Sunday November 15, 2015 to Saturday November 21, 2015

Ralf’s interview went well, he had an orientation to attend on Friday. The orientation was all day Friday and he starts his new job as material handler on Sunday. It is only a temporary job (six weeks) but it will keep him out of trouble. We were only supposed to be looking for part-time work. Ralf will be working 40 hours a week plus some overtime. As Ralf says “this is part-time considering I used to work 60 hours a week at Gibsons”. The pay is good, he will be working from Sunday to Thursday. The only disadvantage is that it is the night shift – 8:30 p.m. until 5 a.m. At least we will be able to have dinner together before he leaves. He has already told them he will need a day off to move. Ralf doesn’t work the day we meet with the lawyer and the bank to transfer funds for the house which is good.

Of course that will leave me to do the bulk of the unpacking and sorting stuff! Not that I am not used to doing that. I have often had to do the majority of the unpacking when we move because of Ralf’s work.  This time, because there is so much we will need to get rid of, I will have four sorting areas – Keep, Sell, Donate, Trash, the keep will be unpacked and put away. The other stuff we will have to decide which pile it goes in and then deal with it a little bit at a time.

Ralf also found out how to get his DZ on his license. All he has to do is take a written test and have a medical. This means he can drive everything except tractor-trailers (air-brake vehicles), which he doesn’t want to do anyway.

I have taken up walking everywhere and then catching the bus back. On Sunday I walked 4.25 kms to the liquor store, then I had to walk back because I forgot to check on the bus timetable (8.5 ks just for a bottle of wine). Tuesday I walked 5 k walk to the grocery store for mushrooms – Ralf is making wild mushroom risotto, he is wonderful, he knows it is one of my favorites. Everything is a little closer from the condo.

Our friend (Melinda) who we are staying with was away in Bermuda from Tuesday to Sunday. We got a taste of being on our own, it will be so nice to be in our own place – only one week to go. Melinda has been awesome allowing us to stay two months with her, but I know she will be glad when she has all of her own space back. Thanks Melinda.