today, was an ohk day. just an ohk day you might ask? yes. . . just an ohk day. i realized today how discouraging it can be looking for work, and places not hiring. walking into places that haven't advertised their hiring and find out. . . they aren't hiring. i honestly don't know how people "enjoy" not working and sitting around all day doing nothing. i, lauren raine, am not that type of person. i need to be working to enjoy myself. i am a working person. i will always be a working person. i need to be working. i need to be doing something. ahh.. .. ..
so, searching for work, a tedious task. . . text from nick. . . danielle is sick at work and needs to be picked up. . . a good time for me to clear my head and get away from job sites and resume planning out. . .
next thing i know i'm at the fun(funeral) home. . . mapping out law firms downtown van-city to apply to while down there for my interview tomorrow. i figured, i will be dressed up and down town. . . why wouldn't i apply for jobs!?
. . many hours later. .
nick and i had a fantastic dinner together, consisting of asparagus, pork steaks and a garden salad. . .
we then ventured to the mcdonalds parking lot. . . ha-ha creeped out yet? . . . oh settle down. . . we went there to meet a gentleman who sold us our wonderful Rider game tickets
[side note: please notice how i could care less if we are in bc and it's a "bc lions game" . . any game i go to with the Rider's playing will always be considered a RIDERS game]
continuing on. . we returned to nick's house where for some reason, i don't know why, but it hit me. i miss home. i miss my mom, my dad, my brother, larissa, my puppy, grace, suzy, everyone at hillsdale, my work, all the ladies at my work, everything. i missed and still miss it all. deep breaths lauren. . . deep breaths. . . i'm so thankful for nick and his sensitive side. even though i'm sure he would have much rather been sitting watching the canucks play on tv. . . he sat with my giving my hugs and letting my tears soak into his t-shirt. . .
after calming myself down i realized that its less than two months till christmas, and if all goes as planned it will be less than 2 months till i see my family. i think i can handle that, i hope i can that is. for all of you who read my blog, whether you are family and friends in regina, or ontario or down in the states or in bc. please know this. . . i love you all. like actually love you all. i miss you all. . and. . . i love you all.
i am going to try very hard to try and stay committed to this blog, so you all can hear about my roller coaster i'm on!
until next time, keep fit, and have fun!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
..job searching..
job searching job searching, internet, newspapers, talking to people. all things involved in my job search. not hearing back from people is the worst feeling but hearing back from people makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. example. .
wednesday, october 20th, i was searching searching searching for jobs. leaving my phone on my desk while i was handing out resumes, i return to find a one missed call. a BC number i don't recognize, but ta-dah! they left a voicemail. excitement sets in as i anxiously type in the digits to access the secret voice mail left behind.
the voice mail was a little muffled but it went like this "hi lauren this is julie from, muffle muffle muffle muffle, resume passed on, muffle, interview, muffle, wednesday, muffle muffle, call me, muffle muffle, number is, muffle, 604....etc etc." Ooo could this be an interview? really? how exciting! my resume was passed on to them, ooo even more exciting!
grabbing my phone and racing up the stairs from my basement suite (no service for phone calls down there).
yay to make a long story short, an interview was offered to me, downtown, way downtown, the heart of van-city. this upcoming week! it's a nerve racking thing interviews, i love them and hate them all at the same time! but only time will tell!
nick and i ventured downtown yesterday, sunday, to spend the day and walk by the giant tower known to be the place where my interview is! at least 40 stories high! that's when the butterflies really hit my stomach.
i won't think too much into it, but it's exciting to know that an opportunity has risen up like this. i will let you all in on how it goes!
until next time.. keep fit and have fun!
wednesday, october 20th, i was searching searching searching for jobs. leaving my phone on my desk while i was handing out resumes, i return to find a one missed call. a BC number i don't recognize, but ta-dah! they left a voicemail. excitement sets in as i anxiously type in the digits to access the secret voice mail left behind.
