Preparations for Malaysia

So getting ready to move overseas after just getting married is a little more work than I thought initially! :-) I have made a fun little list of all the things we have had to do before we leave...

-- All new forms of ID... I just received my new DL, Passport, and Social Security Card. Also changing all my credit cards to my new name -- if not, I won't have any credit when we come back to the US.

-- I had to get an International Drivers License (IDL) at AAA - so that I can drive in Malaysia and get a local Malaysian Driver License.

-- List of Shots I Received: (over a month's time)
- 3 for Hepatitis A & B
- 3 for Japanese Encephalitis
- 1 Tetanus with Whooping Cough
- 3 live-virus pills for typhoid

-- We have stocked up on about $500 worth of cold/flu meds, ibuprofen, Tylenol, Rolaids, band aids, bug spray, deodorant, sunscreen, books, 6 months worth of prescriptions, etc. so that should get us through the next 6 months, at least.

-- Generally hoarding everything that I think we can't get there... especially summer clothes! Since I can only get summer clothes in the US during the summer, all other times I'll be here, I can't buy anything because we don't need sweaters! :-P

-- Set-up the SlingBox, so that we can watch updated and uncensored American TV over our computers in Malaysia.

-- Finish all wedding thank you notes before we leave for KL, almost done! :-)

More frequent and interesting posts to come once we get to KL!

-Rachael