- I want to fly on a Monday or Tuesday, so I do not run into a weekend, either the Western weekend (Saturday+Sunday) or the Qatari weekend (Friday and Saturday).
- I currently live in Houston, but I want to set my home base (the spot I am returned to after my time in Doha, whether in 2 or 20 years) as Pittsburgh, which is where my wife and I are from. Thus I will fly out of the 'burgh.
- Nicole (my wife) is due to have our first child on June 22, and we would like to have a couple days to visit some relatives after we get to Pittsburgh but before we leave.
- The time from when the movers pick up our stuff in PA until we get it in Qatar can be quite a while, so the sooner we can get to PA for the movers to pick our stuff up, the better.
Based on this, Nicole and I have come up with a plan to get us to back to PA.1 This plan includes the help of quite a few people.
- June 22-27: Nicole gives birth to Henry Stockton Brothers.2
- July 12: Laura Brothers flies to Houston.
- July 14: Laura, Nicole, and Henry Brothers fly to Pittsburgh.
- July 14: Mike Dunmyre arrives in Houston.
- July 15: UHaul Truck is picked up.
- July 15: Mike and Ed (plus anyone I can round up) loads small stuff on the truck.
- July 16: George Brothers and Rick Parisi, Sr. arrives in Houston.
- July 16: George, Rick, Mike, and Ed load last few big items in the truck.
- July 17: George, Rick, Mike, and Ed drive to Birmingham.
- July 18: George and Rick (plus Alabama Christians) unload all the stuff being donated in Alabama from UHaul Truck.3
- July 18: Mike and Ed drive to Pittsburgh.
- July 19: George and Rick drive to Pittsburgh.
- July 20: UHaul is unloaded and returned.
What do you think?
Notes:
(1) By "Nicole and I came up with a plan" I mean I stood there and gaped at Nicole's super-organizational power.
(2) The two names being kicked around were "Henry Stockton Brothers" and "Henry Adventure Brothers." They were running neck and neck, until we realized that some people have their first name and use their middle name,
(3) This presupposes perfectly accurate labeling on the boxes. Given Nicole's organizational kung-fu, this should not be an issue.