the voice mail was a little muffled but it went like this "hi lauren this is julie from, muffle muffle muffle muffle, resume passed on, muffle, interview, muffle, wednesday, muffle muffle, call me, muffle muffle, number is, muffle, 604....etc etc." Ooo could this be an interview? really? how exciting! my resume was passed on to them, ooo even more exciting!
grabbing my phone and racing up the stairs from my basement suite (no service for phone calls down there).
yay to make a long story short, an interview was offered to me, downtown, way downtown, the heart of van-city. this upcoming week! it's a nerve racking thing interviews, i love them and hate them all at the same time! but only time will tell!
nick and i ventured downtown yesterday, sunday, to spend the day and walk by the giant tower known to be the place where my interview is! at least 40 stories high! that's when the butterflies really hit my stomach.
i won't think too much into it, but it's exciting to know that an opportunity has risen up like this. i will let you all in on how it goes!
until next time.. keep fit and have fun!
Sunday, October 24, 2010
and then i saw him
A 3 and a half hour wait. . .
I bet you're wondering what a person can do for 3 and a half hours in the airport waiting for someone's flight, which was an hour delayed by the way, to arrive.
I began with standing in line to get a delicious cup of hot liquid, Tim Hortons. Mmm I sat for a moment enjoying this wonderful bevie, then continued on to pull out my book I brought as well as my sketch book to become artistic. Ha-ha me? Artistic.. nope, but I like to pretend. I began reading but found myself distracted by the people around me. So I pulled out my sketch book and began filling in the lines, pretending to know what I am doing and again.. distractions.
This city is such an interesting place. So big and so diverse. To my right I heard what sounded like a Russian family and to my left what sounded like some sort of Asian language. I then had young little 4 year old boys playing with helium balloons in front of me. Swaying the balloons back and forth back and forth.
I watched as planes would arrive and families would reunite after what must have been a long time. Tears flowed, laughter shared, hugs, kisses, little kids been lifted from the ground into their daddy's arms. I love watching the different ways people unite with one another and the diversity of each moment. I imagined what Nick's reaction would be as he walked through the doors from the customs and saw me standing there.
Excitement settled in!
The moment finally came after hours have ticked by, my phone buzzed as Nick's message came through that he had landed. Completely oblivious to the fact that I was sitting inside the building waiting for him, he shared stories of his flight and the enjoyable flight attendants that made him laugh thoroughly. I told a tale or two of shopping and looking for shoes and clothing etc, only to lead him astray from the curious question of "Where are you?" or "What are you up to?'
Moments ticked by like hours again, and we continued to text as if we were in two completely different places at two completely different moments in time. Finally. . . in the surveillance cameras that monitor the arrivals of the passengers through customs, I saw him. As I saw him walking towards the entrance to where all the excited families awaited all the passengers, I slunk back into the crowd behind many excited people. I saw him walk down the long stretch of carpet leading to the open area, where many families were already embracing their loved ones. When he reached the opening I stepped forward from the crowd, then he saw me. He smiled his big wonderful smile and all he could say as I walked up to him with arms stretched wide for a hug was, "Are you being serious right now?" I laughed and said, "Yes most definitely. What would you say if I said I live here now?" And to which he responded by burying his head into my shoulder laughing saying "I feel so silly right now, I had no idea!" He hugged me a big tight hug and let my feet touch back down to the ground. The response finally came, "I am so unbelievably happy right now." Ahhh.. such good words to hear, much better than, "Ew sick what are you doing here?" or "Where's my sister in law, she was supposed to be picking me up not you?" Ha-ha of course Nick would never had said that, but if that were the case, well, then the next blog wouldn't be too friendly now would it!
Anyways.. I saw him, he saw me, happiness has blossomed after waiting 4 weeks to unveil this crazy surprise!
Yay..
more blogs to come:)
I bet you're wondering what a person can do for 3 and a half hours in the airport waiting for someone's flight, which was an hour delayed by the way, to arrive.
