Back to blogging...

Well, we've been in Canada for 2 years now, and I'm only about a year and half behind on my blogging!  Not bad for a procrastinator  :)

As much as we're loving our adventures here in Nova Scotia, I have once again been bitten by the travel bug, and feel its time to move on and check out some more of this amazing country. A few months ago, as I was umming and ahhing on whether its a good time to move on or not, I applied for a job that I really didn't think I would stand much chance of getting, for various reasons.  Well, wouldn't you know - Murphy's Law and all that - I got the job!  So that put an end to my constant procrastination, and it was time to put words into action and get started with planning our next move.

This also meant having the fun and joy of dealing with immigration and the screeds of paperwork again.  <sigh>

First step - applying for an Alberta nursing licence. No problems!  (Note to self - applying for ANYTHING over the Christmas break is a guaranteed headache of long waits.  Don't do it again!)  So after a few weeks of stressful angst, I was finally approved for my licence.

Next stop - the hospital in Alberta needed to apply for permission from the Government to hire me.  They couldn't do this step until they knew I would qualify for the nursing licence, hence the stress.  And I can't apply for the work permit without this letter of permission.

Thankfully the gods were on my side, and this came through relatively quickly!  Woohoo!!  So now I could apply for my work permit.  The application was quickly filled in, the usual stupid questions, making sure I'm not a psychopath or going to cause any problems for the country.  This time around, I was eligible to apply online - so that made the process slightly easier.  Of course, now I get to sit back for the next few weeks stressing if I completed it all correctly, did I upload all the forms correctly, does my crappy passport photo meet the right criteria., etc, etc, etc.  But hey, whats my life without a little teeny bit of stress, right?

So now I'm playing the waiting game.  I think this is more stressful than anything else.  I can't plan for anything, I can't hand my notice in, I can't terminate my rental agreement, I can't do anything without having my work permit confirmed or a start date set.  All I can do is sit and wait.....  I'm not good at sitting and waiting really.  But I'm also too chicken to take the risk and just resign from my job and my apartment and fingers crossed, hope for the work permit to be approved at the right time!

So watch this space - I have weeks up my sleeve to stress about HOW I'm going to get to Alberta!  Do I drive, do I fly, take the train, sell my stuff, move my stuff....decisions decisions...