Relocube arrival!!

Great news! Our relocube is in the Honolulu port! We are having it delivered on Tues afternoon. Today was Brian's last day of work for 6 weeks. It hasn't sunk in yet. Here is the update on the payment saga for those following.

He got the check today for everything minus the time we spent over the 4th of July. Of course, Dr. D made $230 on that time, we made nothing. First Dr. D "forgot the checkbook", then he got it at lunch, then he "forgot how much he had to write it for", then Brian told him the salary and said that we needed to figure out the on call time. Then when Brian turned his back, Dr. D wrote the check for the amount without the on call money. Then, of course, he only brought one check so he couldn't fix the problem (despite the fact that his bank is in the same building as him).

In the grand scheme of it all, the $230 is not that big of a deal, just another disappointment in this pathetic business owner. So Brian went to cash the check at Dr. D's bank. They would only give him some cash and most of it in a Cashier's check. Then we drove to Brian's bank to deposit the cashier's check. We told the whole saga to the teller and she advised us to wait for the cashier's check to show up in the account before he quits. Now, by coincidence, the bank is updating their computer system and the money may be delayed. Hopefully, the money will be there tomorrow, but we may have to wait until next week. This just gives Dr. D more time in case he gets wind of the situation and cancels the check.

My car was picked up last night. I hope it arrives in one piece. Brian's car is on the boat and due to arrive soon. I will keep updating this week until Sat/Sun when we lose out internet service here.

Sar

Tooth update

I was wrong about my teeth being okay. Turns out, I wasn't paying attention to the right area. I actually chipped my central and lateral incisor (top front teeth). It was very, very minor. But, being a dentist and dating a dentist...I got some primo care. Brian just adjusted the shape of my teeth (very minor). He's been wanting to do it for years, so now that I had a chip we had a reason to do it. They look great! We then put a sealer on it so they aren't sensitive. Plus, the funny part is that now I can't bite my nails because of the way my teeth fit together. Well, I guess I could if I tried, but its harder now. So I'm getting great teeth and nails!!!

Of course, no one else would notice the difference.

We've continued packing today and cleaning out our fridge. We still have a lot of food from the party. We cleaned and vacuumed my car. Its getting picked up today. We are getting a rental car until Sun. We are borrowing some luggage from the Wiedemer's since Brian only has one suitcase. Tomorrow I am finishing out my sal0n gift card that I got for xmas and having a manicure/pedicure. Afterwards, Brian and I are having a nice dinner at a the Bonefish grill (I received a gift card from the Michigan dental assoc at graduation). And on Sat....Lisa got me a gift card for a spray tan so that I would blend in with the locals. I'm so excited to get my fake tan. She told me that they do body contouring with it. Hopefully, I can get some extra ab muscles!

I'll keep everyone updated. We have internet until Sat. Then, on Oahu, we are set to have our internet set up on Thurs (we are trying to get it moved up to tues/weds). Kapolei is calling for rain on Tues/Thurs next week. Maybe it will be a bit cooler for emptying the pod.

Hope all is well!

sar

Great Party!

Part One: Brian's lung tests went well. They just found residual infection and we have some new prescriptions. What a relief that there isn't anything for us to really worry about! He was feeling not so great on Fri night after the medications wore off. But on Sat, he was fine.

Part Two: Our outdoor party went well. Thank you to all who could come. We have tons of food left over. This is nice, because we were determined not to buy more groceries before we left next week and I was really stumped as to how to use canned potatoes, cranberry sauce, creamed corn and coconut milk in a recipe.

All the sudden, Brian and I realized it was 3:30 am and we picked up and went to bed. Of course, after bringing in the furniture, Brian went to close the sliding glass door as I went to move the "locking board" and I got hit in the mandible with the door. My teeth hit together pretty hard, and Brian was worried that I had fractured my lower canine. But, my teeth don't hurt today so I'm out of the woods. This is good, since poor Brian would have never lived it down if I had a damaged tooth!

Yesterday, we recovered from the party and proceeded to panic about the move. Just lots to take care of this week! But I'm trying to sneek in a visit to the Degas exhibit in town and we want to go to the IMAX batman movie too.

Relocube send off

Well- we made it through the packing of the relocube! It is sitting in the driveway ready for pick up. I will post some pictures of it. It is 6ft x 7ft and 8ft tall.