I began with standing in line to get a delicious cup of hot liquid, Tim Hortons. Mmm I sat for a moment enjoying this wonderful bevie, then continued on to pull out my book I brought as well as my sketch book to become artistic. Ha-ha me? Artistic.. nope, but I like to pretend. I began reading but found myself distracted by the people around me. So I pulled out my sketch book and began filling in the lines, pretending to know what I am doing and again.. distractions.
This city is such an interesting place. So big and so diverse. To my right I heard what sounded like a Russian family and to my left what sounded like some sort of Asian language. I then had young little 4 year old boys playing with helium balloons in front of me. Swaying the balloons back and forth back and forth.
I watched as planes would arrive and families would reunite after what must have been a long time. Tears flowed, laughter shared, hugs, kisses, little kids been lifted from the ground into their daddy's arms. I love watching the different ways people unite with one another and the diversity of each moment. I imagined what Nick's reaction would be as he walked through the doors from the customs and saw me standing there.
Excitement settled in!
The moment finally came after hours have ticked by, my phone buzzed as Nick's message came through that he had landed. Completely oblivious to the fact that I was sitting inside the building waiting for him, he shared stories of his flight and the enjoyable flight attendants that made him laugh thoroughly. I told a tale or two of shopping and looking for shoes and clothing etc, only to lead him astray from the curious question of "Where are you?" or "What are you up to?'
Moments ticked by like hours again, and we continued to text as if we were in two completely different places at two completely different moments in time. Finally. . . in the surveillance cameras that monitor the arrivals of the passengers through customs, I saw him. As I saw him walking towards the entrance to where all the excited families awaited all the passengers, I slunk back into the crowd behind many excited people. I saw him walk down the long stretch of carpet leading to the open area, where many families were already embracing their loved ones. When he reached the opening I stepped forward from the crowd, then he saw me. He smiled his big wonderful smile and all he could say as I walked up to him with arms stretched wide for a hug was, "Are you being serious right now?" I laughed and said, "Yes most definitely. What would you say if I said I live here now?" And to which he responded by burying his head into my shoulder laughing saying "I feel so silly right now, I had no idea!" He hugged me a big tight hug and let my feet touch back down to the ground. The response finally came, "I am so unbelievably happy right now." Ahhh.. such good words to hear, much better than, "Ew sick what are you doing here?" or "Where's my sister in law, she was supposed to be picking me up not you?" Ha-ha of course Nick would never had said that, but if that were the case, well, then the next blog wouldn't be too friendly now would it!
Anyways.. I saw him, he saw me, happiness has blossomed after waiting 4 weeks to unveil this crazy surprise!
Yay..
more blogs to come:)
. confusion settles in .
Ohk so..this blog could be long..buckle down here..
Nick = away for 1 whole week
Lauren = counting down til the Friday he was supposed to be coming home.
Friday came. Excitement. . . YES!
Friday was a bit of a gong show, ridiculous, slow moving. . . a whole bunch of emotions all tied into one!
I woke up Friday bright and early very anxious for the day, but nervous because I had to navigate all by myself through the winding hills and streets and curves and roads connecting roads and street lights and stop signs and..
Confusion settles in.
Google Maps = a genius invention! Giving me the exact and precise directions of how to get to the airport. But do you think I listen to the google maps? Never. . . Why would I do that.
Confusion settles in.
After hearing directions from person #1 I proceeded to get a completely different set of directions from person #2, who were both in fact in the same room at the same time giving me two completely opposite ways of direction.
Confusion settles in.
Time moves on and I then meet a friend. . . let's call her person #3, who was also with her mother, person #4.
Person #3 and #4 together began listing off streets. . . that eventually turned into a different street, which in return turned into a different street. Yes ladies and gentleman. . . a street may start off with one name and by the time you go 5 blocks it's changed it's name 9 times. Crazy. . . I know. . . but here. . . anything is possible.
