Lists I

Moving forward involves lists. For a long time, we avoided the "moving to Italy" lists because it felt so daunting. If we wrote down everything we needed to do to make this happen by November, we might realize that it can't be done.

Finally, last week, I wrote the following list:

To Research

• car export & insurance
• shipping costs (mail vs other)
• language classes
• online teaching/editing opportunities
• health insurance options
• vaccinations
• infant formula
• arrival to-do list

To Do

• international driving permit
• translations (transcripts, degrees, marriage license, birth certs)
• call honorary consulate (re: translations, visas, codice fiscale)
• email contacts re: job options/suggestions
• process visa

Obviously not a complete list. On accomplishments-in-progress, though, we met with our realtor and spent the weekend rearranging furniture and purging. Lots went to Goodwill. A few items got sold on Craigslist. We need to have the house on the market by next weekend.

If the house doesn't sell, we can't go.