Mom and I were packing masters for 3 days. We packed and packed. We had boxes, tape, bubble wrap, shrink wrap, utility blankets, and lots of bedding and clothes for padding. We went through 6 rolls of tape, at least 30 boxes, and about 800 square feet of bubble wrap!

In addition to the boxes, we fit in a chaise lounge, treadmill, two small end tables, Brian's bike, a 50 inch tv, a two seater outdoor table and chairs, a 6ft x 4 ft mirror, and a ikea chair with footstool and a kind of tall, narrow drawer tower...amongst other items. It was amazing!

We finished filled the entire thing in less than 2 hours. Then we have spent every minute since then finding more tiny things to cram in there. We must have 10 "last item in the cube" pictures!

They better pick it up soon, before we find something else! I am on my way to DeKalb today for my farewell tour.

The cube should arrive a couple days before we arrive in Honolulu.

Jeep Gone

Yesterday, Brian's Jeep was picked up and is on its way to LA to be boarded on a boat for Honolulu. It was very exciting. The truck was driven by a couple who have been doing this for 31 years. That's right, riding in a truck together 6 days a week for 31 years. That is one great marriage! Their truck was a 2001 and it had 1, 144,000 miles on it. Can you imagine that many miles?! It was pretty cool.

The house here is in shambles! We have boxes and packing tape everywhere and no pictures on the walls. We have stacks of stuff for the relocube, storage and I don't know what everywhere.

We are starting to get really excited about the trip. I keep looking at more and more pictures of Ko Olina and it looks really fun.

Brian had a man weekend in Higgins lake this past weekend and I rented a ton of girl movies and had a facial and read my book. I also visited Karen and Jim in ann arbor.

Brian took my car to work this morning and my mom should be arriving this afternoon. But, essentially, I don't have a car for awhile since Brian needs it to get to work.

I'll post some pictures of the truck that took Brian's jeep soon.

Not much going on

I don't have a lot to post about, but I wanted to post anyway. Brian and I are just organizing things to start packing. We're putting things in different rooms based on if they are going or storing.

Brian's still coughing. He's not getting better so we scheduled his CT and bronchoscope for the 25th. He's not looking forward to that. But we are both tired of the 8 week cough and the wheezing. The medication he's taking now is making him jittery, so that's great...

Annie may be having her baby tonight or tomorrow, I am very excited.

Other than that, we are going to watch a movie and try to get some rest.

Tomorrow, more packing....

Forgot to add

Go to

www.kapolei.com

and click on the watch video link at the top to see a video about the creation of the city we are moving to.

Its about 5-10 min long, you may have to turn the sound up.

Movin on West!

To the tune of the "Jeffersons"...

We're movin on out, to the west side, to a delux townhouse, near the beach! we're movin on up. To the west side. We finally got a piece of the pie!

Sorry for the delay. We have our flights, our relocube booked and hopefully our townhouse secured (haven't hear back since we sent the check). Our flights are on Aug 4th.

We are excited between the times that we are anxious. We hope it all works out. But as of right now, I have no job and Brian is working Sat's. I have an ad coming out in the Hawaii dental journal next month and hopefully I will get some hits from it.

I have been having a hard time being excited because I will have such a hard time saying goodbye. I hate goodbye's, I'm always a mess. Even if its just for a couple weeks, I'm tearing up. So if anyone has any tips for me to make it easier, I am ready for suggestions.

As of now, I am still waiting on the arrival of my new cousin. Andrea was due on the 4th, but no baby girl yet. We are all waiting, not so patiently for her arrival.

My dream is to scrap together enough money to get a video camera so I can make DVDs of some of our adventures to send to friends/family or post on this blog. Basically, its going to be a recruiting tool to encourage visitors.

We had a great 4th of July, complete with fireworks, a pig roast, and some boating. Half of the time we were at Gull Lake with Brian's parents and Aunt Judy. Judy beat us at scrabble again. Man, she's good! But so fun to play with! And we should welcome her to my blog since I gave her the address. Part 2 of the weekend was a pig roast at our friends' house in greenville on their lake. We saw fireworks at both and had plenty of great food and company.

Thanks for everyone's support!