So after this encounter, I now have FOUR different possible routes I should take to get to the airport "easily."
Confusion settles in.
Venturing to the airport. . . listening to those directions? Absolutely . . . not.
Person #3 and #4 had a very simplistic set of directions, that I thought I would give a shot. After feeling confident as I drove through city upon city, I came to a complete HALT. The directions they gave me stalled. A road that was supposed to be named one thing, wasn't named that at all! What was I supposed to do!?!
Confusion settles in.
Super Lauren to the rescue.. I decide, this is my adventure, the world is my Utopia, I have no fear. . . Right? I begin driving down a street, in what direction I have no idea, thinking it must lead me somewhere.
Confusion settles in.
I finally decide to be the good Prairie girl that I am and stop and ask for directions from a nice gentleman at a gas station. Now, I don't know if he didn't see my license plate or just chose to bypass the obvious that I wasn't around here and gave me these directions, "Get back onto this road here and whenever you come to a big intersection doesn't matter which one just turn left and keep going straight it will take you to another big intersection at the end, turn right and you should be good to go!"
Grrrrrrreat, that helped me perfectly!
Confusion settles in.
But what the heck, I thought I would give it a shot. So I began down that "road here" and got to "a big intersection" and I proceeded to "turn left" and kept going straight, DOWN A MASSIVE MOUNTAIN SIDE HILL and got to "another big intersection at the end" and I "turned right" and guess what? Guess what?!? I was "good to go!" Back on the main highway, that has major signs that will direct me accordingly to the airport. And get this guys, this main highway with signs and directions, is the EXACT route that is printed out on the lovely Google map I brought along with me.
less Confusion has settled in.
If only I had listened to Google from the beginning. To make this long story extremely short and too the point. I did end up at the airport. And yes I did end up at the airport 3 and a half hours too early. But I did not even care, why? Because I successfully made it to their airport and I was 3 and a half hours closer to Nick arriving home.
And how did he react....
Confusion definitely settled in...
Nick = away for 1 whole week
Lauren = counting down til the Friday he was supposed to be coming home.
Friday came. Excitement. . . YES!
Friday was a bit of a gong show, ridiculous, slow moving. . . a whole bunch of emotions all tied into one!
I woke up Friday bright and early very anxious for the day, but nervous because I had to navigate all by myself through the winding hills and streets and curves and roads connecting roads and street lights and stop signs and..
Confusion settles in.
Google Maps = a genius invention! Giving me the exact and precise directions of how to get to the airport. But do you think I listen to the google maps? Never. . . Why would I do that.
Confusion settles in.
After hearing directions from person #1 I proceeded to get a completely different set of directions from person #2, who were both in fact in the same room at the same time giving me two completely opposite ways of direction.
Confusion settles in.
Time moves on and I then meet a friend. . . let's call her person #3, who was also with her mother, person #4.
Person #3 and #4 together began listing off streets. . . that eventually turned into a different street, which in return turned into a different street. Yes ladies and gentleman. . . a street may start off with one name and by the time you go 5 blocks it's changed it's name 9 times. Crazy. . . I know. . . but here. . . anything is possible.
So after this encounter, I now have FOUR different possible routes I should take to get to the airport "easily."
Confusion settles in.
Venturing to the airport. . . listening to those directions? Absolutely . . . not.
Person #3 and #4 had a very simplistic set of directions, that I thought I would give a shot. After feeling confident as I drove through city upon city, I came to a complete HALT. The directions they gave me stalled. A road that was supposed to be named one thing, wasn't named that at all! What was I supposed to do!?!
Confusion settles in.
Super Lauren to the rescue.. I decide, this is my adventure, the world is my Utopia, I have no fear. . . Right? I begin driving down a street, in what direction I have no idea, thinking it must lead me somewhere.
Confusion settles in.
