HAS to

[Alison&Stephen]

Hi Jane, keep smiling, it will all fall into place.

We fly out on 24th December and are packing like crazy (it's amazing how much stuff you think you don't have!!) as our container arrives on the 12th. Can't wait to spend a week sleeping on the floor and living off soup and beans on toast before we depart :roll . Thankfully all pets travel on same flight as us.

Our house hasn't sold which is a big worry.

I don't have a job out there yet.

No school/college sorted for 15year old yet.

Nowhere to live over there yet.

I have no bank account yet but hubby has one which he has to activate on arrival.

Pensions......................life insurance..................it goes on.

Cancelled my car insurance today as car now gone :no feel sad as it was my first car.

Christmas is cancelled.

I wish you well, Alison x

[shakyle2906]

Well. I am due to start work in Wellington on the 22nd January. As yet we don't have:

- visas (hopefully due in the next few days, if their 2-week estimate is accurate)
- a flight booked for me...
- anywhere to live when we get there...
- a school for little'un...
- any idea if our house sale will actually go through in time...
- a date for the removal people to collect our furniture - hopefully before we leave...

<< slightly hyper-ventilating >>

Hubby and son are booked to go by ship, leaving Southampton on the 6th Jan. My cats are booked on a flight on the 10th Jan - I need to leave at least 2 days before them.

We started a little packing up at home a couple of weeks ago, but didn't really progress from there - it doesn't look like a house that will be emptied in around 4 weeks! In addition we are also selling my late M-i-L's house, have no buyer for that yet, and have not started to pack up the stuff that we want to take with us from there.

Add Christmas into the mix, and son's birthday (including party, going out with friends etc). And I haven't even started thinking about bank accounts / transferring funds / pensions / official notifications of leaving here etc... Hubby and I are both working until 21st December, so we only have 2 weekends left before Christmas...

<< deep breaths >>

OK. It doesn't look that bad when it's all written down.

I have this fear that I will arrive in sunny Wellington either bald or prematurely grey!!!

Jane


Dont worry, it will all come together.

We felt like that too!!!!!

We only had 6wks to sort everything........ thought i was doing well, selling loads of stuff, etc and remember the last day with mess everywhere thinking are we ever going to get straight, as well as having a 5yr old running around and a father in law to hospital visit on daily basis.

I has sleepless nights, an aching body, hubby and son also went down for 2 days with tummy bug, i had to have tooth out in emergency before we flew - but we got there!!

Good luck!!

Sharon

[thezorbster]

It will happen, don't panic!

Make lists of everything that needs to be done and make sure that each day you cross off things from those lists. Break them into manageable chunks such as finance, health, shipping etc etc. As you cross things off you'll begin to feel much better and feel you're achieving something. You'll be here before you know it!:)

[sizzlingbadger]

Take each of those things on your list and deal with them one at a time.

I would look into getting your flight booked asap, Jan/Feb is a really busy time, you could look into getting a fully changeable flight that'll cost you nothing to change if you need to. The other thing is to book a hotel room for the first few days you get there so you don't need to worry about a roof over your head. Not to worry about schools until you get here, most primary schools don't go back until 7th Feb.

Then finally start ringing around removal companies and get the quotes in, give them an estimated date of when you'll be leaving. We only gave them a weeks notice from when we got through our visas to us needing them to pack :D At least they'll be on alert and you in the system for the imminent.

Lastly BREATHE, RELAX, it'll be amazing how fast the time will go and you will get through :nice1

[incredible hulse]

:

Hubby and son are booked to go by ship, leaving Southampton on the 6th Jan.

Jane
Hi Jane - Are they really coming by ship ??? (Never heard of this before so not sure if you're pulling my leg) : )

[IanW99]

Hi Jane - Are they really coming by ship ??? (Never heard of this before so not sure if you're pulling my leg) : )

Tis true :yes


...
Myself and my 8 year old son have managed by some miraculous quirk of fate to get a cabin that has come available on the QE2 of all things (which was all booked up in August). It leaves Southampton on 6th Jan 2008 and after a 46 day half world cruise gets to Auckland 21st Feb 2008...hows that for an astonishing piece of luck and a once in a lifetime oportunity!!
...
Gareth

Ian

[Tech21]

Tis true :yes



Ian

Yep Ian's right:yes...I have by some miracle and possibly divine intervention managed to blag a cabin that came free at the last minute on the QE2, at a very much reduced rate I might add, for me and shortie (I really must stop calling him that...'cause he doesn't like it...and he isn't short any more) to take a once in a lifetime, and a rather historic, trip half way round the world...It's something that I will never ever get the chance to do again....
Jane still keeps insisting on calling it a ferry!:laugh

Cheers

Gareth

[sunnyb]

Hi, I can see why you're feeling anxious, but you're way ahead of us ! OH has job offer to start end Jan, just got ITA through so starting to collect paperwork ..... No offers on house yet .... :exit

Am hoping for divine intervention ! :uhoh

Good luck and hope it all comes together for all of us who are in the same boat (can't believe how jammy your OH is re boat)!!!!

[Sam B]

Hi Jane

I've shown this picture on the forum before, but this is my giant wall chart that I had up in my lounge. I crossed each thing off in red as I did it, and it helped to relieve anxiety enormously!

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t118/brydons_2007/sams_mania.jpg

[peebles16]

Oh I need a chart like that! We fly out on 15th Jan and have so much to do I feel totally overwhelmed so can't even bring myself to write a list! Must get on with it now :D
Karen