I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I found out today that following my SEC assessment in London in early February, CARNA have decided to grant me registration as a graduate nurse in Calgary!  I was so relieved that I can go straight into employment once we get to Canada.  The room with all our 'car boot' items is fit to bursting, but a very kind friend of mine Ange has offered to come with me next weekend to try and sell a lot of it.  

We are now just awaiting the arrival of our visas for the mad rush to begin with shipping companies and flight bookings!

The countdown continues!!

At last I have had my medical for my visa today in Liverpool.   Following my knee op two weeks ago today I am still currently off work but had dosed myself up ready for today.  

We have already sold a lot of furniture etc and the house is beginning to look very bare, some rooms are even echoing its that empty!  With the invites having gone out for our leaving party we are storming ahead with the check lists.  We are hoping that with the medical out of the way that the visa's won't be long behind them.  

We have spent an increasing amount of time looking through current rentals in Calgary and are hoping to be able to contact our realtor very soon with a confirmed date and a short list of potentials and we've already purchased the necessary edible payment for him (He will know what we mean!!)  I will be handing in my notice at work next week, then we will be on the final countdown.  I have yet to hear the outcome of my SEC assessment, so I'm getting worried now that it will be bad news, but all I can do is wait for them to arrive.  With the credit crunch having hit Calgary we have heard that things have slowed down on the jobs front but we both believe that we would still be in a better position than in this country.  We have  also decided to start the perminant residency application as this usually takes about 12 months so I have downloaded all the forms today ready to fill in (another job for me whilst I'm off work).

Just think in about nine weeks we could be writing these posts from Canada!!!!!