So Long, Sacramento...

It's Sunday night. Sittin' here with a beer while the guys are hanging out on the couch watching/playing video games. Everything is packed up and sitting in the car. Petrie is snoozing Lord knows where. The time has come. It's our very last night in Sacramento and who knows when we will be back.  It's crazy to think that for such a long time (a few months) I have been counting down the days until we move. Not necessarily out of excitement, but to give me an idea of how much time I had to left to do this and that. To see the people I care about. And now the countdown is over! One more bedtime (as a kid my parents went by bedtime countdowns for our trips to Disney World..smart idea to get a kid to go to bed without argument!) until we drag our butts out of bed and start our road trip to Seattle!

The last week here has been great! Last weekend we went to Reno for a last hoorah with "the group" (the Sac friends). That was a blast! Then this week we went out to karaoke a couple times, went to dinner, made a trip to San Fransisco to see the Walt Disney Museum (very, very informative..highly recommended!) and then today took care of errands and went to dinner with a dear friend and her family.  This week's been a great way to say goodbye to a place we have considered home for a bit of time.  I will miss the people I have come to know and love very much!

While leaving here is sad I am also super stoked for our trip! I'm excited to get on the road with the hubs and Petrie and just spend time as a little family. Matt's mom is driving up from Portland to Seattle to see us once more before we take off on Thursday, so that's nice. I'm not really sure what the plans are for the 4th but I don't care. As long as I'm with Matt, I'm happy! First thing Thursday morning (5:30am) we check into the airport and our flight takes off at 8am! Surprisingly, I'm not terrified of the flight (as of yet). I bought three books to put on my Nook, I bought some ZzzQuil (Nyquil's sleep aid! Made just for me, I think!) , and have a portable DVD player. I think we are all set!

I am so, so, soooo looking forward to finally having my own space. For so long we have either slept on an air mattress, a hotel bed or a friend's bed. Definitely thankful to have a bed, period, but it's going to feel so good to have our own bed back. Our own kitchen utensils. Our own closet. Our own everything. I can walk around the house half naked (ok, or actually naked) again! Hopefully, it won't take too long to have a house available to us once we check in. Matt told me our household shipments are already waiting for us in Japan, so now we just need a place to unload it in!

Looks like things are moving along. My biggest stress at the moment is Petrie. I read the documents wrong when it came to his rabies shots. I thought it said he had to have at least two before transporting over, but really it said he had to have two post microchipping (and one of his two was prior to getting microchipped). Along with that, the most recent rabies shot had to be no more than a year and no less than thirty days before arrival in Oki. Well, his most recent shot was March 2010 (you starting to see why I'm stressing now?) Although it's good until 2013, the transportation requirements say he should have gotten another one this past year. He got his shot today. Matt thinks he will be fine, as his blood work papers show his rabies anti-bodies are great and, in total, he has three rabies vaccinations. I don't understand why microchipping and rabies shots have to relate! The point is, he got his shots. The point is, he is microchipped. So what if he got a shot before he was chipped?!  Irritating. So, keep your fingers crossed for us that everything goes smoothly.

Our cell phones are being turned off when we leave, so the only way I can keep up with everyone I know is through wi-fi and Facebook. I'm going to try posting blogs along the way, internet permitting.

Thank you Sacramento for the great memories! West coast friends and east coast family and best friends..I love you dearly and will miss you terribly! Our door is always open for anyone wanting to venture out to Okinawa! Scuba, snorkeling, pineapple park, temples and beaches..the list of activities goes on and on.

Good night!