Sunday, December 03, 2006

Leaving SF ...

Its a strange feeling to pack up and leave. As with many things, it sounds like a good idea in the planning phases, but when you actually get down to do it, there is this small voice at the back of your head. Are you sure? Is this the right thing? Will the kids adjust nicely?

As with most other things in life, sometime you just have to go for it :)

Moving is a great time for getting rid of a lot of stuff and cleaning up. Mari performed a major cleanup and gave a lot of our old stuff to goodwill. We also gave away most of the baby stuff to friends and family. Our friends, the Tejedas, will be staying at our place in San Francisco, so we did not have to pack and clean the entire house. This saved us from a fair amount of work.

The kids were excited to get on a plane. Maya was a bit hesitant and kept saying she wanted to stay back with Cecile and the grand parents. But as the day came closer she seemed to get ready for the move. She remember her last trip to NZ with Lara and the spaceship (the orange camper van we rented last year). I dont think Pranjali understood what moving really meant. We packed pretty minimally, but still ended up with a fair amount of stuff. Our packing list included

  • Clothes
  • Winter fleeces, jackets, long underwear
  • Rain Gear
  • Toiletries
  • Lots of books for the kids
  • Arts and Craft materials
  • Favorite toys (blocks, matching set)
  • Camping Gear (tent, sleeping bags, pads, utensils, water bottles, camelbak)
  • Backpacks (mari and I are hoping to get a couple of backpack trips without the kids!)
  • Indian and Thai Spices
  • Labtop Computers, Camera, iPod, Wireless router, DVD-R
  • Car seats for the kids
We headed to the airport, checked in and bade farewell to Cecile and Mari's parents. Mari's mom was a bit sad to see the grandkids leave. We hope to visit them in Phillipines relatively soon. We were under the impression that NZ was fairly close to Asia and the PI trip would be shorter. When we actually started looking for flights, things seem to be a bit more interesting and a long journey awaits us :)

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