Action Items

Here’s what I need to do to get ready to leave. (Listed in no particular order, mostly just as I thought of them.) I will add more items as they occur to me.

Action Item	Status	Comment	Date Complete
Apply for student visa	Not started	Too soon. (Needs to come after acceptance to program, anyhow. :-)
Hire property management company	Not started	Probably too soon to start looking.
Apply for PhD program	One submitted, one in prep	See blog posts.
Build storage space in basement	Not started	Addition needs to be finished first.
Apply for Social Security survivor’s benefits	Not started	Too soon
Sell computers	Not started	Too soon
Buy new laptop	Not started	Too soon. Will need to do this right before selling current laptop.
Get rid of everything I’m not going to store or take with me.	Good progress made.	There’s a LOT of stuff, though. I’ve been in this house 27 years!
Decide what to take with me	Barely started
Digitize CDs	Done!		Jan. 2012
Buy airtight containers for clothes, books, etc.	Not started	The Container Store has one that looks good.
Update will, make list of contact people & other info	Thought about
Shred documents I can do without	In progress. Always in progress.	Sigh.
Arrange for direct deposit and electronic bills for as many things as possible	Not started
Find out how housing works	Have looked around a little
Sell car	Have one possibility already