Today finds us sort of "relaxing" in our holiday 'lodge'. Yesterday, Friday, was both emotional and traumatic as we both bade our final farewells at our places of work. Nothing really prepares you for this; evening meals and get together's are great but the last day and the last words of speeches bring on the trembling voice, the emotion of it all gets to you and the tears follow. Bill did better than me, I couldn't hold back the tears no matter how hard I tried. Still after 17 years....... Thank goodness for email, Skype and the post to keep in touch!
After all our evenings out we are now cutting down on our food intake but not the wine as we have been given some rather nice bottles which need to be consumed before we depart these shores.
Gradually we are sifting through the large amounts of paperwork we brought with us after our move; mostly being filed in the bin. After de-cluttering the house it is quite easy to throw things away once they have served a purpose. I wonder if once we have settled into our new home in Canada it will be easy to throw away useless bits and pieces or will we return to the old habits of hoarding for those just in case moments or will it be a mixture of the two!?
Outside out holiday lodge the ducks are looking for food, they do look sweet waddling about whilst the rabbits just run for cover as soon they see you and have decided that you have no food for them. In the early hours of the morning, usually about 5 am, a crow lands on the roof and jumps about. After having woken us up it flies away with a croak and we fall into that deep sleep which makes it hard to wake up from!
Only six more days before we fly out of the UK, the reality of it all still feels distant, although the prospect of life in another country is really a challenge we both are beginning to relish. Funny really you want to get started but still there are things here that have to be done.
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