New Day, New Thoughts

When did it become the end of October? Welcome to crazy times. It’s been such a busy month I’m having trouble grasping just where the time went. In a little more than a month, I’ll be packing up my belongings and putting them into storage while I get ready to make my move to Canada. I’m excited and terrified. I’ve been reviewing the documents for applying for my visa and discovered that while I get the approval for a visa in 4-5 weeks after applying, I don’t get the actual visa until I cross the border. I’m trying to figure out what that means for moving my things into the country. I really need to find others who’ve been through this process from outside of Canada and figure it out. I’m hoping I’ll meet some other midwives who’ve been in my shoes at the CAM conference in Niagra falls next month.

Plans are being made to apartment hunt in Vancouver in January, visit friends in LA in December and, of course, the big move by early February if all goes well.

Any other Mac-users reading? I am coming up to time to replace my 4.5 year old iMac. I was considering replacing it with another iMac, because I really prefer the experience of sitting down at a desktop and the larger screen for writing and video editing. The Macbook Pro is the alternative, but significantly pricier and there is that smaller screen. But then there’s the fact that I will be moving around quite a bit in the next year. Any thoughts?

Lastly, I had to postpone my recording for my lullaby album until next week thanks to an awful case of bronchitis that I contracted as a sequel to the flu. I’ve been sick for 2 weeks and am finally beginning to feel human again. A reminder to myself not to procrastinate when it comes to the flu shot.

More to come. New job starting Monday. I am a bit of a wandering midwife, these days.