A long Night of Packing...

Well this was certainly a long night of packing. By midnight I had created all the encrypted disk images and starting to fill them them with the appropriate files. At the same time I was cloning the Master Volume to the second external hard drive. Having only USB at my disposal it was a long and time consuming process. By about 5 am I had put all the files into the encrypted disk images and was moving them into deep system levels. That way they're out of direct sight and nosy custom officials would really know what to look for. It would certainly take them a long time to locate those Dmg's and than they will be met with heavy duty encryption.
Turns out cloning the Master Volume took way longer than I imagined in my worst nightmares. By 6.30 AM I started to pack all the misc. items into bubble wrap, since those had to go as well into box with the electronics. At 7.30 am the Master Volume had finally been cloned and I shut the iMac down for the last time...at least while living in the States. I wrapped the 2nd monitor and the iMac very well in bubble wrap, to make sure that the electronics were well protected. I managed to fit everything except the folder with the files into the electronic box. I topped the top of the electronic box up with about 1/2 bag of packing noodles and taped the box shut. After that put the folder with the files into a small box and taped I shut tightly. The only thing left to do was to put address labels on all the boxes and by 9 AM I was finally done.
At that time I decided not to go to bed, since the shipping company was supposed to ice up the boxes about 3 hours later. So I relaxed in the recliner instead and started to watch TV. I didn't see much of what was on TV, as I fell asleep and got about 2 hours of sleep. When I woke up I felt so much better and quite well rested actually, considering that I had been up for 25+ hours.
Next up was a call to PetRelocatio.com to check, if the fact that Kenny will be taking Daisy to the Final Exit Exam, has any implication for the EU-Health Certificate. Turns out that this doesn't matter at all, since I'm Consignor and Consignee at the same time anyway. That was quite a relief and I forwarded Kenny's Contact Info to PetRelocation.com.
At 1 PM the guys from the moving company showed up. I filled out the required paperwork and they took over the boxes and they're now en-route to Long Beach. Within the next few days I should receive a electronic bill, that has to be paid before the boxes can go on a Container Ship. How long it will take for the boxes to get to Austria is anyone's guess. That can be somewhere in the ballpark from 6 to 8 weeks, but can take up to 3 month. Depending if the Container Ship goes directly to Germany or if it enters the EU via UK. Guess I'll just have to wait and see.
After lunch I relaxed a little more and even tried to take a nap,as 2 hours sleep really isn't that much...but I'm feeling surprisingly good. Next up was a call to my VET to make sure that they have the form for the International Health Certificate in stock. So it looks like as if everything regarding Daisy's First Exit Exam is ready to go.