As impractical as it may be just 45 days before moving to France, we are taking a break from the frenetic pace at home. Our happy place has always been Hawaii, what with it being an easy 5 hour flight from San Francisco. So, the remaining tasks at home are on hold for a bit.

Meanwhile, preparations are being made for our arrival in France. The owners of the house we will rent are clearing out closets and moving furniture around to allow for us to store some things. Once our shipping container arrives, sometime in June, we will be able to move some of our furniture into the house. We already have commitments from friends and family to visit us at the rental house in May, July, and September. Our new car has been received by the dealer and is awaiting our arrival. Our new banker confirmed our account is ready to receive funds to be transferred in preparation for the house purchase. All these balls we’ve been juggling are starting to fall into place.

As far as our house, the purchase is still not final. And this week when I pestered our architect with too many questions about the status of our house plans, I received a terse response reminding us how busy he is and offering to turn our project over to someone else. Sigh.

It will all happen eventually. It’s time now for the beach.