So, the diagnosis!
After much testing, the doctors have diagnosed the hubby with Mono. No, he didn't have the typical symptoms, but all of his lab results point to this. Not to mention, his most recent lab test revealed that he was positive for Parvo as well. (they are retesting the Parvo part to make sure that it wasn't a false positive). How the heck he got Mono I'm not sure. We believe that all the travel he has been doing had something to do with it. E and I are going to try and get tested today. (Just to be on the safe side since he didn't have typical symptoms) The doctor recommended that he rest and not do any contact sports or bike riding for a while. This will prove to be difficult for him for sure. Not to mention that we can't kiss and he can't drink either! The poor guy is going to have to find some sort of outlet. Maybe yoga? I keep telling him that he would really like it. Not to mention it is something we can do together. Time for a lifestyle change. Not going to be easy for my outdoorsy guy!
Today the house goes on the market! We have cleaned up, cleared out and make this place look picture perfect! We are praying that the right person walks in the door and says "this is just what we are looking for"! It is a great home and we will really miss it. We have deliberated on the list price and we think we have priced it well. Now we wait!
The big question these days is: "When are you moving?"
We are working on that and don't have a set date yet, but do have a date range. We are guessing that it will be sometime after August 11th and before September. Elliot's school starts August 15th, but Scott isn't supposed to travel till mid August due to his illness. As well, we need to get our immunizations before we go and can't travel for 2 weeks after we get them.
The movers are coming to pack and move our stuff the first week of August. We will have 2 moves. One for Singapore and one for the local move to our uptown condo. After that we will be unpacking and setting up the uptown condo. We're pretty excited about that part. We love the condo uptown and it is going to be fun decorating it. The Singapore stuff will be shipped off in 2 shipments. One: Expedite ship - which will take 2 - 3 weeks to arrive in Singapore. This will be the things that we need right when we get there. Two: Container ship - this will take any where from 8 - 10 weeks. We have decided to ship some of our furniture since that we have a place and determine what will fit and what will look good there.
That means that we have the rest of July to enjoy our life here and continue to cull out the items in our house. We still have a lot of stuff to go through and determine where it goes. (condo, singapore, trash, donate, storage) We make a visit to goodwill almost every week and I have started to sell some of the stuff that we can get rid of now.
Tomorrow my sister, E and I will be taking Blue to go live with his Grandparents in Pennsylvania. I have cried my tears and made my peace with him leaving. I still get choked up when I think of him not being by my side, but we are ready! Honestly, I think Blue is ready too. This will be retirement for him. A slower pace with quiet time and friends that will love him well! I don't think it will really hit me though, till we pull away on Monday and head back home. I think I pray for some strength on that one! God knows I'll need it!
I would say that is enough! It has been a crazy few weeks and I am ready to move forward. Singapore awaits us with opportunity, adventure, and a new life!
“There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life.” — Anonymous
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