Month: December 2006

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somehow Christina managed to get the custody papers signed!

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This is DAMNED GOOD NEWS. If Tyler's father had proven to be more difficult, it would've meant a lengthy custody battle, and court dates far in the future.

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Instead we have a good chance of getting a final decision before i move into the new house on January 15th. It'd still be another 2 weeks after that before we received all the paperwork back, then another week until the ferry starts running again, but that'll at least give me a little time to unpack and start claiming areas (heh heh).

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All in all, it's a nice last minute gift to ring in the new year with.

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Someone held up the best western my wife works at.

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She came around the corner to a man with a gun. This place has no cameras, no panic button, and no clue who ripped them off. She was shaking so badly when she came home, and all I could do was hold her.

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I can't tell you how fucking insane that makes me.

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We're getting the hell out of here as soon as we get word from immigration.

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Period.

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Cross your fingers for us everyone.

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Thanks

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I got final approval today, the house I've been looking at for the family to rent is ours now.

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We take possession of it on Jan 15th, 2007.

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With a little luck, we'll ALL be there at the same time.

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I can't wait!!

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and I can't really see that changing, as time goes on I'd imagine my postings will end up about this far apart. Not for lack of news, but because my time is usually better spent living the life instead of writing it down.

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So, we finally got the signed declarations to the lawyer, and with a little luck Immigration Canada will accept them at face value, and won't require us to go through some nasty custody battle (nasty mostly because it would through our timetable out the window).

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Either way, we should know for sure by January 7th, 2007.

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With that in mind, I've found a nice house out in Colwood, a 3 bedroom place, and I'm going to go preview it on Sunday. If I like what I see, I'll take it for Jan 15th, and move in then. The location is SWEET, so I am really hopeful that it will be the right place to live, and that I will not have to spend too much time there alone.

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My Christina was especially sweet to me this week. When she came over thursday to sign papers for the lawyer, she was adamant, and I ended up going out for both a nice haircut, and a pair of desperately needed shoes. I'm a lucky man, for so many reasons.

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So the new year will hopefully see 2 moves in rapid succession, mine, then hers. I've got friends willing to help pack and carry, and I have to say I'm grateful, I have moved all by myself a few times, and it's an unhappy way to go. Christina and Tyler might be able to help me move, but that depends on their schedules, so I'm keeping a second set of hands (and third) as backups.

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I'm so damn excited. I've been here for over two years in this apartment, and I think I'm ready for a change.

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It's funny, this island little by little washes away the memories of all the other places I've been, and i feel a wave of familiar from the places I've known when i was young. It's a weird double vision, i'd imagine people who've moved less might not see it, but I've lived no more than 5 years anywhere, and I've always found returning to an area disconcerting.

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Perhaps because I've changed?

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