Every day we get more done and every day we find out about more that needs to be done. We depart on 25 August. You can count the weeks on one hand. Which is good, because you will need 2 hands to count all the passports (nine, for those who are interested) let alone the insurance policies and assorted other ‘balls in the air’ involved in getting the family overseas. Cars are for sale. The house is listed for rent. The kids have a finish date at crèche. Kids have crèche spots in Ottawa. Kids have school/crèche enrollments submitted for CBR when we return. Temporary accommodation (CBR) is booked. Utilities have a cutoff date. Movers have surveyed our possessions, requiring a decision on our part as to what goes where. The list goes on, and on. Then it goes on a bit more.
Excitingly for me, I have a finish date at work. As of 10 August, I begin my new life as a manbag. Its good that I will have over a week off work before the kids have finished crèche.
BTW – a big shout out to Greg who will soon graduate from University, before his daughter. Congratulations mate. Wish I could be there to see it.
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Lucky you have the marvellous Dirk to confer with!
ReplyDeleteGood work, Jason
ReplyDeleteand Good Work Greg!
...Dirk is sitting here wondering how the fork a family of four needs NINE passports. Did you go the dual-cit thing with the munchkins, Mister Jay? I dunno about Mrs Jay's background; maybe she's entitled to two citizenships as well. And then, what -- maybe a diplomatic passport too? Do they do that?
ReplyDeleteI don't envy you, I must say. It was hard enough organising passports for our three when we went to the Land of the Long White Dole Queue. By now you'll be aware of just...how...f___king DIFFICULT it is to get an energetic toddler to sit still and NOT smile for the damned camera!
Sod. I forgot all about the dual-citizenship aspect. Make that an even ten passports.
ReplyDeleteWe all have a private passport (4). We all have an offical passport (4 more). Jane gets a diplomatic passport (thats 9) and I have my US passport (10!).