The ball is rolling!

Since Aaron is finally home, we're starting to get this show on the road!  There were so many things I was unable to do without a date, that now I'm juggling a million balls at once (hehehe...yes, I'm a child).  Wanna check out all the cool stuff I'm doing?  Did I mention NONE of it is fun stuff?  Oh well, too late, you already agreed!

First thing I did was text Travel Agent Deb and let her know ALL SYSTEMS GO!  She's working on booking our Around The World Tickets as we speak!  How baller is it that we're getting Around The World plane tickets??  Awesome sauce!  Yup, I just ruined it by saying awesome sauce.  I guess I'll never be cool.
I'm trying really hard not to think about the fact that when we get home we'll probably be broke.  Oh well, you only live once and I'll never be able to say that I haven't lived.  Speaking of living, check out my fun-filled day!

I woke up and found a travel clinic where I can get my remaining vaccinations.  Whoa!  There's no slowing me down!  What can I say, I'm pretty wild.

Of course, I put it off until the last minute because needles terrify me, but also because there are some vaccinations you have wait to get until 2 weeks before departure.  Of course, I now no longer have health insurance (for some stupid reason jobs don't want to provide health insurance to employees that quit.  Who shoved a stick up their butts?), so I'm going to have to pay out of pocket, which will be delightful.  Of course, I'm an idiot.  Of course, of course, of course!
*In all seriousness, I need to give a shout-out to my work for letting me keep my health insurance (at the employee rate) for the entire month of January, even though my last day was the 2nd.  They totally didn't have to and it was super nice of them!  Stay classy, CSS!*

Next, I got visas for the countries that require them (so far: Argentina and Australia).  Argentina's is called a reciprocity fee and every US citizen visiting Argentina has to pay.  Basically America charges Argentinians a fee to enter our country, so Argentina's like a 10-year old girl, sticking their tongue out at us, saying "Oh yea?  Two can play that game!"  So now we have to pay $160 to enter their country (it better be worth it).  I had to fill out a form online and pay the fee and now we can enter as many times as we want for the next 10 years.

Super confusing and straight up dumb-ass website (didn't help it was in Spanish and I had to Google translate it).  They need to get Mark Zuckerberg down there STAT because that shit was ridiculous!  I felt like Zoolander trying to figure out how to use a computer for the first time (he tried to break it open to get the "files" out...man, I love that movie!).

Then Australia's, which is called an ETA Visa, and is only like $35 per person, but it's only good for 1 year.  

This website took 1/50th the amount of time as the other one.  I can already tell we're gonna have a hard time in a foreign country.  I rely so much on being able to read, I'm going to go crazy when I can't.  Why are there even other languages besides English?  Is it really necessary??  Ok, I'm totally joking, but that's probably a perfect example of why everyone hates us.  Stupid Americans.

Then I worked on our health insurance plan.  

YAY!  It's a straight up party over here!  I re-read the "brochure" just for shits and giggles.  I don't know how they can possibly think they're fooling people into thinking it's a brochure.  It's 25 pages and there are barely any pictures, which is the exact opposite of every brochure I've ever seen in my life.  OMG kill me now!

Did I mention that Aaron's currently playing beer pong with his friends, as I painstakingly read this refrigerator manual??  I better get something really good for Valentine's Day (and by good for me, I mean humiliating for him).  Just so all you guys are aware, that's what we really want: for you to make a complete fool of yourself in the name of love.  That, and diamonds, duh!  Don't be cheap!

Lucky for us, I'm super, hyper organized, so I scanned all of our documents, passports, credit cards and health records and put them into my Dropbox (as well as printed paper copies).  That's me, practical and prepared!  You're so turned on right now!  

If you're ever travelling, do yourself a favor and make copies of all your stuff (paper and digital).  That way if (when) you lose it, you have copies (or just carry the copy if you're going out for the day and don't want to risk losing the real thing).  Also, make sure someone back at home has all the copies as well and knows where you are, just in case.  It's really about travelling smart because there's a good chance you'll lose stuff (get robbed) along the way and you don't want one small loss to ruin your entire trip.  

Geez, these pictures of computer screens are majorly lame, so I'll end with an action shot!

Aww, they're so in love!  NOT!  They were totally chewing on each other's faces, WHILE Kane had his Kong in his mouth (his mouth is seriously endless, I bet if you sent a search team up there you'd find Elian Gonzalez in a closet, another woman Bill Cosby roofied and probably one of those old rotary phones...that mouth is large, that's all I'm saying).

Well guys, that's all I have time to write for today.  Just wait til tomorrow, when I describe (in great detail) turning my 403b into a Rollover IRA.  Ohhh, you're on the edge of your seat!  Nighty night!