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First, I'm so sorry for your loss. Big big ((hugs)).
Second, that sucks that you didn't get the St Louis Assignment. Is there no way to appeal it?
@bakerella: Nope. They only approve them, really, when a close family member is terminally ill. It just happened that our family member died before the application could go through. It sucks. But it'll be alright. We just have the issue of dealing with FIL's house now. We are inheriting it, but now it'll be empty. We're moving for 3 years.
I am really sorry to hear that - you would think they could have a little more compassion.
If you need any tips at all about moving to England/what to expect/where to find DECENT food, please don't hesitate to ask! I made the big move over here almost 2 years ago to be with my FI :)
Best of luck!!
I'm sorry for your loss as well and sorry for the lack of flexibility.
Good luck with the move. I will not be that far behind you.
FI and I are moving to the UK after the wedding.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
For the house perhaps you could find someone in the area that would help you rent it out until you get back?
Thanks ladies. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about getting to live in Europe for 3 years. It's going to be awesome. It's just been really stressful.
@peacheslea: I'm going to be a bit north of you, at RAF Lakenheath. It's like 70 miles from London.
@zippylef: We're moving out of London in a few weeks ... 2 years is WAY too long for this small town country girl to be living in the big smoke. You would be surprised how many American diners there are hidden in strange little cities though! :) Althought I'm CDN, it' still like a little piece of 'home' ... even if the food is crappy and the waitress is English
@peacheslea: I am excited for it. DH and I both love British culture, so it's cool for us. How weird was it to start driving over there?
@zippylef: Bummer that the request wasn't viewed earlier. Try to keep your chin up and look at it as a great adventure! Please keep us posted how things go!
@zippylef: haha I haven't driven over here yet ... you have to be absolutely out of your mind mental to drive in London! But I'll be trading in my licence soon and put on DH's insurance as soon as we move out of the city!! :) I'm definitely going to take a few lessons before I go on my own, just because rules and road placement are totally different here.
The space you leave between cars is literally inches, and when you turn either left or right you 'drift' (well in London, you BARGE) your way into whatever lane you want. There is no 'you keep to the closest lane when turning' rule. That really really really freaks me out - ESPECIALLY when there are no lane rules in roundabouts. The roads are ridiculously narrow, but then again their cars are quite small too. Their road systems are so totally messed up - I've been to an intersection before that had 9 different windy roads converging and at least a dozen traffic lights controlling them.
Traffic lights turn yellow before they turn green (and they still turn yellow before they turn red too) ... very confusing!
I would definitely advise getting an international licence if you can (it's basically just an interpretation to your licence, so when you get stopped at roadside there's no question of 'what are you legally allowed to drive'). Also - I'm not sure if the States is like Canada, but we only take one road test to be able to drive either manual or automatic. So pretty much, you could pass your test on an automatic and still be able to drive standard. HERE is another story - you can only drive standard if you get tested on it. Because Canada doesn't do this, when you exchange your licence for a UK one, they will only let you drive automatic ... no matter what you've had experience of driving! You have to take a UK driving test to be able to drive stick.
EEk! sorry for the long post! Good luck :) Let me know if you have any other q's
@peacheslea: We're moving with the military, so they provide us with the driving classes and such. We're going to be a one car family for a bit, so I probably wont be driving as much.
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As some of you know, my FIL died a couple weeks ago. We applied for something called a humanitarian assignmentto that DH could get stationed at Scott Air Force Base in St. Louis to be near his family.
We got the official word this morning that it got denied. We leave for England in like, 3 weeks.