Here's something nice about being in the military. Turns out they are paying to move us out of housing and into the new house. One of the benefits of retiring from the military is that they will pay to move you out of government housing into "the local economy" and then up to a year after retirement, they will pay to move you anywhere in the country you want to move to. If you are just separating from the military, they will only pay to send you back to your place of entry or an equal distance. The separating service member would be responsible for covering the extra cost of going further than that. So, I just got PSD to get off their collective behinds to get my authorization paperwork drawn up (I began asking for it 2 weeks ago) and it's now submitted to the Personal Property Office for processing. The only downside of that is that the PPO submits it out for bid and the lowest bidder gets our contract. That means that any joe-blow-the-ragman moving company that pays their employees $6 an hour because they have only worked for that company for 2 months could possibly be the ones that pack us up and move us into our new house. Should I trust a mover that gets paid $6 an hour to exercise the proper precautions necessary to ensure all of our goodies and such make it from here to there in one piece with no damage? And that they even make it there? Aye, there's the rub. So, any items that have a high value, either sentimental or monetary, will be moved by us in our trusty mini-van. I'm willing to go that far to ensure our wedding photos and my guitar collection and vintage amplifier, and Nannette's spinning wheel, etc. all find their way to the new house unscathed.
Until later...