Farewell At The Triangle

Our last night to celebrate with friends and family and where better to do that than the Old Triangle! Thanks everyone for coming! We had a fantastic time and were happy to see everyone we could.

Home Farewell

Spent 5 days at home - 23rd to 28th. they were a great 5 days. Matthew and I headed out Thursday afternoon but didn't get far as his car sprung a gas leak. We ended up renting a car Friday morning from Enterprise and headed home around lunch time. We arrived in Ben Eion and spent the night with Dad. Graham came up to meet us and the 4 of us skied all day Saturday. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. Had to say my good byes to Dad when we left - that was hard!

Karen came to visit Saturday night and her and I and mom gabbed for a few hours. The next few days consisted of lots of visiting and spending time with mom and the boys.

Tuesday we had the family in for a gathering. Mom and I spent the day prepaing food and laughing like fools - as always! Matthew & Graham, Linda, Steve & Lexie, Nanny Neil, Nan Hardy, Laurie & the boys, Jeff, Glorie, Hayden, Deb, Michael & Kyla were all there.

Wednesday we woke up to a snow storm! Uh-oh I was gonna leave today! By lunch time it had cleared up a bit and Matthew and I decided to make a go of it. Saying goodbye to Nan & Gamp and Mom sucked too. Mom was her usual foolish self, which made it so much easier for me as I was laughing rather than crying. Once we were on the road, it was clear as a bell right to Halifax. The causeway was one way escorted, but it wasn't bad. Graham left about 2 hours after us and he came up for a few days too so I could spent time with both he and Matthew.

The Packers, The Movers, Long Term Storage

Went to work on Tuesday morning expecting a call that the packers would arrive that afternoon. Keith called me at 9am and says the packers are waiting at our door! What!? Great! Once again, quite typical of this whole ordeal.

Mad rush trying to show the packers what was going overseas, in priority shipment, long term storage, and what would be accompanying us. I hadn't even started separating my clothes! That was probably a good thing, I had no time to dilly dally. Within a few hours our place was half packed and in total disorganization. Now off to a hotel to spend the next few weeks....

Wednesday the movers arrived and took everything that had been packed for overseas. Friday, the movers handling our Long Term Storage arrived. Tuesday we stayed at the Radisson, Wednesday The Citadel, Thursday the Four Points Sheraton and then each of us went home for a few days.

My Last Day Of Work

What a surreal feeling to get up this morning and head into work for my last day. This can't be real. We had an appointment with Tiverton's to show our condo at 12:30pm so I had little time to finish up everything I needed to. It was a hectic morning but I tied up all the loose ends. At 12pm I was basically running out the door saying good bye. It was best that way as good byes suck and the few tears we all had were probably minimal compared to what they could've been if the goodbye was stretched out. Kathy and Dale were out which was probably a good thing because they would have made me cry the most. Lots of hugs and I was on my way. I ducked out quickly so I didn't have to see anyone outside the HR department - I didn't have time and the less people I had to see, the less tears I had to shed.

Last week, Frank took me out for lunch, then he took us all out to the Shoe Shop for a farewell dinner. Then Monday at work the girls & Jeff bought me a cake, and a beautiful Great Britain travel book and a Jacques Whitford duffle bag. Oh, and they made me cry! Even if they made me cry it was all so much appreciated and I love them for it. God, I'm going to miss them. We all worked so perfect together and everyone has such similar work ethics that it was a great environment to work in. I keep telling Frank I'll be back in 4 years!

St. Paddy's Day & Farewell Celebrations!

The NB crew arrived on Friday and spent the weekend with us; it was fantastic! We even had a visitor from Kingston; Gymps!

Friday night was somewhat tame, but Saturday was far from it! We all got geared up, ate lots of great food, drank lots of booze, carried on like fools, and had a great time with our close friends and family.

Destination Inspection Trip

We are finally approved for married quarters and a DIT is planned. This is only a few weeks late, but very typically for the way this preparation is going. Keith left Sunday night to go to England to do an inspection of a house he's been told he's not able to inspect?? No, it doesn't make sense. However, once he arrived Defence Housing was much more helpful and arranged for him to view the house. It's liveable he tells me via email. Oh Good! Sounds wonderful! God, what are we going to live in?