The Forces Against Us
After far too many attempts to sit down and explain what has happened to us in the past six months, I'll spare my loved ones the bore and mostly just post pictures. The long and short of it is that James transferred down to Buenos Aires with Microsoft for two (maybe three) years. We moved just after Christmas and are expecting baby #5 the end of February. We've used the word "crazy" a lot recently.
Trying to leave Washington was a bit of a
struggle. This was the day we learned someone in my family had COVID thus
canceling any Christmas plans to get together with family before we took off :( Also any help I was going to get from them....sigh...
The day after Christmas
it snowed, putting a wrench in the packing plans. Movers were supposed to come
pack us up, but they were told not to come to work to avoid bad roads. Our
renters were moving in that week and were as accommodating as they could be,
but we ended up moving out as they were moving in. It was a wild few days.
A lot of this happened. If my kids don’t become valedictorian, I’ll blame it on this move.
Finally
getting packed up!
Then we learned that our COVID tests would NOT be valid for our travel plans, our beloved cat Momo wouldn’t be able to come with us as we had planned (we’re two days out, mind you), and I essentially had to chase down the people buying my car and make them buy it from me because I didn’t have time to mess with that situation anymore.
Third COVID test in three days was a charm. We had to push our flight out a day to get the testing time right, but Delta was a dear and waived the enormous fee.
We did end up seeing family despite infection. It wasn’t what we had planned, and many people were missed, but we’re thankful for what we were able to squeeze in before we took off! And the cat stays in the family with my sister. We’re so grateful to her for adopting him!
FINALLY made it to Argentina!
Sorry there wasn’t much about Argentina here. That’s the next post. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments where you think I’ve left gaps. There are plenty 😊
What a fun and crazy adventure! We will miss seeing your cute family around here.❤️
ReplyDeleteHow is the healthcare in Argentina?
ReplyDeleteThey have universal health coverage so emergency visits and all basic health care is covered. Then they have tiered insurance so if you want anything on top of what the government provides you can be covered. I’ve been to two different doctors, both highly recommended and they both did a great job, but facilities and equipment are antiquated. I made the appointments directly with the doctors which blew my mind, and I’ve been told medical care is much more straightforward here than the US (no bureaucracy, red tape, need for referrals, decisions driven by money). The only downside is funding for facilities. I was going to have this baby in a brand new women’s center in Bellevue with everything you could possibly want when giving birth. Now I’m going to a 1930’s hospital that is highly renowned, but old old old.
DeleteWhat a crazy adventure for sure. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, you are SUPERWOMAN doing all that like 8 months pregnant!! I'll always love me an old school blog so I'm glad you shared on Facebook. :)
ReplyDeleteNatalie, that all sounds so stressful and hectic! We hope everything works out well for you and your family and the new baby, and you can enjoy your time there! What city are you going to be living in? Matt just transferred jobs to Microsoft, can't remember if I told you that or not. Hope things are going well. 😘 Sabrina
ReplyDeleteNatalie this is awesome!! I love seeing these photos and wow you're amazing doing this with kids AND pregnancy. 5 million gold stars. I'm going to read this with the kids so we can stay up to date on your adventures. Keep posting!! We mis you in Washington!
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