I finally decide to be the good Prairie girl that I am and stop and ask for directions from a nice gentleman at a gas station. Now, I don't know if he didn't see my license plate or just chose to bypass the obvious that I wasn't around here and gave me these directions, "Get back onto this road here and whenever you come to a big intersection doesn't matter which one just turn left and keep going straight it will take you to another big intersection at the end, turn right and you should be good to go!"
Grrrrrrreat, that helped me perfectly!
Confusion settles in.
But what the heck, I thought I would give it a shot. So I began down that "road here" and got to "a big intersection" and I proceeded to "turn left" and kept going straight, DOWN A MASSIVE MOUNTAIN SIDE HILL and got to "another big intersection at the end" and I "turned right" and guess what? Guess what?!? I was "good to go!" Back on the main highway, that has major signs that will direct me accordingly to the airport. And get this guys, this main highway with signs and directions, is the EXACT route that is printed out on the lovely Google map I brought along with me.
less Confusion has settled in.
If only I had listened to Google from the beginning. To make this long story extremely short and too the point. I did end up at the airport. And yes I did end up at the airport 3 and a half hours too early. But I did not even care, why? Because I successfully made it to their airport and I was 3 and a half hours closer to Nick arriving home.
And how did he react....
Confusion definitely settled in...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
. . . Settled . . . Down . . .
So I've told you about my time pre-move, and I've shared with you a few stories about the process of the move. Now I should shed some light on the last week as I've settled in, moved things around, unpacked my life into the wonderful little suite I now call home. Granted, I would love to post photos of my wonderful little place, the unfortunate thing at the moment, is I cannot find my camera. I don't know where it is, but it holds the key to posting photos for you!
So Monday, was a tough day for me, as I had to say goodbye to my mom. It was the best time ever that I've had to spend with her road tripping, and I knew that it would be the hardest to say goodbye to her, because she is the best of the best. We had a great Monday together as we traveled out towards the airport. Shared a great breakfast and conversation together, then ventured to the local Christian bookstore; where we both made some marvelous purchases! We then went on to find the airport where we checked her in, chatted a bit and had a tearful goodbye. You never really know how hard it is to say goodbye to someone you love, until you're in that moment realizing that after you say goodbye you aren't going to physically see them for an extended period of time. Or at least that's how I felt in that moment. I was bordering on two distinct feelings: 1) So terribly sad that I was saying goodbye and 2) Excitement that this new part of my life was starting. When I think about it now, I still have those two feelings floating back and forth.
Anyways moving on..a quick recap of my week
Monday-- Mom departed, Dinner with Nick's brother and his wife, back home to hang out with the dog, Diesel. Day ends.
Tuesday-- Spent the day with Nick's wonderful cousin, my bestie, Alyssa, where we went to Ikea, only the greatest store ever. Then we parted ways only to be reunited later on to quickly wonder the mall, only to be parted again, only to be brought back together for dinner. Did you catch all those quick and sudden periods of time? Hope so.. Day ends.
Wednesday-- Job hunting, job hunting job hunting, with a slight break to spend time with my previous roomie from College, where we fine dined at the classiest of all place, Tim Hortons...Always delicious. . . My evening finished with have dinner with Nick's other brother and his wife(who I might add, I live in their basement suite:) . . . so my landlords) Day ends.
Thursday-- I got to babysit the cutest little boy ever, Nick's nephew. We played all day, went for lots of walks in the sun and just had a blast. Again... joining Nick's brother and his wife for supper. Day ends.
Friday-- The best day ever. The day everyone has been asking me about. "How did he react?" "What did he say?" "Was he shocked?"
If you didn't know this by now..Nick was away for the first week I've been here and had no idea I was here...
Friday was the day he flew in from the States and I picked him up at the airport..
Wanna know how he reacted...??? Guess you will have to wait for the next post to find out..
