Wunderlist for Wanderlust

Our to-do list is a nightmare. Seriously. It is all over the place. But Conor found this great tool for keeping us organized and on the same page: Wunderlist. We can both access the app and add info/notes when one of us checks something off, even if we’re apart. One-stop access is so nice because some days I feel like we are chickens running around with our heads cut off. I definitely recommend it for anyone organizing a move, vacation, adventure, etc when multiple people are involved in the planning process. (www.wunderlist.com)

Here’s just an outline of what we are dealing with over the next few weeks:

• Before we move out:
  • Get orders
  • Figure out what DITY move entails
  • Boxes for storage/move
  • Storage for short term/long term in both California and (hopefully) North Carolina, maybe PODS?
  • Send stuff not going into storage to our families in Seattle
  • Move-out paperwork with our housing office (Lease ends March 31!)
  • Sell furniture on Craigslist
  • Make 5,000 more trips to the donation center…
  • Clean ENTIRE HOUSE
  • Move-out inspection at the end of March

• Living in limbo (in California still):
  • Air BNB or month-to-month apartment lease if we have to stay in California through April or May?
  • Transfer medical records
  • Any last-minute vet/doctor/dental appointments
  • Auto appointments for the cars
  • Sell Conor’s car
  • TAXES (shit, almost forgot about those)
  • Forwarding/change of address for mail
  • Obsessively look at boat listings and daydream about fast-forwarding to the fun part

• Heading to new duty station:
  • Contact boat brokers in the area, start the boat search!
  • Road trip across the country/where are we stopping? I vote Nashville!
  • How much PTAD leave can Conor take?
  • Military move reimbursement?

• Getting the BOAT!:
  • Meet with broker, look at possibilities he or she has found for us
  • Pick the right boat
  • Contact surveyor and have them check everything out
  • Get boat loan
  • Liveaboard insurance
  • Boat insurance
  • Reserve slip at marina
  • Get our boat delivered
  • FINALLY MOVE IN!

Have a headache yet? Welcome to the club. Those are just the big things on the list, not to mention the smaller day-to-day stuff that pops up. There will be a lot more detail added to the “Getting the Boat” section once we get closer. We just have to stay on top of everything and take it one step at a time.

Love,

Taylor and Conor