So, we are not in melt down mode anymore thankfully. Our aunt and godfather loaned us the money and fedex'd the check here. It should be arriving at our apartment complex front office any minute now. I'll go to the bank tomorrow and cash that check, the gift checks I have, and cash out our savings account. In total we will have 8K in cash approx.
We also are going to continue getting our full salaries while we are gone - so the bills will get paid and we will have money to spend in Ukraine. I still have to call the bank and credit card company and let their fraud department know about our trip - so they don't freeze our account! I bet it would seem odd to them to suddenly see charges from Ukraine! Plus, this helps protect us from fraud, since the card company will know that any charges after our return date are probably not us, therefore rejecting those charges.
Got prescriptions refilled last night. Parents visit went great and Mr. Harry went home to Florida with them.
Did have a minor emergency last night - our pet sitter bailed on us last minute. Though I could easily find another pet sitter in Atlanta, I really trusted this woman, and she was willing to visit our kitties on the schedule we wanted and she charged us far less than the standard sitters do. If we had to use a regular phone book sitter, it would have cost us double what we planned on spending. Thankfully, our good friend from MedShare agreed to come over and check on the kitties every few days for us. She and her hubbie will definately be getting a BIG bottle of vodka from us!
Things left to do:
Clean up house after parents visit
Go to bank and get money into labeled envelopes
Finish last bit of packing
Get laptop set up for trip (for work, for watching DVDs, link to blog and email etc)
