-- We decided to shorten the trip (for financial, work, life rythym and visa issues);
-- I've received an 8 1/2-month leave of absence from my job;
-- We're planning on spending about 6 months in Ecuador (Jan. -June) and 2 months (July-Aug.) traveling around the states.
With only three months (12/13--now only one week!!) until the beginning of our adventures, it's time to make some planning lists! (In progress items are in italics, done items in bold.)
Things to Do to Get Our 6 Month Tourist Visas
- Fill out applications
- Get Dr. Certs. of HIV-Free and no Communicible Diseases
- Get Police Certs. of no criminal record
- Buy tickets
- Copy of RT Tickets
- Sort Out Bank Letter Requirement
- Other various photocopying & fees
Health Things to Do
- Figure Out Health Insurance Coverage for the Trip
- Dental Exams (GK, MB, MBK)
- Gin's Mammogram
- Miguel doc visits (primary, eye, other)
- new glasses for Miguel
- eye exams for MB, GK
- MB hearing
- check on vaccinations
- GK meds
- MBK Glasses adjustment
- Order Croakies
House Issues
- Find Subletter/Create agreements
- Talk to Melissa re: collecting rent
- Clear out/organize basement
- Prepare Garden/deal with garden "pests"
- Cull junk
- shelves in closets
- General organizing
- Plumbing Rodding
- check roof
- Bring in electrician for buzzer, front light
- Address any probs in rental units, inc fridge
- Furnace clean and check
- back up all computer files/overall computer maintenance, inc music library
- reseal counter top
Miguel General
- Preschool arrangements for next fall (done all I can for now . . eek)
- 3rd year photo album
- visit with birthfamily
- Rockin b-day party
- day care/pre-school in Ecuador?
- drop gift off to birth family
General
- Sort Out 2009 Income Tax Filing (file for extension?)
- Deal with finances, inc multiple accounts for cash access from mutiple networks
- Figure out what to bring
- Formally launch Gin's freelance business
- Gin's Bike Winter, Break the Gridlock, TYK, etc, etc work
- Michael's Bickerdike Projects
- Brush up on spanish/bike repair
- Figure out Ecuador visitor sched. and our general itinerary
- Proposal for Jim & Marshia regarding the posada & bike business
- Find apartment in Banos
- Sell van
- See friends and family
- Go out dancing
- Sort out electronics/computing needs for while away
- sort out insurance (life, building)
- Resolution of criminal case against drunk driver who killed Michael's dad.
- renew GK license
- write
- add more music to computer
- research new camera
- make a will
- safe deposit box?
- compile list/folder of financial stuff (get local numbers)/alert companies that we will be traveling
- gym membership on hold
- deal with maturing CD's
- gifts! (for folks stateside and in Ecuador)
- meet with Adrian and Melissa re: building management/assemble key documents for them and tenants)
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