So Monday, was a tough day for me, as I had to say goodbye to my mom. It was the best time ever that I've had to spend with her road tripping, and I knew that it would be the hardest to say goodbye to her, because she is the best of the best. We had a great Monday together as we traveled out towards the airport. Shared a great breakfast and conversation together, then ventured to the local Christian bookstore; where we both made some marvelous purchases! We then went on to find the airport where we checked her in, chatted a bit and had a tearful goodbye. You never really know how hard it is to say goodbye to someone you love, until you're in that moment realizing that after you say goodbye you aren't going to physically see them for an extended period of time. Or at least that's how I felt in that moment. I was bordering on two distinct feelings: 1) So terribly sad that I was saying goodbye and 2) Excitement that this new part of my life was starting. When I think about it now, I still have those two feelings floating back and forth.
Anyways moving on..a quick recap of my week
Monday-- Mom departed, Dinner with Nick's brother and his wife, back home to hang out with the dog, Diesel. Day ends.
Tuesday-- Spent the day with Nick's wonderful cousin, my bestie, Alyssa, where we went to Ikea, only the greatest store ever. Then we parted ways only to be reunited later on to quickly wonder the mall, only to be parted again, only to be brought back together for dinner. Did you catch all those quick and sudden periods of time? Hope so.. Day ends.
Wednesday-- Job hunting, job hunting job hunting, with a slight break to spend time with my previous roomie from College, where we fine dined at the classiest of all place, Tim Hortons...Always delicious. . . My evening finished with have dinner with Nick's other brother and his wife(who I might add, I live in their basement suite:) . . . so my landlords) Day ends.
Thursday-- I got to babysit the cutest little boy ever, Nick's nephew. We played all day, went for lots of walks in the sun and just had a blast. Again... joining Nick's brother and his wife for supper. Day ends.
Friday-- The best day ever. The day everyone has been asking me about. "How did he react?" "What did he say?" "Was he shocked?"
If you didn't know this by now..Nick was away for the first week I've been here and had no idea I was here...
Friday was the day he flew in from the States and I picked him up at the airport..
Wanna know how he reacted...??? Guess you will have to wait for the next post to find out..
Headlights, Bunny Rabbits, Coffees and More!
I think the title truly captures the essence of the trip that unfolded when two Raine ladies pile into a crammed car and travel across two provinces to get to their long awaited destination.
Even after a long day at work, nothing stopped us from jumping into the car and driving through the night to our Calgary pit stop. Granted pit stops caused by Saskatchewan winds and a gas tank lacking gas were a must, coffees and energy coffee drinks were consumed on a consistent basis as well. Fruit salad, nachos, Mcdonalds at 1:00am all were highlights that marked this first part of our journey. But one thing I must announce to you in devastation and with a broken heart... there will be no Easter Bunny this year. Yes...you heard it hear first. Chocolate will not come around this April 2011. In an unfortunate freak accident, your beloved Easter Bunny has passed. I will not go any further than that, but you may use your imagination as you decide for yourselves the devastating outcome that has brought us to being without Mr.Bunny and his deliciously wonderful creme filled chocolaty eggs this Easter season.
Nevertheless, the following day brought on new and exciting adventures, as we waved goodbye to Calgary and it's disgusting ditches of snow, and headed towards the mountains that awaited us.
Hulga the Honda feared these giants beasts of rock, as she huffed and puffed her way up. As she defeated one, she became aware that more were in sight. As we coasted down the side of the mountain her speeds climbed, but as she ventured to climb another one, her speeds lingered and fell slowly. We laughed as we coached her on climbing these hills. They were never ending. . . . but what made the whole day enjoyable was the company I was blessed to have. Laughing and talking with my mom, felt like we've been friends forever. She's the best. Truly. And if you know her, you know she's a rockstar! We fooled Nick as we both had turns texting him, creating stories of our girls weekend and gallivanting around "town," not specifying which town we were actually in. Soooo sneaky.
Finally as the skies were dark and the mountains behind us, we arrived at our destination. . . .
