Day Two in Canada

Hans picked Lee up this morning from the lodge and took him to sort out his SN,driving licence, and also his medical and drugs and alcohol test. He was even taken for a Chinese buffet lunch in between :-) In the afternoon he opened a bank account with Canadian Trust which we can turn into a joint account when I arrive.

Whilst Lee has been starting the ball rolling over there I have been tying up loose ends here and finishing work and packing the rest of our stuff into boxes to be sent over once were settled.

Day one in Canada

Lee was collected from the lodge yesterday morning and went to complete his Air brake test.
He spent the day learning everything he would need with an instructor and then completed a multiple choice test at the end of the day.
He was really pleased when he found out that he had passed.

He has Sunday off, so he will spend the day exploring the town a little more. As we don't have a car yet he will have to do this on foot. He's going to see if he can get some more rental details for the area we want, I have looked online but want to view them in the flesh before we decide.

Girls night out - round 1

After taking lee to the airport yesterday morning i needed a night that would cheer me up and what better way to do it than with old friends :-)
We don't get together very often these days but it was just like old times we had a lovely meal (except for Mand- who found plastic in her Italian pasta ewwww) and lots of drinks and reminiscing about tghe good old days

Time to go

There have been a mixture of emotions over the last few days, we are of course very excited to be starting our new adventure but we are also a little sad about leaving behind such good friends and family. I have been doing so well in controlling the tears but have lost it over the last two days

Last night was quite difficult for Lee, he said goodbye to our closest friends ready for his flight today, I have that to come next week :'-(





Mick Naz took us to the airport this morning so Lee could ctch his lunchtime flight. Right now he is halfway there.... inhindsight I wish that we had travelled together, would have made it easier for both of us

Documents have arrived

Got back from Meadowhall today and the courier had been with Lee's LMO and all the documents he needs to gain his work permit when he arrives in Canada next Friday.

I will need to have photo copies of all of his documents and ID so that when I follow him on June 20Th I can obtain an open work permit when I arrive

the goodbyes begin

We had the first of many goodbye evenings this week. We met up with our old friends Tony & Wendy, we decided to keep it low key and went out for a lovely meal together.
It was really weird saying goodbye to them at the end of the evening, will have to really make an effort to keep in touch with people back home, it would be a shame for friendships to drift apart when we move

I'm now organising a farewell night with the girls, now this night could get messy ;-)
I will already be emotional as Lee flies to Canada on the same day and I'm crap at goodbyes even if it is only for 10 days & these are my girls and although we might not always see each other all of the time but would always be there if one of us needed anything. It will be great to see everyone, I'm sure there will be tears at the end of the night but it will be a fantastic night all the same

nearly time

Lee has received an e-mail today with his flight details, he flies from Manchester on June 11Th, we've just rung up and upgraded him also for the extra baggage allowance, he was lucky and got the last seat in premium !! yey !!

Lee has also been and picked up our boxes to pack and send over the rest of our clothes and bits and pieces that wont be in the luggage that we take on our initial flight. Will be very strange packing up our stuff for the last time, but cant wait to get there now.