Let's Get This PCS Started

We are about 3ish months away from leaving Kansas. I honestly can't even believe that it's already that time again. A fun piece of trivia, we will arrive back at Fort Bragg almost 6 years to the day after we left back in 2012. Crazy!

I feel like this move is extra stressful because there are so many variables that will determine when we leave. One of the most stressful thing about coming to and leaving Fort Leavenworth is transportation. With 1200 students coming in and about 1100 leaving it becomes tricky scheduling movers and getting the dates that you want. Obviously, if you are flexible it will be fine but there are those that had specific needs and it wasn't able to be accommodated (this is why a lot of people end up moving themselves). As of right now even if you have orders you can't schedule movers because they do not have the summer rates yet. Nothing will be assigned until at least the end of March. 

For the most part Kyle and I are flexible with this process but we do have a tentative plan in place. 

1. I'm flying to NC in March to house hunt. If all goes as planned I will put an offer on a home and work out a deal to have a late May closing. I have a list of houses to look at but there is 1 that is my favorite! The numbers all work but we are nervous to make an offer before seeing it in person.

2. We will schedule our movers for earlyish May (this is ideal but we are flexible on dates as long as it's May) so that way our stuff will be out of our house so we can get ready to turn it back over to housing. I'm not going to lie for a brief second we discussed doing a full DITY move. We quickly were brought back down to reality haha and I reminded both of us that there is not enough liquor in the world for that.

3. E, my dad, the furry kids, and I will begin the trek to NC at the end of May so I can close on the house and move in. I would love to be able to request our HHGs from storage and have everything delivered. It would be nice to have the house set up before Kyle even arrives. Definitely grateful for my Dad and his willingness to help in any way. He has been a huge help for most of our moves. 

4. Kyle will turn over the house to housing and stay with friends until the CGSC graduation, which is mid-June. Then he will hop in the car and head to NC the day after. He is a saint for dealing with cleaning the housing and doing the final inspections.

Now of course all of this could go to hell and we will be back to square one haha, because most of us know that the Army doesn't like plans! But for right now it's nice having something in place to work off of.