Welcome to my life, as I like to refer to it, Cirque de Delicia!
I am moving to the U.S. from Toronto in exactly 5 days. Because Phoenix is not known for their public transportation system, I am forced to drive since no buses or trains go anywhere near my new office. I am giving myself 3 days to make the trip, and I will go solo so staying awake on the passes through places like Oklahoma may be my biggest concern. Our original plan was for me to fly there and then purchase a low-rent car, one good enough to keep running for about 6-9 months, then fly back to Toronto and pick up The Kid either after the end of his first semester this year or at the end of the school year, but me having a car in Phoenix seems like a bigger priority than we originally calculated.
So, the real circus started yesterday. We were in flux about if the husband and The Kid and the two dogs, would stay living in our rental town home or move to someplace smaller or any other viable alternative. Yesterday, it was planned that the husband, The Kid, and the 2 dogs will move in with the in-laws. The Kid will come to live with me either at the end of the semester or the end of the school year, whichever he chooses at a later date and the husband will come as soon as USCIS (U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service) will allow. We are planning on about 1 year for that process, but as CIC has shown us, anything can happen and we have to stay prepared for that.
With my remaining 5 days here in Canada, I not only have to pack myself up and get my ducks in order, I have to move an entire house, much of which has to go into a rented storage facility for the time being. By the time my husband gets to Phoenix, I will pretty much have a furnished place, so not much of that 'stuff' will have to make the trip to the U.S. but we don't have time to sort it all out now. We save that joy for another day.
I will be making another solo drive back to Toronto for Christmas (employer vacation approval permitting) and picking up dog #1 for transport back to the U.S. The return trip, at least my husband will accompany me and keep me company and help with the driving and then he can visit in Phoenix for a bit before returning back to his dreary life in Toronto. Dog #2 will have to wait and move with husband, simply because most apartments in the U.S. allow 1 dog, which leaves me with having to purchase a house the day after my husband gets the nod from USCIS. yeah. right.
I feel like I just did this big relocation to another country... oh wait... I did!
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