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Not all who wander are lost...

Welcome to my blog dedicated to my family and our crazy foreign service life. Never content with staying in one place, we are excited to share our journey. We've survived two unaccompanied tour (Baghdad 2010-2011 and Baghdad again in 2015-2016), multiple TDYs, and enjoyed a two-year family assignment in Cairo, Egypt. The fab hubby is currently learning Turkish for our next assignment...Istanbul, Turkey! We leave for Turkey sometime in summer 2017. I write about what I know. Which is mainly kids, tween drama, gross pets, dealing with lots of government info, our moving adventures, being a nurse, yoga, running, living on too-little sleep, and an addiction to coffee lattes. I hope you'll enjoy this glimpse into our lives.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Bring It On! FS Blog Round-Up Shout-Out for Week Ending 7/29/11

Feeling crazy over here at the Wandering Drays.  My hubby just got back from Baghdad on Friday [insert happy dance here] and his UAB arrived a mere three days later.  No kidding.  Something crazier? It could have been delivered LAST week, but I simply wasn't available to accept to such delivery.  I got to dictate delivery date and (sorta) time. Sweetness.

So, I'm up for the Round-Up again, and this week's optional theme is:  PACKOUT!  That's right.  It's packout season for many of us, and I want your stories.  The good (ha ha! right.), the bad (more likely), and the ugliest (most likely).

*Submissions are due this Friday, 7/29/2011 by noon EST.  I'll post the entry late afternoon on Friday.  If you miss the deadline - no worries.  Drop me an email because chances are, I'll still be working on it!

*Packout is an optional theme.  I'd also love some archived feeds if you got 'em.

*Post your submission at the bottom of this blog entry (preferred method) or you can email me directly!

Happy blogging!

UAB from Baghdad.
Not sure the hubby will even unpack this.
We're outta here to Cairo in less than 6 weeks!
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  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    Oh, lord, what a topic. I am currently in recovery from our packout. I am still having flashbacks. Feel free to include any of these posts:

    http://wellthatwasdifferent.wordpress.com/2011/06/26/waiting-on-number-three/

    http://wellthatwasdifferent.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/yep-thats-three/

    http://wellthatwasdifferent.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/coming-up-for-air/

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  2. k @ oh the many places!July 26, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    Packout for us begins in just a few hours!
    So last night I had these thoughts about how things might go! Cheers!

    'Twas the Night Before Packout!
    http://ohthemanyplaceswewillgo.blogspot.com/2011/07/twas-night-before-packout.html

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  3. World TravelersJuly 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Still a while away from packing out again but already got the insomnia thing going on...

    http://whereintheworldislucagaleno.blogspot.com/2011/07/list-daykeeps-insomnia-away.html

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  4. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Hi Heather,

    Here's my story beginning with my packout at the end of April.

    In May, I left Vladivostok, Russia for a domestic assignment in DC. I just passed the three month mark and I'm hopeful everything will show up next week barring any other surprises.

    Enjoy!

    http://www.110to220.com/nomadic/2011/05/no-surprise.html

    http://www.110to220.com/nomadic/2011/06/muddy-days-ahead.html

    http://www.110to220.com/nomadic/2011/07/fubar.html

    http://www.110to220.com/nomadic/2011/07/car-phone-home.html

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  5. Rebecca SmylieJuly 26, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    We're on our first post. Oh how we'll do things differently next time. But here's my archived bit on the packout process. http://smylie.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/preparedness-or-retail-therapy/

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  6. EmilyJuly 26, 2011 at 8:26 PM

    I have a few...They aren't on pack-outs so much as the things that happen when in transit.

    This is when part of our UAB went missing.
    http://benily.blogspot.com/2009/11/single-ladies-one-single-boy.html

    This is when our stuff was destroyed by mold when it was in a storage unit in San Diego.

    http://benily.blogspot.com/2010/03/mold-eww-gross.html

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  7. CamilleJuly 26, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Here's our OCD packout link:

    http://kernsrus.blogspot.com/2011/07/its-round-up-time.html

    No guarantees that my tips are worth doing, though...

    :) Can't wait to see the roundup!

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  8. BeckyJuly 27, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    You are one brave woman to add this to everything else you have going on! My archived posts are all tagged "Move" or "Packout." Here's one and you're welcome to use any that work for you:

    http://smallbitsfs.blogspot.com/2011/06/almost-there-161-of-365.html

    I thought this post by Hannah was really good too.

    http://millimaniaacrosstheglobe.blogspot.com/2011/07/well-were-back-dads-not.html

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  9. SadieJuly 27, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Thanks for hosting! Here's my decidedly depressing contribution for the week: http://sadieabroad.blogspot.com/2011/07/tale-of-two-packouts.html. (I also really liked the post by Hannah that Becky cites in her comment.)

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  10. James and Sarah TalalayJuly 29, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    how about the pack in? here's an item about our uab arriving:

    http://hellotalalay.blogspot.com/2011/07/giant-care-packages-have-arrived.html

    thanks so much- james and sarah talalay

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  11. HeatherJuly 29, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    I am too far in selfish survival mode during this mid-move transition to be able to come up with something but atleast be glad that the State department has heard of the places you are moving. The Navy decided to try to send our stuff to Guam because the angry lady that works at our pack out place on base decided Guyana wasn't a real country.

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