George has no idea I'm running this blog. He probably would have a fit if he knew. That's why I like the fact that I can remain anonymous and still unburden myself. I call this my escape from reality.
I don't want to compound his worries by expressing mine so I come on here and do it.
What on earth is happening? The houses we are even being forced to look at within our price range are not quite the style I am accustomed to living in. Not enough space. What happened to everyone having their own rooms, each with an en suite toilet and bathrooms? That's another thing. They seem to refer to toilets as "washrooms". I felt really foolish each time I asked someone for the toilets and they looked at me as if I was an alien from another planet.
Anyway, I'm going to have to convince George we might have to just settle for one and do without some creature comforts, if we can even find a landlord who would have us, because we are literally frittering money away staying in the hotel.
Wish me luck as I embark on this daredevil mission!!!
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Thursday, July 5, 2007
?????
We seem to have come at a bad time in the housing market. Can't even find a place to rent. We're still in a hotel 5 days on.
Were we too hasty in not contacting anyone we knew here so they could give us a soft landing? Or was it good ol' African pride? Well, I don't feel quite so "proud" or confident right now. Everyday we stay in the hotel we're running up bills and I can feel our resources dwindling. It's crazily expensive. There's something called Stampede going on right now. Was a mercy we even found a suite. There's people in cowboy hats and boots all over town, with signs reading
'yee-haw' in shop windows.
Whatever.
Luckily the weather is nice. The kids are getting restive living out of suitcases.
Anyhow, roll on tomorrow. We'll see what it brings.
Were we too hasty in not contacting anyone we knew here so they could give us a soft landing? Or was it good ol' African pride? Well, I don't feel quite so "proud" or confident right now. Everyday we stay in the hotel we're running up bills and I can feel our resources dwindling. It's crazily expensive. There's something called Stampede going on right now. Was a mercy we even found a suite. There's people in cowboy hats and boots all over town, with signs reading
'yee-haw' in shop windows.
Whatever.
Luckily the weather is nice. The kids are getting restive living out of suitcases.
Anyhow, roll on tomorrow. We'll see what it brings.
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Canada, here I am!!!
Canada at last!!!
We received our visas finally. Thought this day would never come. We applied for these visas when our son was barely a few months old. Now he's 7!! Talk about delayed gratification. Handed in my notice at work faster than you can say Oh! Canada. Been itching to leave there anyway.
George (my husband) and I talked about it and decided to just up and leave and here we are.
Here's to the beginning of the rest of our lives.
We received our visas finally. Thought this day would never come. We applied for these visas when our son was barely a few months old. Now he's 7!! Talk about delayed gratification. Handed in my notice at work faster than you can say Oh! Canada. Been itching to leave there anyway.
George (my husband) and I talked about it and decided to just up and leave and here we are.
Here's to the beginning of the rest of our lives.
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