And the Days Go By

Time is flying.  I have a week and a half before I'm in Nova Scotia, and still so much to do.  I have to book my flight, I have to finish purging and packing...I have to say my goodbyes to all my Ontario cronies.  It'll be hard, but it's all part of the process...I will see them all again.

I passed my physical on Friday!  It was somewhat frustrating, as the nurse had assured me that the appointment is booked for half an hour (so I told work I'd go over my lunch break).  THREE AND A HALF HOURS after I left work, I returned.  The doctor was a resident, so maybe it can be chalked up to inexperience, but....oi.  Needless to say, she was very thorough. ;)

Oh what else have I been up to... I packed a little tonight - started stuffing vacuum space bags with various clothes, my duvet; started packing things into the rubbermaid tub that's going via Canada Post (turntable, records, desk lamp, whatever else I can stuff in), and picked out some more clothes to donate.  All thats really left for clothes are what I wear to work, and a few non-work shirts.  Once I'm there and have money comin', I'm intending on ordering some tshirts and sweaters from Old Navy - I'll be down to veeeery little clothing when I get there.

Speaking of money..........oh the stress.  I've got luggage to pay for, a box to ship, a flight to buy (to NS), more items to pick up once I'm in Nova Scotia (food, toiletries, scarves, toques), a little cash to live on when I get there, plus I should be buying Christmas gifts for family (so I don't have to buy and ship later, saving me big $$)...  If I can't afford Christmas presents now, I will at least get my Stepmom's birthday present (mid-November) so it's ready and waiting for her.  I can start buying Christmas things once I start getting paid - not much time left, considering I should be shipping anything from IQ by the first week of December (just to be at a paranoid level of 'safe').

I have to get used to this - the need to really consider everything from how I'll get clothes that fit to how to go about the logistics of Christmas (and how long it will take for everything to deliver on top of it).  It's all part of 'northern time'...something that I expect will be worth it to live on the top of the world.


22 Days!