On the road again...

Well after packing all my belongings in my oh so small car we hit the road to Nelson BC for an overnight visit with my brother and his girlfriend. What a great night of awesome food and hilarious games!
After a relaxing morning and more packing Dad and I hit the road, crossing the border was funny the border gaurd was surprised at our packing job and quickly looked through the car and we were on our way. Since the a/c is broken in my car we are travelling with the windows down, we were pretty hot once we got to Spokane Washington but once we got on the road again after stopping for supper in Idaho, we hit the mountains and were "watching for ice" (as the signs were telling us...if only there was ice) the temps dropped and we cooled off a bit, crossed into Montana and cruised to Butte where we stopped for the night. After cleaning the windshield, lots of casualties, we hit the hay for a nights rest!

Packing again...Argh!

Well, as the time for me to hit the dusty trail, so to speak, draws very near 4 days infact. I am once again packing up my life to prepare to move again.

This is a far harder task than the last time as this time my stuff won't be unpacked right away and I am trying to decide what to take with me to the UK. As all my friends know I love clothes and this is a huge challenge. For sure!

I just don't have the space (or butler services) to bring everything I want to. I am stuck bringing a few things that I love and saving the rest for when I come back from the UK.

Guess I'd better get back at it.

Going Away :(

Well the other night I had my going away party!

It was a mixture of emotions for sure, it was great to have all (well most) of my friends in one place to be able to chat with them all and generally have a great time. But there were definatley some tears, although I did better than I thought and only let them out twice. Both times I was overwhelmed with the kindness of my friends and their kind words of encouragement for my new adventure.

I was also blessed with an amazing going away gift from my co-workers, they are far to generous, and a very useful gift from a great friend.


My beautiful friend Caity was for sure the hostess with the most-ess, and a huge thank you to her and her parents for having my party at their fabulous home.



Here are some pics to check out some of the action from the night. Thanks to all who were able to make it out and those of you who couldn't you were dearly missed!

"You're my best friend"

Well I just returned from the best surprise yet...

Upon finding out that my best friend was unable to travel do to being put on bedrest (she's 7 months pregnant, and looking fabulous by the way) I hopped on a plane to Edmonton and then a bus ride to her town of Cold Lake Alberta. The look of surprise on her face was priceless when i walked into her kitchen.

We had a great visit and an always tearful goodbye. It was great to spend some well needed bestie time before I head off on my UK adventure. I wish she could come down for my farewell shindig but alas we've said our goodbyes, and I look forward to seeing less of her with her new little guy/gal the next time I see her.

Love you to bits bestie!


"you're my best friend"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN_HVup9oOg

DONE DONE DONE

Well its official I am now both a home-buyer and a home-seller, what what! The stuff is moved and I have opted for a relaxing day of doing nothing, over unpacking and organizing my new room. This is made easier by the boyfriend having a lot of running around to do today (I make a mean co-pilot) and a beautiful sunny sky to enjoy!

I was also lucky enough to have a visit with my bestie yesterday and she nicely helped me move, she is also 21 weeks preggo's so she did some light moving. It was just great to be able to spend some time with her, as we don't get to see much of each other as she lives out of town.

I am looking forward to a couple more days of relaxation before I head back to work. Which will be interesting as I have moved from a 3 minute walk to work to an approximate 30-40 min drive to work depending on the traffic and time of day. Oh well the savings of 3 years or not paying for parking and fuel has been well worth it, and the new adventure of travel nursing in the UK is fast approaching. All this moving and driving will be well worth the reward of travelling to the UK to work for a bit, a five year dream finally coming to fruition.

Well off to enjoy more of this glorious weather...Ta ta for now...

Donate to a good home

Well the packing is coming along nicely, and along with packing things to keep I am also packing a lot of stuff to donate to Salvation Army. They are getting a plethora of great stuff that I just can't justify keeping, and that none of my friends or co-workers or friends of friends and co-workers wanted. Facebook has been a huge help surprisingly with the give-aways and sale of some great stuff.

This week (between work that is) I will be taking donations to the Salvation Army and moving items to my new (interim) place. I am looking forward to this move despite it being very busy all of a sudden, I am still excited.

I am very excited to be having my dad come out from the east coast in July to road trip back to Nova Scotia with me on a USA roadtrip! We're both pretty excited about this, mostly because we will be seeing the best ball team (as far as we are concerned) at a home game in Boston, at good 'ol Fenway! Wow, in my dad's words "when we hit syracuse I'll be vibrating I'll be so excited" I can't wait to see that it will be funny enough.
Well off to organize boxes and bags of donations...

Pack attack!

As I sit here taking a moment to think, I realize how close I am to heading on my greatest adventure of heading to the UK to try my hand at some travel nursing. I have a ton of emotions going on right now and the ones at the fore front of my mind all revolve around my family, and how I miss them so much.

Especially as I sit here and look at the disaster zone which is my apartment, with boxes and paper and everything all over the place I know my mom would be able to make quick work out of everything that needs to be done in the too short amount of time I have to get it all done in.


Oh well, I will just have to try and remember all the packing tips I have learned from her over the years and apply them now. I am also sad as I know I won't be able to see most of the stuff I am packing for at least a year or two. Oh well on to the next exciting chapter of my life! I hear the boxes calling, I must get back to them!