Friday, August 04, 2006

> 7 Days

We're back from our trip out West. It was fun & hard (& not in a party hard dude kind of way). The Doodles' mobility has increased exponentionally since my last post & she won't stop moving. Plus she's more than a little attached to me & screams almost everytime someone else tries to hold her. If they manage to hold on to her for more than 20 seconds she spends the time in their arms scanning the room for me & when spotted will strain & stretch & twist with hands stretched out towards me. Also, two more teeth have sprouted & not the top two middle ones but the ones beside them. I like to call her Fang. To top it off she's decided she needs to grind the top left one against her bottom two & I am now cringing at the sounds coming from her little mouth.

So anyway, I've been trying to write this post since we got back on Tuesday & obviously haven't had much luck. First I was totally bagged with the jet lag & so that combined with the stress of upheaving my life across the continent, selling our house, conversing with lawyers, accountants, movers & relocation specialists, the baby craziness & the fact that our luggage took two days to get home making all of us not still in diapers a little less than fresh, well, made for some delays in getting anything written for all you folks out there still reading this blog. Are you there still? I understand your reasons for leaving but I promise I'll write more some day soon. There's also this little problem I seem to be having with my laptop. Someone else in this household really likes using it more than I like letting them. I'm not naming any names or anything since they pay most of the bills, but everytime I go to check my email & whatnot, this jackass has signed me out, logged themselves on & started downloading stupid mountain biking videos. To top it all off, the other little person in our household is also in love with the computer & would like nothing better than to bang on the keyboard all day long playing this game or watching some cute videos. So what's mine is no longer & all my time is spent stressing about the amount of time I don't have to fit all that I want into it. That & trying not to herniate any discs as I walk the Doodles around the house going back & forth between the dog & the mirror.

Anyway, here's the facts. We are moving to Seattle. Next freaking Friday! Calvin starts work at Microsoft on the 14th. Visas are acquired at the airport when we go through customs. The movers cannot load up the van until we fax them a copy of those visas from the airport. The movers start packing our stuff next Tuesday so we get to spend a few nights in a hotel. (Which hopefully won't be anything like the Holiday Inn we stayed at for 2 hours on Monday night in Calgary & had to leave because we weren't getting any sleep since the loudmouths next door couldn't speak to each other unless it was at the decibel range of a heavy metal concert. The offered upgrade was not taken because we figured since we were awake we might as well try to get on standby for the redeye.) The house is sold. 5 grand under our asking price so we're pretty happy. We are not allowed to move any plants, liquor or foodstuffs so if anyone needs any spices or scotch just ask. We are throwing ourselves a going away party tomorrow. If you live in Ottawa & want to join us we'll be at the Royal Oak at Pretoria Bridge from about 3:00 onwards. This is not an invitation to steal stuff from my house. Unless it's spices or booze. I have a headache. Maybe I need some booze. Or spices. Ya, spices.....

Gotta run, baby awakens yet again.....

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm still listening! Good luck with the move (and moving the spices & booze). It will be great to have you guys on this coast. Take care & talk soon.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad you made it home safe and sound (kinda). We miss you guys. Mom's sending a slip and slide our way so we can relive the good times we had with you here in Jasper.
Good luck with the move, wish I could be at the party. Can't wait to visit you in Seattle.

Green Family said...

Hey C&L&Fang,

We're still tuned in - keep writing, it's a great way for the people on the WRONG side of the canal to stay in touch (how sa is that!). Hope you're shindig on Saturday was a good time - we're totally bummed that we had to miss it.

G,K,T-bit

Jenn said...

Sheesh, I'm tired just reading that! I can't imagine how tired you are doing it! Well, Welcome to the US! =o) Hopefully once you get settled, you can relaz a bit.

jdg said...

congrats on the move, and good luck!

[and isn't it crazy how exposed these little ones are to computers? when I was a kid, my parents had a computer than ran on casette tapes]

bunmaster said...

Thanks guys! I haven't had time to comment back so apologies....

Hi Dutch! Thanks for posting those youtube links - we're loving them. Only problem is that I've got "I Love Trash" stuck in my head every day now.

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