Grcxx3

The house is packed.
Most everything is in storage.
And it's hard to believe, but in less than a month I will be living in Luanda, Angola!!!!

I know Angola isn't a tourist destination, but I hope to be able to add more current advice/recommendations for southern Africa!!! Happy to be able to add input on someplace other than Egypt!!!

Percy

Ahh !!! Bless your heart Grcxx3 !

How come you are moving there from Houston (I think)?

Have a nice trip and give us a report after you settle down there.

Bon Voyage

cristeen

Grcxx3-I just googled directions. It's only about 3300km to Kruger National Park in South Africa. You will be so close.
Have a safe trip to your new home. Looking forward to hearing about your new adventures. Isn't the internet great?

dutyfree

Will give you a holler the next time I get a layover there!

Femi

Bon Voyage!

Grcxx3

Percy - great job opportunity for DH.

dutyfree - you really fly into Luanda?

christabir

We met people stationed in Angola while in Botswana. Have a great adventure.

KathBC

How exciting Grcxx3!

Happy adventures and please keep us posted.

Grcxx3

It's going to be quite interesting. And I know it will be difficult/stressful/frustrating at times - but I think we're going to have fun!

If nothing else, there will be some great stories to tell and write about!!

Nikao

exciting!!.. hope you will have a great time and I'm looking forward to hearing some interesting stories!

sandi

... "on the road again, on the road again"

Good luck in your new adventure!

sf7307

Hope you have high-speed internet! Good luck with this next adventure (spoken by someone who's lived in the same house for 25+ years!)

Iowa_Redhead

Best of luck!

Are you completely bouncing off the walls? I'd think you'd be at that scared/excited stage right about now.

Grcxx3

sf7307 - there is internet, but not sure how hi-speed it is. DH is there now and says it's slow, but who knows.

sandi - that song is whirling thru my head all the time.

Iowa_Redhead - bouncing off walls does not even begin to cover my situation right now. Would love to be excited about this new chapter in our crazy lives, but I'm having MAJOR homeowner issues.

Came into the house this morning to wait for the carpet cleaning guys and found that the A/C drip pans had broken (old and evidently rusty), lots of standing water in the attic, and water dripping thru ceiling. Fortunately, the carpet guys also do restoration work, so they switched gears and tore out the sheetrock, pulled out all the wet insulation, vacummed out the standing water, set up blow fans and a dehumidifier dry it all out so no mold/mildew starts to grow. Had I not come to the house today, the whole ceiling would have collapsed.

Now I have the A/C guys coming tomorrow morning to redo the drip pans/drain lines in the attic. Gotta get someone out to put up new sheetrock, then repaint the ceiling. THEN....the carpet cleaner guys can come back.

Calgon...take me away!!!!!!!!

cristeen

Grcxx3 - Oh no! Sorry for such hassels. I guess the positive side is that the carpet cleaners could get things started quickly and you are on your way? Hope is goes smoothly.

Iowa_Redhead

Yikes Grcxx3!!

Good luck with all of those fixes. On the upside... you did find the issues before they became major and could get to work right away getting things fixed.

Grcxx3

To keep myself from crying, I just focus on how lucky I was to catch the problem and have people on hand to deal with it.

Oh, and the margaritas are helping, too!

Percy

I am sending over some for you and for DH some .

Then when all your work is done.. here

and for your right cheek


Hang in there kid !!!

Grcxx3

Thanks, percy!

Grcxx3

Took pictures of the giant hole today and realized that it very closely resembles the shape of Africa.

Rather ironic!