just to clarify

The plan:

Today, Friday: movers take away 99% of our stuff.

Saturday and Sunday: we go to work as if we have normal lives.

Sunday night: we toast to unemployment.

Monday: we pick up our one-way rental vehicle, and do last-minute errands.

Tuesday: we move to Canada.

* * * *

Last blog post from US: Monday morning, before disconnecting cable modem.

First blog post from Canada: with luck, Wednesday afternoon.

Comments

  1. Expat26 August 2005 at 13:21

    Best of luck L-Girl!

    My fingers are crossed for a smooth move! :)

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  2. barefoot hiker26 August 2005 at 14:04

    The Rest of America eagerly awaits you. :)

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  3. Anonymous26 August 2005 at 19:07

    I just found your blog via Atheist Exposed. Best of luck with your move.

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  4. teflonjedi26 August 2005 at 20:44

    And with some time to spare before HNIC starts!

    So, are you crossing at Buffalo, or near there, or have you figured that out yet?

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  5. Anonymous27 August 2005 at 01:00

    Almost here! Yippee! Cheers!

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  6. laura k27 August 2005 at 06:56

    Thank you everyone! I mean, I truly, truly thank you. It's very cool to know you are all rooting for us.

    RE HNIC, does that start during the pennant races or the post-season? (As in, baseball.) If so, it will have to wait. But I'll get there. :)

    Teflonjedi: We're driving north to Albany, hang a left to Buffalo, then north, onto the QEW to Port Credit. That's definitely the most direct route.

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  7. David Cho27 August 2005 at 20:37

    Wow, only the day you move in, you are looking to get online? For one of my blogging friends, it took her more than a month before getting the service after she moved into her Las Vegas home.

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  8. Anonymous28 August 2005 at 12:45

    We will all be here waiting for you :-)

    Good Luck with Landing!!!

    *hugs*
    Niko

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