We have a date!

So it looks like we're looking at leaving Fort Bragg mid July to begin vacation to visit family before flying to Hawaii the second week of August.

I contacted a lot of companies about shipping the second car, for a lot of quotes, some for $1875 and other for over $3000! In the end we've decided to store it with family while we are in Hawaii. It will alleviate a lot of extra stress.

( 2 Days pass)

Yesterday things sort of went to hell. By asking questions online in a group I am in called Schofield Barracks Army Wives FB page, I learned a lot of things we did not know yet. I learned that before we can get Command Sponsorship, the kids and I all need physicals, then EFMP screenings. Now, we're trying to leave here in 6 weeks and we didn't know this because we only JUST got notification of orders on Monday. So I scheduled the physicals, but they cut into my kids vacation with their grandparents, so we have to figure that out. To get an appointment for EFMP screening, he needs to bring a paper called a 5888 for them to review before they will make an appointment. This has to be done in person, not over the phone. He won't get the 5888 until he has his Levy Brief, which isn't until the end of the month! So we can't book our plane tickets or schedule our HHG pick-up or anything until after that, and if it doesn't happen until the end of the month, that gives us barely 2 weeks to get it all done before we -want- t leave here on PCS leave to visit family. We're probably going to have to cut our PCS leave short. He is trying to see if he can get his Levy Brief moved up so we can move everything else up. Physicals have to be done before the EFMP screening.  You do not need to schedule one if you have had a physical in the past 12 months. Women need a pap within the past 3 years. Now, this may vary from Post to Post, we live on Fort Bragg. If you have questions, call your local EFMP office and ask what they need to have done before your EFMP screening.

No, we don't have to report 60 days early, but we want to because of school. School in Hawaii starts July 31st. School here starts August 24th. If we get there closer to the beginning of August the kids will only miss out on a couple weeks of school, but the later we push it, the more they will miss. Hawaii starts earlier and gets out earlier then here. So my kids will start late and get out early. I don't want them to miss too much.

That's all I have for now. This next 2 months is going to be quite a roller coaster.