More blogs to come.. :)
Even after a long day at work, nothing stopped us from jumping into the car and driving through the night to our Calgary pit stop. Granted pit stops caused by Saskatchewan winds and a gas tank lacking gas were a must, coffees and energy coffee drinks were consumed on a consistent basis as well. Fruit salad, nachos, Mcdonalds at 1:00am all were highlights that marked this first part of our journey. But one thing I must announce to you in devastation and with a broken heart... there will be no Easter Bunny this year. Yes...you heard it hear first. Chocolate will not come around this April 2011. In an unfortunate freak accident, your beloved Easter Bunny has passed. I will not go any further than that, but you may use your imagination as you decide for yourselves the devastating outcome that has brought us to being without Mr.Bunny and his deliciously wonderful creme filled chocolaty eggs this Easter season.
Nevertheless, the following day brought on new and exciting adventures, as we waved goodbye to Calgary and it's disgusting ditches of snow, and headed towards the mountains that awaited us.
Hulga the Honda feared these giants beasts of rock, as she huffed and puffed her way up. As she defeated one, she became aware that more were in sight. As we coasted down the side of the mountain her speeds climbed, but as she ventured to climb another one, her speeds lingered and fell slowly. We laughed as we coached her on climbing these hills. They were never ending. . . . but what made the whole day enjoyable was the company I was blessed to have. Laughing and talking with my mom, felt like we've been friends forever. She's the best. Truly. And if you know her, you know she's a rockstar! We fooled Nick as we both had turns texting him, creating stories of our girls weekend and gallivanting around "town," not specifying which town we were actually in. Soooo sneaky.
Finally as the skies were dark and the mountains behind us, we arrived at our destination. . . .
More blogs to come.. :)
Secrets and Surprises
One week ago today, I was driving along the highway with my mom, west bound for BC with a Honda packed to the roof top with everything I could possibly pack up that I had accumulated over the many years. I finally started to realize the situation I was in, I was actually moving myself and everything I own to BC. Now some of you don't know this story of how I came to be driving along the road with my mom rocking out to music and enjoying the scenic beauty of the prairie fields that escalated into giant Rocky mountains surrounding us. So let's rewind...back to what would now be almost 4 weeks ago. It was a long time coming, but 4 weeks ago I finally took the steps toward moving west. The tricky thing about this decision was that Nick, my partner in crime :), has no idea I've made such a big decision without him! A surprise was unfolding as I was making preparations to arrive in BC and a week after being on my own there, Nick would return from his vacation in the States and BAM! Ta-da, I am here! Sheer Genius!
I knew along the way the truth would be stretched and covering my tracks had to become slightly tricky, but all in all I think I mastered this task quite tactfully.
I'd bypass questions like, "Are you going to visit longer this time?" or "When do you think might be the earliest you could move here?" with sly responses like "I'm going to try to be there as soon as I can" or "Maybe I will just show up one day." Answers that you'd think would spark some sort of suspicion but no, not for Nick.
The next few weeks were a blur after deciding to move, but I won't get into detail with that because it would waste your time and mine, with insignificant little details. But I will say that the past few weeks have been a true blessing being able to spend a lot of one on one time with amazing friends and family and share a lot of laughter and joy as well.
Anyways shall we get back to the driving part of things.....
I knew along the way the truth would be stretched and covering my tracks had to become slightly tricky, but all in all I think I mastered this task quite tactfully.
I'd bypass questions like, "Are you going to visit longer this time?" or "When do you think might be the earliest you could move here?" with sly responses like "I'm going to try to be there as soon as I can" or "Maybe I will just show up one day." Answers that you'd think would spark some sort of suspicion but no, not for Nick.
The next few weeks were a blur after deciding to move, but I won't get into detail with that because it would waste your time and mine, with insignificant little details. But I will say that the past few weeks have been a true blessing being able to spend a lot of one on one time with amazing friends and family and share a lot of laughter and joy as well.
Anyways shall we get back to the driving part of things.....
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