It's been a pretty busy week, which is the main reason I've not updated here for a while. On the one hand, I've gotten a lot of things done; on the other, I still don't feel like I've made much actual progress....
In no particular order.... I've booked a quick reconnaissance visit to Canada, for five nights. The main purpose of that will be to go through the last of the paperwork and get my proper Permanent Resident card. Well, to start the process of getting the card; it'll be posted to me in a couple of months. Though while I'm there, I'm also going to get a little apartment hunting in, as well as opening up my bank account. I may also use it to visit a few employment agencies and give out copies of my CV (sorry, resume), though if they're anything like the ones over here, they won't be interested in anything that isn't sent electronically. I'm not too worried if I don't manage to do the agencies this time around, though; I've got enough savings that I can live for a while without a job.
Secondly, I've added my mother to my bank account. Well, I say added - they insisted we open a new account, and then proceded to try and sell us additional products. I was very unimpressed... It seems that if you go through things the right way, then you get to jump through all sorts of hoops - if I'd just left my bank card and PIN with my mother, we'd've avoided all this.
Thirdly, the decorator has been round to look at the house; I'm expecting a quote from him next week
Fourthly, the electrician's also been (at 8pm on a Friday night - now that's a level of service I've not seen for a long time.) He's given me a quote already - he didn't go pale when he saw the house, so I'm taking that as a good sign.
I wish someone had told me how expensive moving internationally was likely to be. Alternatively, if someone did tell me, I wish I'd listened.
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