February 21, 2013
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ACK! 5 WEEKS!
Holy crap, I just looked at the calendar and realized that we have LESS than 5 weeks left here in the Netherlands! Jamie closes on the house on the 28th (1 week!) and I am making list upon list of things that need finished up here, done there, and bought. Meanwhile, during all this craziness, my stomach acid has decided to come back with a vengence, and I am considering an IV drip of 100% Nexium to calm my soon to be ulcer ridden stomach. Ugh, I hate acid reflux…and it gets really bad when I’m super stressed out (which is now, in case you were wondering).
On the car…still no decision being made, but I think we’ll go with a Hyundai of some sort. I appreciate all your feedback on the cars…what would I do without all you lovelies!? I’m torn between the Hyundai Elantra GT and the Hyundai Tucson…two very different cars, but I like them both. I’m basically telling Jamie to just buy whatever and I’ll deal with it…better than having to make the decision myself.
Meanwhile, we’re still working on the actual booking of our flights back home. I always knew that one-way tickets were more expensive, but good lord…5 times more expensive?! We’re looking at $4k a flight, per person, just to get home. That isn’t business or anything, that’s straight up economy! Ridiculous!! Everyone says to just book a return flight, but I’ve read that you can be charged the fare difference if the airline finds out you didn’t use the return trip. Or, if you have frequent flier miles with them, they can dock your miles. Since our company is paying for these tickets (thank goodness), we’re not going to bother testing the theory, and are just going to charge it on our card and get reimbursed. Oh well…at least we are putting it on our United card and get miles out of it!
Had my last orthopedic appointment yesterday. Luckily, it appears that the meniscus tear has healed on it’s own (thank God), and I no longer need surgery. YES! I celebrated by going to the gym today (ok, I’ve been going 5 days a week for the past few weeks, but whatever), and now my knee is killing me. Oy…Aleve is my bff, and my liver can be damned.
I think that’s it for now! I’ll do my best to update on the move. I also nearly finished the baby blanket for my friend’s baby (who is now 4 months old…whoops!). Need to do a border, then it’s finished!!! Just in time for Sunday’s get together with all the expat ladies…my last one! *TEARS* I’ll post photos once I’m totally finished with it…in a day or so!
Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!
XOXOXO,
K.
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airlines charging more for a one way ticket…….see that is something that has always pissed me off. you are costing the compnay LESS so why the fuck is it more? ugh
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