The To-Do List

1. Find a moving company
• Luckily, Shane and I were proactive enough to begin this process last week getting estimates from various moving companies.  We got 3 quotes, all were around the same price, but Bekins was the company that really stood out to us and seemed the most professional and reliable.  
2. Pack up the house
• Because Shane is such a bad@$$, Formspring is paying for his relocation with enough money for a team to come in and pack us! Can you say blessing? This allows us both to continue working (i.e. earning money) right up until moving day, thereby keeping a steady flow of income. 
3.  Find Taylor a San Francisco job 
• Because Taylor is such a bad@$$, her boss is allowing her to stay on and work remotely through the end of the year, at which time she has the option to transfer to the west division.  This is amazing for a number of reasons: a) I'll keep a steady flow of income, with no lag time between end of old job and beginning of new job, b) no stress of trying to hurry and get settled in a new home while simultaneously getting settled in a new work environment, c) I'm able to fulfill my committments to my company so they're not left high and dry, d) my resume will show a tenure of 10 months instead of 8 months, which looks a little better to potential employers, and most importantly e) I get to work 100% from home, which means working in my jammies!! Woo hoooo!
4. Find a house
• Oh Lord what a stressor this is!  How do you find housing in a city you've only visited once without actually seeing it before signing the lease??!?!  There's so much to consider: how safe is the neighborhood? is the house as cute/clean/big as it appears in pictures? We have 1 pretty good prospect on the table in Daly City (just southwest of San Francisco proper), but nothing is settled or signed yet. We'll keep you posted :-)
5. Get rid of the stuff we're not moving
• So far this includes old clothes and other miscellaneous items around the house, excess non-perishables in the pantry, 1 large couch, 1 king mattress and mayyyyyyybe Taylor's car.  We're all over Craigslist and have made a few trips to the Foodbank and Goodwill. How in the world did two twenty-somethings acquire this much unneeded stuff???
6. Say goodbye to Florida friends and family
• So very sad to say goodbye, but everyone has been really excited for us and really supportive so far. We have a few lunch and dinner dates planned with friends, and we're planning to crash at Shane's uncle Jim & Aunt Debbie's house for the night after the movers take all of our stuff.
7. Say goodbye to Sarasota
• This basically includes saying goodbye to our favorite restaurants.  We have dinner reservations on Saturday at Euphemia Haye (the site of Shane & Taylor's first real date), at least 2 more take-out meals planned from Star Thai (Star Thai Tuesday has become a tradition in our home), and hopefully 1 more meal from Gateway to India (Sarasota's finest Indian restaurant, in our opinion).  Other honorable mentions that we'll try to fit in but there's only so much time and damn eating out is expensive!: First Watch (we ate here every Sunday for breakfast for at least 3 months before we realized that their belgian waffle was making us both fat), Main Bar (their jalapeno dressing and gazpacho soup will change your life), our favorite McDonalds (don't judge us -- somehow their fries are ALWAYS hot), Red Elephant (so many memories, I don't even know where to begin), and believe me the list goes on and on...

I'm sure there's way more on our list that I'm forgetting, but that's more than enough to overwhelm us right now!!

Countdown to the big move: 11 days!