June 17, 2013
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Moving
Well, in the same way that it looks as if I'll be moving away from Xanga, I'm also getting ready for a physical move. The house we've been renting the basement of for the past 4 years has been sold. It's not a tragedy in and of itself, since we've never really liked this apartment, and only stayed because the market here is so tight. But faced with necessity, we managed to luck into what I think will be a good fit for us. It's a non-mobile mobile home a few miles outside of town. It has a fenced yard for dog and kid, a shed for my tools and equipment, and room for work areas for my wife and I. It does need some tlc, but the landlord said he's happy to pay for any materials if we want to work on the place, which suits us. We've always left the places we live better than when we arrived. And the best part is that it's only $50/month more than we're paying now -- money is extremely tight right now, and if we'd stayed in town we would have been looking at at least $100/month more than we're currently paying. Granted, we'll be spending a bit more on gas, but all in all it seems like this might be manageable.
And so we've started packing. Both of us passionately hate moving, but at least this time around it's only across town. Our last move was halfway across the country, and the two before that were halfway around the world! This should be a breeze in comparison, even factoring the kid into the equation
I'm also bracing myself for some further education. I'm taking two Masters-level French courses during July, in the hopes of qualifying for the French substitute teacher list. Since I got my education degree 3 years ago, sub days haven't come anywhere close to paying the bills, so I'm trying desperately to give myself an advantage. For those outside Canada, up here you need to be a fully qualified teacher to substitute. French teachers are in much higher demand than Theatre and English teachers. In fact, I think I can only give teaching one more year to start picking up before I have to head back to the drawing board yet again.
Anyhow, I'd better head off to bed. Lots of packing and plastering and planning to do tomorrow.
Take care
-J-
Comments (3)
Lots of luck and happiness in your new adventures!
Best of luck with the move. I'm sure that everything will turn out fine. Loving wife, kid, dog, fenced yard... what more could a guy ask for? Well okay, a steady income would be a plus, but that will most likely come with time as well.
BTW, I have done a bit of writing at Xanga over the past few years, though not as much as I should have, and not as Liz_A. Here's a link to my other site. http://red-wine-or-chemo.xanga.com
Oh yeah, being the bright light bulb that I am, I sent you a friend request on facebook, which, of course, is in my real name. So when you see a request from some strange chick named Nora, that would be me.
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