It's been a long, long time...
I think it's been like a year since I last wrote on here. Things have changed. A lot. Living in a new country and being, for lack of a better term, housewife.
Love living in Canada. The island is *beautiful*, even with all the rain that is typical of the great Pacific Northwest. The mountain range that we see every time that we go into town is covered in snow and is just picturesque. I've even tried taking video with my phone to give an idea of where we live that I've put up on Facebook. The area of the island that we live in has that quaint quiet fishing/oyster town feel to it. Mostly because that's what the coast is dotted with. Though I'm still getting used to living on the coast. Literally... the beach is a 5 min walk from here. And I keep forgetting that we're on an island. But it's nice. Really nice. At the end of year Erika and I are getting our citizenship and finding a place to buy and settle down. We're both tired of renting.
And after our last renting experience.... dear Lord. That was a nightmare and a half, to put it gently... But, that's done and over with finally. I could go and rant on about that horrible situation, but I'd rather not dredge that up when I really don't have to. Thanks.
Erika's loving her job at the holistic clinic. She's in her element and having a blast. The clinic itself is nice, and the people that we works with are awesome. There's none of the typical cattiness that's present in most clinics. Everyone gets along and works well together and compliments each other nicely. I've spent a couple days there hanging out due to various reasons and things just flow. It's great. I didn't think that I would ever see a clinic that ran this way. And I would have to say that if it was a typical Western medicine clinic it would go as smoothly as it does. But that's just my biased opinion. Being burned as many times that I have by shitty politics from the various clinics that I've worked at. But that's another story for another time... Oh, Erika's also in negotiations with the owner/boss to eventually buy the clinic. It always amazes me and makes me proud that she's a professional. A doctor! She's even talking at a seminar in the summer down in Victoria.
I'm still unemployed. But this time it's by choice and legalities. I don't have a work permit atm so legally I can't be employed by a Canadian business. Also, I have my school loans set up as income based... and since I don't have an income, I don't have to pay anything. WooHoo! Mostly I'm just keeping busy keeping the house, talking care of the animals, and with my corsets. It's nice. It's nice creating my own schedule. It's nice not having to constantly watching my back... ::shakes head:: Bitter much? lol.
My family is doing well. Sarah is going to be 11 in March and Mikky is going to be 2 in July. My nieces are getting older! Last time I saw her (2 years ago) Sarah was almost as tall as I am! ::shakes head:: We're trying to get her to come over here and spend some time this summer. Give her some time away from the family and their expectations. Don't really know how the rest of them are doing specifically. Though I did get an email from my mom on my birthday yesterday stating that my dad broke one of his ribs. Apparently he was trying to bend a pipe and was using his body weight as leverage... but was using it wrong. Obviously... ::shakes head::
Can't think of anything else at the moment. Though I am going to try and get this thing going again. I won't make any promises as to how frequently I'll write. I have a physical journal that I use as well when I have to physically write... when typing just won't do. But I will try. Later.
Love living in Canada. The island is *beautiful*, even with all the rain that is typical of the great Pacific Northwest. The mountain range that we see every time that we go into town is covered in snow and is just picturesque. I've even tried taking video with my phone to give an idea of where we live that I've put up on Facebook. The area of the island that we live in has that quaint quiet fishing/oyster town feel to it. Mostly because that's what the coast is dotted with. Though I'm still getting used to living on the coast. Literally... the beach is a 5 min walk from here. And I keep forgetting that we're on an island. But it's nice. Really nice. At the end of year Erika and I are getting our citizenship and finding a place to buy and settle down. We're both tired of renting.
And after our last renting experience.... dear Lord. That was a nightmare and a half, to put it gently... But, that's done and over with finally. I could go and rant on about that horrible situation, but I'd rather not dredge that up when I really don't have to. Thanks.
Erika's loving her job at the holistic clinic. She's in her element and having a blast. The clinic itself is nice, and the people that we works with are awesome. There's none of the typical cattiness that's present in most clinics. Everyone gets along and works well together and compliments each other nicely. I've spent a couple days there hanging out due to various reasons and things just flow. It's great. I didn't think that I would ever see a clinic that ran this way. And I would have to say that if it was a typical Western medicine clinic it would go as smoothly as it does. But that's just my biased opinion. Being burned as many times that I have by shitty politics from the various clinics that I've worked at. But that's another story for another time... Oh, Erika's also in negotiations with the owner/boss to eventually buy the clinic. It always amazes me and makes me proud that she's a professional. A doctor! She's even talking at a seminar in the summer down in Victoria.
I'm still unemployed. But this time it's by choice and legalities. I don't have a work permit atm so legally I can't be employed by a Canadian business. Also, I have my school loans set up as income based... and since I don't have an income, I don't have to pay anything. WooHoo! Mostly I'm just keeping busy keeping the house, talking care of the animals, and with my corsets. It's nice. It's nice creating my own schedule. It's nice not having to constantly watching my back... ::shakes head:: Bitter much? lol.
My family is doing well. Sarah is going to be 11 in March and Mikky is going to be 2 in July. My nieces are getting older! Last time I saw her (2 years ago) Sarah was almost as tall as I am! ::shakes head:: We're trying to get her to come over here and spend some time this summer. Give her some time away from the family and their expectations. Don't really know how the rest of them are doing specifically. Though I did get an email from my mom on my birthday yesterday stating that my dad broke one of his ribs. Apparently he was trying to bend a pipe and was using his body weight as leverage... but was using it wrong. Obviously... ::shakes head::
Can't think of anything else at the moment. Though I am going to try and get this thing going again. I won't make any promises as to how frequently I'll write. I have a physical journal that I use as well when I have to physically write... when typing just won't do. But I will try. Later.