What have we done to deserve this?

When we last blogged, the reader was left. Hanging....did either of them get hired?  Are they still mired in a cardboard box hell? And what of the kitties?

So glad you asked, and even if you didn’t, here goes.  

I got  a job.  Yes, let the bells ring and banners I'm the new Manager of Economic Development for Port McNeill.  On the north end of the Island, and start work in January 2022.  O M G.  I know Its the job for me...a 2 yr contract, so no need to worry about working till I 80.  The town is beautiful, and we lived there 10 years ago...and its exciting, the prospect of seeing the changes, hooking up with old friends and did I mention a new brew pub!  We are enthusiastic about this...trip planning, booking movers, looking for a place to live.  And lurking in the far corners of my mind the biggie: packing. 

So we have been in our new apartment for maybe a month.  And with both of us shortisted for positions on the north island, unpacking ceased.  But damage had been done!  Boxes recycled, clothes hung in one closet, dishes in the cupboard, cds in their stand and books now in the office.  Gak!  Its about 1/3 complete, so it sounds like it should be easy breezy peasy to repack?  Yes, it does sound like it.  Unfortunately the reality is stuff is in a state of flux.  More like reflux! Half empty boxes, with a mish mash of what can only be described as Junk Drawer material.  In my haste to set up house, I foolishly dumped all the clean packing newsprint.  Argh!

So its back to Uhaul, getting everything back on track.  Labelling by the way is paramount in times like this!

Mac the Organized is the logistic specialist.  Booking rooms, planning the route...remember the 2 cats?  One long day on the road, then a ferry trip, and finally arriving in our town has been laid out in manageable bites.  Ok some bigger bites, but manageable. Movers are lined up. Again.  But what of the “stuff “ we put in storage?  Lets hope we can find some when we get there. I really don't look forward to a furniture dolly and tool kit in our kitchen.

Oh yes, place to live.  Well at first we found a gorgeous 2 bdrm with a single car garage....but in the wrong town!  Fortune smiled upon us, and we have a 3 bdrm 1 bath in what were the first townhouses to be built in our new location.  On the up side its being reno’d and updated, its inexpensive, on the down side I have no idea what we have to work with until we arrive. But its got garden access and an amazing  view of the ocean!  So we won’t  be living in a tent. 

And today, the 10th of November, is another day of packing, stressing and running errands, planning, eeeek.  I have read a dozen on-line “How to stay sane when you move”, “Smart moves” and no magic bullet.  Just get started, grab a jiffy marker and the tape gun and be ruthless! 

What have we done to deserve this?  Well all I can fathom is we are fearless, smitten with wanderlust.  And drawn back to the sea.  To careers we both are really really good at.   And what better place to eventually retire to than on the Island...its going to be a blast.  Oh yeah and never -40C again...lol

Stay tuned!