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happy hauling

We made it safe and sound in Calgary with all of our stuff intact and hardly any problems with our uHaul truck. Poor Marcus got stuck driving the 24' truck all the way to Calgary while I followed behind in our car with little miss Chloe (the cat).

We've been spending the first two weeks in Calgary unpacking some things, making room to store the rest, hauling furniture and boxes to the basement, cleaning, and sorting through all the hassles of changing provinces. Believe me, there are a lot of hassles... it's basically like moving to a new country, but we just don't have to worry about our citizenship. Not much time so far to see friends and family, although we did pop up to Clive for a day to celebrate Marcus' father's 80th birthday. We also got out to Blake's cabin this past weekend, where we experienced our first snow fall of the season!

As for the matter of a job... I received a phone call the last week we were in New Westminster, and Veer offered me an in-house position on salary with all their snazzy benefits. I have since then accepted the position, so I guess I get to keep on keywording and tackling some other projects too. My first day of work is September 15th. I'm giddy like I'm headed back to school or something. Anyway, it should be a fun job.

That's all to report for now. Hope you're all doing well, and I look forward to seeing some of you over the next few weeks, as we finish off all the moving tasks. Cheers!

as the world turns...

or some such thing. You know the story so far. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl move away. Boy marries girl... and now boy and girl move back. Yes. Back to Calgary after three years of living in B.C.

We now have eight days to finish packing up our lives out here, load up the dreaded uHaul truck and begin the slow drive over the mountains. And then there's the small task of starting our lives all over again (again). At least this time, the long distance move is leading us to a city we know and love, filled with family and friends we love (but pretend we don't know sometimes). Just kidding. It will be wonderful to be back!

There's the usual stresses involved with long distance moves including unreliable moving equipment, hot weather, and traveling with our cat, which makes us wonder why we don't just pay a moving company to deal with all of this (well, except for the cat)?! And then there's the not-so-usual issues that we will face this time because we aren't moving into our own place. And no, we aren't moving in with our parents either. We will be house sitting for Blake for quite a while. Which has wonderful positives, but also some hassles, like where are we going to put all our stuff?! These things will all get worked out eventually.

The job situation is the greatest point of stress though. Mostly for me because Marcus is already set for work. I will no longer be doing keywording work for Veer. I'm determined to get a job in the arts and not fall back into the retail management trap. There's nothing super wrong with retail management, it's just not for me though. I need something more. We'll see how it all goes.

Wish us luck! We're really gonna need it!