We managed to knock a few things off the list this past week. Diana and I both have our International Drivers Permits. They were easily obtained at the local AAA office. I have been searching for a solution for what to do with our phones. We will keep our cell phones and maintain our home phone. Comcast (who we get our home phone service through) distributes an app that lets us make and receive VOIP calls through the computer or using a wifi connection.
We got the draft itinerary for the flight. We are flying Etihad Airlines non-stop from Dulles to Abu Dhabi on January 21. It is a little more than 13 hours. We will figure out where we are staying for the first few weeks shortly.
We have contacted a few schools to check on availability. One school has no seats and one has space for all 3 girls. Still deciding if we send the girls to school there or continue to homeschool. If they go to school, they will get to experience more of the culture and have a chance to make friends. If we stick with homeschool, we have more flexibility for travel. To get into the school we need to provide report cards for the past year. I tried to explain to the registrar that the kids are homeschooled, but I'm not getting that point through. So our solution is to create report cards from the "DiClaudio Academy".
The movers are coming in another 10 days so we have to figure out what's going and what is staying. And what to do in the roughly 6 weeks that our things will be in transit. Ugh.
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